The Song of the blackthorn fairy by Cicely Mary Barker
The wind is cold, the Spring seems long a-waking;
The wind is cold, the Spring seems long a-waking;
The woods are brown and bare;
Yet this is March; soon April will be making
all things most sweet and fair.
See, even now, in hedge and thicket tangled,
one brave and cheering sight;
The leafless branches of the Blackthorn,
spangled with starry blossoms white.
Blackthorn
The almond blossom fairy by Cicely Mary Barker
The almond blossom fairy by Cicely Mary Barker
Joy! the winter's nearly gone!
Soon will spring come dancing on;
And, before her, here dance I,
Pink like sunrise in the sky.
Other lovely things will follow;
Soon will cuckoo come, and swallow;
Birds will sing and buds will burst,
But the Almond is the first!
Almond blossom
I wasn't going to do another Flower Fairy post for a while, but then I noticed a Blackthorn tree (or is it a shrub?) in flower and couldn't resist sharing it with you. The almond blossom photograph is from Pinterest
If you are interested in Flower Fairy Books by Cicely Mary Barker there are several other posts;
A lovely post that has made me smile, thank you. The almond blossom is beautiful, I love blossom.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great post, awesome flowers:) I am your newest follower, impressive site! http://andreaheltsley.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteHello Lindsay, that's such a nice thing to say, thank you. You made me smile too.
ReplyDeleteHello Andrea, thanks so much for following! I'm glad you called in and liked what you found. I'm coming over to visit you now. Barbara.
ReplyDeleteOoh I do love these! I'm so glad you decided to do another Flower Fairies post. Just wish summer would really decide to start and all this nasty rain would go away!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful, innocent fairy pictures. A pleasure to see.
ReplyDeleteI love the fairy pictures and the flowers are gorgeous. Where did you get the idea for the name March House Books, Barbara?
ReplyDeleteOh Sharon, how right you are! Our garden is in dire need of some care and attention, but walking on the lawn is impossible – it’s more like sinking on the lawn! Maybe the sun will shine soon ….
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked the flowers and fairies.
Thanks Roger, glad you like them.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I toyed with all kinds of names connected with Alice in Wonderland and Little Women (two of my favourite books while growing up). I tried all kinds of combinations, but nothing felt ‘right’ so for a while I traded under my own name. Then we started house hunting and happened upon a property called ‘March House’. I’ve always felt we were ‘meant’ to live there, and we did very happily for 12 years. We downsized some years ago, but the name of the business is here to stay.
ReplyDeleteLove the Blackthorn fairy. Maybe because of the pale green blending with the white. One of my favorite combinations. If you like fairies you might like my poem published at Zeluna.com it's a fairy magazine. My poem is about the war fairy.
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Hope to see you there soon!
Much love
Freya
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I do too; she is just so pretty. I’m going over to Zeluna.com now (new to me – so looking forward to finding out more).
ReplyDeleteHi Freya, I’ve just been to visit your lovely new blog – thanks for calling in. Barbara.
ReplyDeleteI love these wonderful photos! And the Stephen King book is awesome :)
ReplyDeleteThese fairies are beautiful and so are the flowers! I loved reading the poems and then seeing the art work and the real live blossoms. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteomg, I love this. Well, ok, I love flower fairies anyway, but how very sweet.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like the photos. I’ve not read a Stephen King in ages – but I’m certainly going to give this one ago.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone reading this is curious the new Stephen King is called 11.22.63 - see review at http://anettesbokboble.blogspot.co.uk/
Hi Jess, you are very welcome. I love doing these posts, but I worry that others might get fed up with seeing flower fairies – so it’s nice to know you enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteThat’s great Donna, so glad you like them.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry Barb I meant to write Zeluna.net
ReplyDeleteSorry Eve I can't find your poem - maybe I need to put the title into the search. I've tried war fairy poem without success.
ReplyDeleteI never tire of seeing flowers or fairies! Both make me smile. I love the poems that went with this post. Beautiful! This brightened my day. :)
ReplyDeleteThe almond blossoms are so very pretty, Barbara. I don't know too many flowers, but these look sweet, dainty and graceful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful story Barbara. I love the name and now that I know where it came from, I love it even more. I have a vintage book store in my latest novel and I called it The March Hare Book Store. I imagine you being the proprietor.
ReplyDeleteThat’s reassuring, thank you Stephanie. I never tire of them either, but I don’t want to bore everyone else to tears!
ReplyDeleteHi Claudine, we have a cherry tree in our garden it’s really pretty, but I can never get a good ‘photo of it. When it flowers next year, I will try again using the almond blossom one as a ‘template’. Pinterest is my newest love and inspiration!
ReplyDeleteDarlene, how lovely! I am very flattered, but I do hope the proprietor of The March Hare Book store is a nice person. I would love to read it – what is it called?
ReplyDeleteI love the flower fairies, Barbara. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMe too. xx
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