i just love this painting. simple, yet so very much to see.
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‘organic as a dandelion seed, the ship of our imagination
will carry us to worlds of dreams and worlds of facts.’
-carl sagan
walking into the very old west side book shop you never know quite what category will draw you in. this time, I was inspired by the outlaws, lawmen, gunslingers shelf. probably harkens back to my days of watching all the old westerns on Saturday afternoons with my dad.
‘the books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. she went on olden-day sailing ships with joseph conrad, she went to africa with ernest hemingway, and to india with rudyard kipling. she traveled all over the word while sitting in her little room in an english village.
-roald dahl, matilda
enter this charming store
like walking into a dream
towers, and dragons, and costumes, and animals, and castles, and art, and toys, and books, and puppets
surrounded by enchanting hand-painted murals
a circle where story tellings and puppet shows and theater play are shared
imaginations are encouraged and play flows freely.
‘the world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.’
-jean-jacques roussseau
on may day
it was fairy tea party day in our classroom
we had dragons, and fairies, and trolls, and elves,
and everything you can imagine
two of the special party treats
are magic tea and fairy bread.
the magic tea tastes like apple
and changes colors with each new pot poured
and the fairy bread is a sprinkled wonder
what an amazing day we had.
Fairy bread -A rainbow of flavor that harks back to childhood.
(story and recipe)
This mainstay of children’s birthday parties in Australia and New Zealand has but three ingredients: white bread, butter or margarine, and hundreds-and-thousands, which are better known as “sprinkles” in many parts of the world.
To make fairy bread, dump a layer of sprinkles onto a large plate or other flat surface. Take a buttered slice of white bread and place it, buttered side down, onto the sprinkles. Press gently to ensure sprinkles adhere to the butter. Then lift it up, cut the bread diagonally into four triangles, and you have a colorful and child-compatible snack.
Fairy bread can be served with crusts on or off depending on personal preference. Note, however, that the crust provides a handy, butter-and-sprinkle-free spot for your fingers to grip the bread.
The identity of the first person to firmly press sprinkles into white bread is lost to history, but fairy bread was made as far back as at least the 1920s. Unlike simple foods such as toast and cupcakes, though, fairy bread has resisted the modern trend to artisanal-ize. When a food writer suggested using a different kind of sprinkles and “a nice cultured butter,” Australians took a strong, pre-emptive stance against fancier versions of fairy bread.
“That’s the beauty of Fairy Bread,” the editor of a U.K. food section writes of fairy bread’s egalitarian appeal. “Regardless of how much soft focus lighting or Pinterest-friendly table dressing you throw at it, you can’t escape the fact that it’s a piece of soggy bread loaded with strands of refined sugar, designed to be eaten by someone who hasn’t yet mastered chewing with their mouth closed. It’s simple, it’s nostalgic, and the combo of processed carbs, butter, and E numbers is a match made in minimal-effort heaven.”
Need to Know Fairy bread is rarely served in restaurants or cafes. So if you can’t score an invitation to an Australian child’s birthday party, making it yourself is your best bet.
even one of our knight’s dogs dressed up for the big day
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“those who don’t believe in magic will never feel it.”
-roald dahl
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Recipe source credit:Gastro Obscura
“oh how I love to read, she thought. ihe whole world gets bigger.”
— Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet The Spy (1964)
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i always was interested in detectives and spies, and books were a way for me to feel a part of it.
without any real danger, but just enough suspense…
on international book day
‘We proudly support the local fairy community with cinema and live performances!
Our fairy door is located at the front entrance of our theater.’
(from the beautiful michigan theater)
the fairies have officially moved into the theater at last
(though most likely there long before anyone noticed them)
“trust the pixie dust.”
-author unknown
this looks like my kind of place!
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i have such fond memories of childhood forts-
blanket forts
pillow forts
under the table forts
box forts
tree forts
garage forts
lower bunkbed forts
underground cave forts
behind the couch forts
secret forts
forts with passwords
anything/anywhere/anytime
we could find to makeover into a fort,
we did.
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are you ‘pro-fort?’
is yes, what kind of forts did you enjoy?
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“forte is french for fort.”
*buddy wakefield,
*american poet, three-time world champion spoken word artist, and the most toured performance poet in history
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image credit: facebook, ty to b. miller
“we see mermaids in the water!”
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“rainbows and mermaids are proof that beauty and imagination go hand in hand.”
-author unknown
a front door, a message, and a yard, in support of ukraine and the pollinators
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one of the reasons i love walking so much
is for the surprises waiting to be discovered along the way
when walking through the neighborhood
i travel with eyes wide open
people are so creatively expressive
flower pot art
a snake in the grass
smiling and made of latex, upon closer inspection
a front yard mini vineyard
a tiny village
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“this world is but a canvas to our imagination.”
-henry david thoreau
a rare sighting
of the superheroes
holding a secret summit meeting
sharing brave case stories, making plans, and at the ready to help their classmates.
shhhhh…
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“you are not too small. no one is ever too small to offer help.”
― e
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