Nature, Art, & Fairies!

Blue Emma Fairy at the Festival

Joyous to finally feel the warm crisp spring air, green under our feet, and sun shining on us! 

The Fairie Festival at Spoutwood Farm is a highlight for us every May, as it marks the beginning of spending more time with nature. We tend to our garden and fairy home, plant seeds, watch flowers bloom, make works of art outdoors, find shapes in the clouds, listen to the croaking of the frogs, watch birds make their nests, and are just completely enchanted and connected with Mother Earth once again. 

Sprinkling fairy dust from our favorite fairy, Posie the Fairy

At the Fairie Festival, Emma designed her own flower headdress and she receives many compliments for it. At the Goblin tea party, all the children could randomly choose a name, and the name she chose was Blue. Blue is her favorite color, coincidence or what? She was so happy! So now she is known as Blue Emma Fairy. Alexandra chose a mermaid tattoo and she surprised me because I did not know she loved mermaids so much. She says she is not a princess, not a fairy, but a mermaid! She is a water sign and born in water, so I could see the connection there!

The best part of this season is watching Emma and Alexandra laughing, connecting, and playing with other children as they celebrate finally being outside after the long and cold winter. We are definitely happier when the sun shines on us and the weather is pleasant enough to be outside. I really feel that the shinning sun, the blue sky and the green trees are healing to our body, mind and soul.

 My Mermaid Girl

One of our favorite things to do is gather objects on our nature walks, such as leaves, rocks, sticks, grass, etc. and use them instead of paint brushes. These objects make interesting patterns and open our imagination as the shapes unfold. A plus of doing art projects outdoors is that it is easier to clean up and we just wash the work space with a garden hose when we are done, as the sun dries the painting.

I celebrate being one with nature, connecting with my children, being present these precious moments of our lives, watching my beautiful sweet precious girls grow and express themselves each in their own unique way. It is truly a blessing to be their mom and to share this life together. 

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Amish Nursery

We are lucky enough to live by the most beautiful, calming, bountiful Amish nursery. I started going there ever since I was pregnant with Emma. The owners have seen her grow and now they were happy to see her little baby sister too. This was Alexandra's first official visit to the nursery outside of my womb.

A very loving, peaceful, full of smiles and kind words family owns the nursery. They have always been so gracious to me, especially when I was pregnant. They would immediately and joyously offer to carry the produce and plants to the car for me. Always helpful and at ease, I am amazed and inspired by their being. There is so much to learn from them.

The owner of the nursery and mama of the family mentioned how big Alexandra was for her age. My husband Juan Carlos told her proudly that she was born at home. I thought to myself: "oh no! I can't believe he just did that! she probably had ten kids at home and it's not a big deal... they all have their kids at home." So I immediately asked her: "How many kids did you have at home?" and she graciously answered: "Nine and that's the best place to have them!" and we all agreed.

Emma was so happy to pick out flowers for the garden, as so was I. We already planted some marigold seeds at home, but I love marigolds so much that I had to get some that were already in full bloom. Marigolds remind me of India, of the peaceful rush of life, of temples and garlands, of women working in the flower fields and selling flowers in baskets. Having those precious flowers at home just takes me back to joyous times I was blessed enough to have in India.

I am glad that my daughters share my love of flowers and gardening. Emma loves to get into the dirt, plant seeds, water plants, smell the flowers, and pick whatever edible leaves she can get her hands on. For now Alexandra enjoys observing all the gardening activity and taking in the beauty of it all.

Busy Bees

Wildflowers! I love wildflowers and so do my girls. Today we were bumblebees buzzing around in search of pretty flowers in the forest. It is amazing how many different kinds of wildflowers there are and it is so much fun to discover them with my little busy bees. On our adventure we found two beehives, checked out the honey and watched bees at work. Nature is so much fun!