Pond pic, giant faerie ring, and maple tree

[valis2]

Pond pic 10-25-09. I haven't been taking as many pics now that everything's just about changed; the opposite shore is a golden brown and it's not quite as visually exciting. But I do plan on trying to keep up with it over the winter, just not as much as I did in fall.


Giant faerie ring. Husband was quite dismayed when I leapt into the middle of it.


One of the gorgeous maple trees on the property. Huge, too.

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[rickfan37.livejournal.com]

A fairy ring! Oh wow! :-)))
Lovely colours.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Isn't it amazing? It's huge! And I don't remember ever seeing a faerie ring made out of that particular kind of mushroom before.

We had others, too, but I didn't have my camera with me. woe. And then I accidentally raked some of them. woe.

[alabastard.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful place.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you so much! We love the property. It really is wonderful. And Husband is the third generation to live on it, so that's special, too.

[ms-hecubus.livejournal.com]

Awesome fairy ring!!!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Isn't it huge? Crazy! I was quite impressed.

[nehalenia.livejournal.com]

Wow, gorgeous photos! And I've never seen a faerie ring before! Heard about them, but they don't seem to happen around here. (Even the faeries can't dance barefoot on the rocks and thorns, I guess.) ;)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! Well, we must have a boatload of faeries, because wow, that was one huge ring--usually I see these rings made from the little white mushrooms, and they're small! :) Glad you like the pics!

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Oh, so pretty!

What happens if you jump into a fairy ring? In Germany we call them witches' rings. I have a photo of myself in such a ring when I was a teen. I remember vaguely that there is something supposedly related to those rings, but I don't know what...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I believe that if you jump into a fairy ring, then the fairies can take you away to their fairy realm, or you fall through to the fairy realm. Fortunately, it didn't happen this time. :)

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Pity! You could have gotten three wishes or something.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh no, no wishes--I would have been trapped forever in the fairy realm!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks so much!! Glad you like them!

I've never seen Grant's books--didn't know he was doing stuff like that. Fascinating!

(I usually try to stay away from Myspace. Too confusing for me, lol.)

Awesome icon! I love it!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Wow! He's quite talented, I'm so impressed by his drawings! What a surprise!

Thanks for sharing. :)

[hardboiledbaby]

Kewl faerie ring! Did Husband think you were tempting fate by jumping in?

And the maple tree is quite beautiful.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Husband did have a look of trepidation on his face when I jumped in!! Hee.

And the maple tree is lovely--there are a few of them grouped together. To me, that's the real faerie ring. *nodnod*

[little-tristan.livejournal.com]

That's what faerie rings are? Mushrooms? I've always wondered. Somehow I imagined them as being--almost anything besides fungi.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

That's what I always thought they were, and that's what Husband pointed it out to me as, though maybe we're wrong.

[little-tristan.livejournal.com]

I think I was warped at a young age by one of the Little House books. Little Town on the Prairie, maybe, where Laura finds a hollow full of violets and describes it as being like a faerie garden. So I always thought faerie rings must involve delicate little flowers. Although, from what I know of old faerie lore, anything is possible.:)

[mingbutterfly.livejournal.com]

That is so awesome! Glad you lived to tell the tale. We'd miss you! :D

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! Yes, I'm still here, and apparently I'm not bewitched at all! This is good news! :)

[gypsyjolie.livejournal.com]

I loved the faerie ring - I jumped into it too when I walked the dog. Amazing!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

eeeeee! Now we'll have to visit the Queen of the Faeries together!!

*giant hugs*

PS: I sent you a package last week, so watch out for it. *hugs*

[gypsyjolie.livejournal.com]

I got the package - meant to call but Halloween got me all distracted. THANK YOU for sending the dog coat and the most beautiful earrings ever! The smoky topaz-y ones with the elaborate finding on it, OMG. Love love love!! And Sugar says double -thank you for her warm coat back. It's been freezing overnight. :(

[valis2.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Those smoky topaz Swarovski crystals are one of my favorite beads ever. They are so gorgeous!!!

And hooray for warm Sugar!!!!

*LOVE LOVE LOVE*

[todayiamadaisy]

I get a few fairy rings in my garden, but nothing as big and impressive as that one. That must be a goblin ring, or a fairy capital city, or something. :-)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Crazy, isn't it? I mean, this must be Faerie Central. It's huge!

[cordeliadelayne]

Beautiful pics. And lol to you jumping into the fairy ring :D

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! I like to live dangerously. Glad you liked the pics!

[innerslytherin]

YAY for faerie rings! :D

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, hells yes! They rock. *nodnod*

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

Wow! That must have been a huge tree to leave such a large faerie ring! I would have jumped in too! Lovely seeing the seasons on your land!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I love our little piece of property--it really is wonderful. I feel lucky every single day when I raise the shades!

[greenpear.livejournal.com]

I love this time of the year. The colour of the trees it great.

But dread what follows.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, on one hand I do like winter--no yard work, yay!--and I love the hermit-like feeling of it, I love snuggling deep into the bed and drinking hot chocolate. But I really hate driving in the snow and having to go out in the cold. :(

[privatemaladict.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, I love that tree!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

It's part of a little ring of huge maples that's quite lovely. They're the only original trees on the property; everything else was planted by Husband's grandmother (in random and silly places, but that's another LJ entry entirely, lol).