Pumpkin Fairy Houses

Nature Shelves

My current nature shelf.

Empty nests, birch bark, empty cocoons and fossils.

Skulls, lichen, empty cocoons and nests.

Snake skins, beetles, Cicada cases, broken eggs, moth and butterfly wings.

My collection of feathers.

Ever since I was a small child, I always had a special place for my collections. I collected feathers, snake skins, butterfly wings, dead bugs, empty nests, cocoons and animal skulls. My nature shelf was the perfect place to store these treasures along with my nature guides and favorite books. This way my parents always knew that these things were sacred to me and should NOT BE THROWN OUT. Help honor your budding naturalist by finding an old shelf that they can repaint and store their treasures. This way you know where to put those objects that you often find in your child's pockets. It's also fun to have a family shelf too. Look how beautiful and interesting they can be!

Happy Birthday, Nature Goddess!

What a wonderful surprise! A female Promethea Moth. On one of those warm summer nights, this gorgeous female Promethea Moth flew to the light at my backdoor. I saw the shadow from inside and raced out to see what Saturniidae moth it could have been. She flew right onto my shoulder. I imagined she must have finished mating and would find a host plant to lay her eggs. The next day I looked under the Lilac, Sassafras, Apple, and Peach tree leaves to see if I could find her eggs. No luck. I will have to wait for winter to look for a cocoon. The story continues though. On my birthday, which was a few days later, I woke up and went outside and there she was listless and lethargic , tattered and ragged. It appeared her life was over and she had fulfilled her duties of laying her eggs. She died a few hours later. I saved her to show the small children I teach. A lovely gift of nature for my birthday. I will treasure her.
If you want to know more about Promethea Moths click on the suggested link.

Fairy Houses

Can you see that little fairy sleeping on her canopy bed? Oops...she must have flown away. Click on photo twice and get a close look. If you would like to learn more about people like me building fairy houses go to the link www.fairyhouses.com

Fairy Furniture

An arbor to the fairy garden.

An arbor and swing in the fairy garden.

A lovely chair for a fairy.

A fine place for biscuits and tea for the fairies.

A soft and cozy bed for a fairy!

I made this furniture about 15 years ago for my college roommate. It inspired her to create many more pieces. I hope it inspires you too!

Click on each picture and enlarge the photo to get a better look.

Somebody's been eating MY tomato plant! UGH!

And that somebody is ... ... ...Look before and you can see them munching away.

OH DEAR!!

Munch! Crunch! Munch!

Why it is I.Your very fat and juicy tomato hornworm caterpillar, who has been crunch munching on your most delicious tomatoes! So sorry, but this is what I love to do! Click on my picture and you can get a close up of me!