The Wings of Fairies by delbeke
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I thank all the wonderful artists who commented and fav'd my last image. You are too kind and they make me feel so great and much appreciated. Thank you. I hope everyone in the USA are having a fantastic and safe holiday weekend. I can't believe summer is coming to an end.
Well, do I have a scoop for you! My anonymous source tells me there is going to be a big do in the Forest. Yup, apparently this is the time of the year the fairies get their wings. Well, not all the fairies of course, some already have them, this is for the Fairies that have earned their wings for this year. There will lots to eat after the ceremony. Scented iced petal juice with Blackberry foam and Honeysuckle punch, Strawberry fluffs and melon pudgies with a dollop of nutmeg cream. And of course Esmeralda will have sent to the South for special confections of delicious delicacies from far away places.
Eloise from Little Eastlick Wallop on the Ups and Downs stream, which is not in the East at all, but in the North near the mountains of Morton's Groove and the palace of the Ugly Troll. The Troll isn't evil or bad, just ugly as most trolls are in the region, with a small eye in the center of his forehead and largish wart on the end of his crooked nose. But that is not important to the news, just a point of reference so you know exactly where Little Eastlick Wallop is located.
It is said that Eloise comes down the left fork of the Green River every year in September on the full moon. Bringing the 'Book' with her. The 'Book' is a very magical Book and has every fairy's name in it. It has all the tallies for the year of what the fairies have been up to and it calculates itself, well of course it calculates itself, it's a magic book! Geesh. Anyway, The week before the full moon of September, Eloise and the elders of the region go over the results to learn who are the fairies who are to get their wings for that year. It is all in the Book and the Book cannot be changed. Someone tried once, so it is said and it wasn't a pretty sight, gives me shivers just to think about it, but that's another story too. :o)
Eloise sends a message to the Forest elders to let them know when the ceremony and celebration will be and when she will arrive. She then prepares for the journey. That is not as easy as it sounds, she has many things to assemble, which go into her much traveled trunk. No one and I mean no one, knows what is in the trunk, a few have tried to sneak a look, we won't go into that right now, but they were never seen again...or so I am told. :o) The trunk is also said to rumble, shake and burp. I know, rumble and shake...maybe, but burp? Yes, burp. But then I have never seen or heard it, so I really can't say, that's what is rumored and my source is never wrong, well hardly ever.
Eloise glides silently down the Green River which flows into the Great Pond in the Forest, on her Swan boat. There is a small island in the middle of the pond which is used for the 'Wing Ceremony.' It will be decorated with Chinese lanterns and Fairy Lights. If you go down to the Great Pond on the night of the first full moon of September and hide among the cattails and reeds, (take your Wellies, it gets damp) you'll have a clear view of the little island and maybe you will see the twinkling of the fairy lights and Chinese lanterns swaying in the last of summer breezes and the inhabitants of the Forest in full celebration ... but then it may only be the moon and mist on the pond and the marsh gas tricking your eyes in the darkness... I don't know, but that's what I have been told. :o)
Comments (61)
irakika
Very beautiful fantasy work!
three_grrr
Well THIS year I'm going down by the Big Pond early to get a good spot. Maybe I'll be able to see a fairy get her wings! Do you think they would let an outsider participate in the fun afterwards? I've never had melon pudgies with a dollop of nutmeg ice cream! You know what I'm going to be dreaming of tonight!!
justnew
Absolutely brilliant. You are so very creative.
Cinnamon369
Awww, sweet scene and wonderfully textured! :o)
lior
So wonderful image!!!!!!!!
spm91g
Very excellent work Alexis!! Great attention to detail and great composition!!- Shawn
doarte
Fantastic work, beautiful....and story is amazing!
ToniDunlap
Wonderful wonderful image. Makes me an immediate fan! Favorite!
mcv
Attension to quality and careful creafting shows well in this beautiful and imaginative art creation that invites us to enter this magical world you have depicted so well!!!!
efron_241
Divine !! Love the swan head and the light
louly
Thank you, you made me smile :) I don't know which I like best, your stories or your images :) So charming! "Or so I've been told" always makes me smile... Truly beautiful and magical!
shahlaa
This is just beautiful and your words just added to the mood...wonderful work, picture perfect and a fav!
DanB-Creations
Beautiful image. It's really nice!
palmaz
Excellent render work
Mousson
Wawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Quelle merveille!
Burpee
You should publish a book. Simply enchanting and delightful!!
GOLDILOCKSUK
Great posting again! Love this well done :) Cathy xoxoxo
cjoe
Nice image with wonderfull detail...also thanks for some much needed constructive criticism on early posts and i appreciate it... that's how you learn...
callad
~B~E~A~U~T~I~F~U~L~ scene!!!! wOw!!!!
criss
Beautiful and very original composition!
dalma
Superbe creation tres romantique!!!!!!!!!!
jif3d
WOW, what a kool story, you should be writing and illustrating children's books ! The scene really coveys the Wing ceremony very well, great textures and atmosphere, kool stuff Alexis ! ~Cheers~ :o)
sylki
Magical image with an equally magical story to go with it....Superb!!!!! Hugs Sylki
stevey3d
Shakes head in disbelief! This is FANTASTIC!!! The lighting is superb, the detail and composition wonderful! Excellent image!!!
akulla
Great work.
PoserSecrets
Amazing work! Excellent render and pw! A stunner! ** A.
amirapsp
DLG ---> Very well done!!
Electralena
Fantastic creation!!!
Mondwin
Absolutely amazing...bravissimo!:DDD.Hugsxx
lwperkins
She looks so wonderfully dignified holding the book! "It has all the tallies for the year of what the fairies have been up to and it calculates itself, well of course it calculates itself, it's a magic book!" Delbeke, do you think the fairies can give me a lite version for my checking account? I really need one! I have to change mine all the time, and like you said, it isn't a pretty sight! I have lots of doll-sized clothes and shoes to trade for it:-))