My featured photo is of the colourful (but poisonous) fly agaric. And as we all know, elves like to sit on them. I have no photos of elves, but I can do fairies.
I offer you a fairy collecting the secret wishes of children at Ripon Theatre Festival this year; another spotted on a fence; and a warning on a London front door.
Finally, here’s a genuine letter written by the tooth fairy who visits the children in our family when they lose their baby teeth. She’s a grumpy soul. She writes messages on tiny pieces of paper the size of a postage stamp and tucks them under the pillow as she leaves her silver coin. A Red Letter Day for the lucky recipient.
For Becky’s #Simply Red.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
This is so cute and I still remember those magical times.
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I know! Simpler times.
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Fairies, hey? Quite rude, some of them! Gotta love a fairy with attitude (and very flexible legs). Happy Monday, Margaret xx
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Lots of fairies with attititude round here. As you’d expect. Happy Monday! xx
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That letter from the tooth fairy is so cute. (until someone recognizes the hand writing!)
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I can assure you nobody I know writes like that. I understand the Tooth Fairy practised a different script 😉.
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Clever tooth fairy!!
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😉
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How much do tooth fairies pay for a tooth nowadays? Maggie
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I’ve heard it can be up to £2. it was 10p for my children, and I got 6d in old money.
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How charming to get a letter from the tooth fairy
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You may have left it a bit late to get one Brian 😒
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But I still have all my own teeth
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Me too. But the day may come …
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I’m sure the Tooth Fairy was generous in her grumpiness! I still remember that wobbly, queasy feeling many years after losing my last baby tooth.
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Oh, you’re a sensitive soul. I just wanted my 6d!
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Would work well in a beef wellington.
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What, fly agaric? Only if you’re planning to serve dinner to one of your least favourite politicians, and abstaining yourself…
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I appreciate a crumpy fairy.
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Just as well Ritva. That’s what you get round here.
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The things we do for our children! £2 seems excessive. And fairies really shouldn’t be grumpy.
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I’m afraid our tooth fairy was famously grumpy. That letter was one of her milder efforts.
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So cute, hope that letter is kept and cherished for ever
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It’s lasted 30 years or so!
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happy days – places for fairies and visits from the tooth fairy
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They won’t come now, if I’m unlucky enough to lose a tooth.
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well I think you should complain!
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What would she have to lay out for grown ups though??
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you’ll have to negotiate!
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You can see what she’s like though …
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I don’t dare say anything as she might visit me one day!
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😉
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Lovely post, Margaret….aah , The days of the tooth fairy-I think I got a shilling….
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You were lucky! Mind you, you are younger. 6d had to do me.
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Ha ha….I think it was 6d initially, but the last time it was a shilling!
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Fairies are becoming much more assertive, don’t you think? And yes the red mushroom is a perfect home for one!
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So long as they don’t eat it!
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Fairy nuff. I love the tooth fairy’s note!
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It’s hung around a good few years now.
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Does the tooth loser get a bonus for the 30th anniversary?
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Don’t think so. Manky old teeth probably not much use.
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A wave of the wand would soon restore the former daintiness!
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Ew….
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What a lovely post! The Ripon fairy looks beautiful in that orange dress, the London sign is fun, and I love the letter from the grumpy tooth fairy 🙂 I only used to get money – like you, 6d was the going rate in our family!
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I had a bit of fun here. And I enjoyed creating the grumpy fairy over several years!
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That’s so endearing. I loved these photos.
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Lots of lovely chance encounters!
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I suspect the grumpy fairy is called Margaret.
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How dare you!🙄
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Quite easily!
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I love those mushrooms despite the fact that they look so attractive, but are dangerous. In fact, I had a photo too a fee days ago. But alas, I had no fairies to go with it. 🧚♂️🧚🧚♀️
janet
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You weren’t looking hard enough!😉
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😁. Or maybe it was taking a bathroom break or something like that.
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🤣
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Excellent fairy captures. Even a tooth ransom note. ; )
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She has a busy life at times
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So many little teeth!
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Absolutely. So many letters!
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How much coin do they receive for each? I think it was a quarter when I was a child. When I proposed to young Eagle that they could receive money if they put their tooth under their pillow for the fairy, they said indignantly, “My teeth are NOT for sale!” Ha ha, so cute.
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That’s a great story. Such an unmercenary child!
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