Fairy House

In one of the parks near our apartment, Lily and I are building a fairy house. It's this wonderfully twisted, knotted old tree just off the path. Every time we walk through the park we pick up a stick or a rock and add it to the house. 

First, we started by just clearing out the alcove so the fairies could have a place to stay dry when it rains. Then we added some stone we picked up from the beach as something for the fairies to sit on. They obviously needed a little wood chip table so they could eat. Now that the alcove was filled with furniture, they needed a place to sleep, so we added a little lean-to for a bedroom. The floor is covered in soft pine needles. 

The picture is at sort of a weird angle, but the furniture is actually sheltered in the little alcove and the bedroom is just around the corner and also partially sheltered by a different little recess. It's pretty cute. And Lily loves to add things to it. I would put some pretty flowers in, but one of the rules of fairy houses is that you can't take anything living to put in it. Therefore, you can't pick flowers. I'm thinking about making a little path to it with some fallen leaves and smaller twigs like little tiki torches. 

We come back to check on it about once a week, and it's been there about a month. It's holding up remarkably well. I managed to pick a spot that's pretty sheltered from the wind, and because it's off the path and on the opposite side of the tree, no people have messed with it, at least as far as we can tell. Our most recent visit was this evening. I can't wait for the weather to warm up a little more and go a little later in the evening when the fireflies will be out. Maybe we'll see some fairies then.