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Check Your Passports, Luggage, Knook and Crannies ... "They" have crossed over!!

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Hubby and I are enjoying our dinner when all of a sudden, he says, “What is that??!!!”
“Where” I say, not having a clue as to what he is talking about.
“Over there! Don’t you see it? Behind your Spinning Wheel …” It blends in so well on that wall, with the Spinning Wheel there.

So we both, ever so slowly creep toward the Spinning Wheel to get a closer look … and just as we get within a nose length, the slightly open door slams tightly shut and we hear a wee bit of laughter. For just a moment, we marvel at how pretty this little door is … such love and care was taken in creating this door.

Looks like MsDeb’s Fairies have crossed the border and found a new home … in our home!! I sure hope they are friendly Fairies and won’t be up to much mischief.

“Honey, hide the Oreo Cookies and Milk! Don’t need Fairies on a sugar high!”

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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Eklectic

1809 posts in 948 days
hardiness zone 5a

posted 703 days ago

Love the story! You sure know how to tell them!
And the little door!! Makes me wish I had fairies moving in and building doors all over!
Mind you, they might just drive our 5 furry friends over the edge!!! :-D

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

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XploreOrganics

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posted 703 days ago

eeekkk…I’m glad I’m on an island, they can’t swim can they??? (bitting nails)

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

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MsDebbieP

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posted 703 days ago

oh what a perfect spot!! The fairies are very artistic. The shape of the door copies that of the spinning wheel. Very cool.

Now, do they speak with a Canadian accent, eh?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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MsDebbieP

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posted 703 days ago

XO-—they have wings!!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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jroot

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posted 703 days ago

You guys are a hoot ! :)

-- jroot

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XploreOrganics

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posted 703 days ago

No MsD NOOOO…Faeries become evil here in Newfoundland…evil I tell you. NL faeries=

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

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MsDebbieP

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posted 703 days ago

oh right .. you have to carry a piece of bread or something in your pocket when you go into the woods…

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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GrandmaT

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posted 703 days ago

Yes, they were quite clever in hiding their door by the spining wheel … and hubby and I keeping hearing small squeels of laughter … no small chatter yet, so can’t tell if they are speaking “Canadian” or not -vbg-. Maybe tonight once we have climbed into bed and are all snug they will venture out. Ohhhhh, wonder if I will find Fairy Dust on my floor and counters???

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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Bunting

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posted 703 days ago

Isn’t that something.

Did your hubby build the little door in there?? Sweet. I know, I know you said Ms Deb fairies but but but….

Is that what I am hearing early in the AM when the sun shines in on me in my bedroom.??

So it’s not the sun waking me then but the little fairies are.??

WOW!!! I thought I heard a bit of an Irish accent but thought I was dreaming.

Do they make crystalls?? Bet they do. lol,lol huh hu, one was sparkling laying on my pillow.

Is this for good luck?? Tell them I am lonely and come back. I love their visits, whispers and chuckles

and here I thought I was dreaming or thought the cats were learning broken English/Irish. lol,lol

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 703 days ago

as I worked at cleaning my dining room today I found LOTS of fairy dust everywhere!! I’m sure that I didn’t get it all.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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MsDebbieP

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posted 703 days ago

thanks GramT for letting me share your story http://lumberjocks.com/projects/10205

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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GrandmaT

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posted 702 days ago

Well I am glad you didn’t get all that Fairy Dust … LOL!!! I’m just hoping I might find a bit tomorrow morning!! I hear it sparkles when the sunlight hits it.

