A Patriotic Garden, A Fairy Garden and Five Winged Friends

Hello, Friends, here in America we are celebrating

Independence Day on July 4th. 

I have planted some red, white and blue

flowers in honor of this patriotic day. 

A few little flags to commemorate the holiday. 

A happy little corner. 

The red petunias are sulking due to 

a cool, wet spell, but these will be 

blooming soon, among the white petunias,

 sweet alyssum, and blue lobelia. 

The fairies have set up housekeeping
here on the old baker's rack.

I had to put up a little sign to keep visitors
wary :)

As soon as I planted this vintage pan full of alpines,
they moved right in!

Shhhhhh! We can see our first Winged Friend....

This is a 'Blue-Winged Orb Gatherer' Fairy,
indigenous to the Pacific Northwest :)

She has collected quite a few.....

Her wheelbarrow is almost full.

She has a helper......

Our second Winged Friend!

We must be very quiet - I think she sees us.

A third Winged Friend, splashes in the bird-bath.

Fairies capture baby birds
to train as 'watchers'.

This one seems to have spied us!

I leave the lid off the green jar at night
so the fairies can add their daily harvest.

I know where to find all those marbles
I have lost :)

I was tending to the flowers above,
when I found this......

A fairy bed!

It seems to be crafted from half of a little pod
to form a hammock.

I've heard that fairies like to sleep under toadstools....

The fairies have put up their own little bird feeder, too.

Two more Winged Friends stop by for a treat.

These are 'Golden-Flecked Pearl Catchers'.

Sugar pearls attract these little beauties.

A bell jar keeps a rare blue-swirled orb.

Thank you for stopping by, Dear Friends!

Wishing you a Happy 4th!

xoxo

Today I am joining :

Flower Wednesday

Five on Friday

Won't you join the fun?