A Fairy Ring for Summer Solstice

Midsummer Eve by Edward Robert Hughes

Fairy ring at Meadow Sweet Grove

​​​What an incredible Summer Solstice we are having here at Meadow Sweet Grove! Bright, beautiful sun, strong warm breezes - perfect for drying laundry and . . .  the magical appearance of a fairy ring in the garden!  This is a really grand compliment as fairy rings (rings of mushrooms) only appear in places that the fairies themselves have chosen as a desirable place for their evening revels and dancing.  In fact, the little toadstools are evidence that a merry dance has already taken place.  For wherever the fairies dance; the mushrooms are said to appear.  

The fairy ring marks a special, distinct space from the human world.  It is often seen as a gateway to fairyland or another dimension where the fairies will keep you for a year and a day.  We can't usually see what (or who) is inside the fairy circle ... when we look in from the outside.  And if a fey beckons us to join in the dance - do we dare go in?

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Fairy Dance by Hans Zatzka

Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2017 ​/ edited 2021