THE FAIRY GARDEN AT MEADOWLARK GARDENS

"Fairies: mythical creatures.  A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a kind of spirit often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural."  I found this snippet here.

I have a dear friend who occasionally says, "Ah, don't mind me, I'm away with the fairies".  Like me she is from over the pond.  Liking the expression, I had an idea what it meant, had heard it before but I looked the meaning up.  It means to be in a daydream, sometimes to be deep in thought and having one's gaze unfocused while staring at nothing in particular.

The following is 

A Fairy Song 

Poem by William Shakespear

Over hill, over dale,

Thorough bush, thorough brier,

Thorough food, thorough fire!

I do wander everywhere,

Swifter than the moon's sphere;

And I serve the Fairy Queen,

To dew her orbs upon the green;

The cowslips tall her pensioners be;

In their gold coats spots you see;

Those be rubies, fairy favours;

In those freckles live their savours;

I must go seek some dewdrops here,

And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.

Spread your wings and let the fairy in you fly.

~author unknown~

The wall is silence, the grass is sleep,

Tall trees of peace their vigil keep,

And the Fairy of Dreams with moth-wings furled

Plays soft on her flute to the drowsy world.

~Ida Rentoul Outhwaite~