And THANKS again MsDeb for the surprise … I do love this little door!!!!! It truly makes me smile everytime I look at it!! :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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MsDebbieP

8102 posts in 1148 days
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posted 702 days ago

you’re welcome :)
I had been thinking about sending you one ever since your first comments about my fairy doors but wasn’t sure how it would stay a surprise.. and then you asked for the Golden Glow seeds and I knew that it was my opportunity!! I’m glad you like it.

oh, and fairy dust sparkles??? Darn.. guess it was just plain old DUST that I found yesterday then… sigh

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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Bon

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posted 701 days ago

Love your new little door GramT.Fits right in there by the spiinning wheel.What a nice thing to do MsD.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

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MsDebbieP

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posted 701 days ago

it is where it belongs :)

I realized this morning that I sent a woodworking project to the home of a skilled woodworker! Yikes. I hope Russel doesn’t look at it too closely

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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Russel

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posted 701 days ago

Well MsD I looked real close alright and walked away saying … “That’s pretty spiffy.” Although I feel a bit shamed that it had to be imported from a foreign country.

-- Everyone needs someone irrationally committed to their future.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 701 days ago

haha
I am pretty sure that when I first posted these that someone’s hubby had said “don’t expect me to make one” or something like that :)
I felt it was my duty as a fellow GardenTender to send one.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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Russel

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posted 701 days ago

Those words, may have been said, or may not have been said. There are certain things I forget and certain thing I repress; it’s hard to tell them apart sometimes. Not only have you done your duty, but you have goaded me into the realm of possibility. Yes Grand Lady of GT and LJ you’re influence abounds where you least expect it.

-- Everyone needs someone irrationally committed to their future.

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MsDebbieP

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posted 701 days ago

lol well I don’t have any proof that you actually said them—I may be making the whole thing up! ;)

“The realm of possibilities” – isn’t it fun!!! ??? !!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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GrandmaT

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posted 701 days ago

Oh MY GOSH!!!! Was sitting in my chair when the little door creaked ever so slowly open, a sparkly light highlighted a wee bit of my Spinning Wheel. And for the briefest of seconds … a little giggle and then … a tiny wing … but then my darn chair creaked, and she disappeared as quickly as she had appeared.

I soooo am loving this door and where it takes my imagination … what fun!!! :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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Bon

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posted 700 days ago

It just took mine back to Tinkerbell and never,never land. he,he, he

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

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MsDebbieP

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posted 700 days ago

have your LJ hubby fix that creaky chair!! Maybe you can get a picture if you’re ever so lucky to get another peek.

You’re SO lucky. I’ve never seen a glimmer of wing. :D

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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Greenthumb

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posted 700 days ago

I like it. Always wanted to make a door, like the fairy tale of Alice and Wonderland, where it actually opens and little children can crawl inside…............some day maybe

Again…......I like it

-- Central northish Ontario

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MsDebbieP

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posted 700 days ago

I made a door that opens for my granddaughter. She loves it and frequently checks for fairies. Inside the door is a little “foyer” with a table, pictures on the wall and a stairway to the “real” fairy door

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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GrandmaT

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posted 700 days ago

OH that sounds sooooo wonderful for your granddaughter!!!!! Very cool, very cool!!!!!

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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MsDebbieP

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posted 700 days ago

I thought I’d shared that here.
Here’s the link

Click for details

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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GrandmaT

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posted 700 days ago

That is phenominal!!!!!!!! Soooooooo darn cute!!!!! What a wonderful gift to your granddaughter … a gift of imagination …

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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MsDebbieP

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posted 700 days ago

thanks :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

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Bon

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posted 700 days ago

That’s awesome MsD. So cute for your grandaughter.She will remember these times forever and I am sure that all her life she will still smile at the thought of the fairie door.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

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Daisycrzy

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posted 699 days ago

ahhh now that is such a cute idea!!!!!!! BTW, I have a spinning wheelin just like that!

-- "Where flowers bloom, so does hope," Lady Bird Johnson

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GrandmaT

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posted 699 days ago

This Spinning Wheel is a very precious thing to me … my grandmother brought it back in pieces with her from one of her family visits to “behind the Iron Curtain” in Germany. It has been in our family for generations.

My grandfather painstakingly put it all back together. What I love is I can still make out slight colors that were painted on the legs … green and a light pink …

Wish it could talk and tell stories of my family back then …

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

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GaryCN

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posted 699 days ago

Some more Fairy doors here http://rhinosoars.livejournal.com
There is one at Google HDQ

-- "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"

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