FIRE.....

My dear friends....I welcome you to a wonderful campfire in the garden...Please stay with us and tell us about your dreams and adventures...(and maybe a scary story or two)..there is also a place for you to sleep...under the lilac bush..in my birdsnest...in a hammock under the stars...up the tree..Our Dutchess is away for a few days and she would be so happy when you stayed and enjoyed the garden...and we would feel happy and safe in your company...

Monday

Let Monday be Monday..I am taking the day off....

A summer stroll..

Well hello there my sweet friend...enjoying the lovely weather...then lets stroll together....


drawing Molly Brett

Tea time...

Tea Time ...We are all inside having fun...its raining again in the garden..a summer shower...well more like a waterfall...But never mind...let it rain...
Time flies when your having Tea....Just pop in and join us...We wish you a wonderful weekend....

Pea soup..

Its very still in the garden...Summer is warm and lazy today...We are all doing nothing special....Our Dutchess is very busy....she promised to come for tea on Friday...and we are very much looking forward to that...
This morning she found a young birdie under the lilac tree...it fell out of his nest...Gustave is to keep an eye on the young birdie...(we named him Tweety)...but I a am not shure if he can see the poor thing with just one eye peaking out of the pea soup..

The Dragonfly Ball..part two

The day after...

Dawn.....Its very still in the garden...just one little bird is singing a song..it sounds like a whisper...maybe he chattered a bit to loud yesterday...
Well.. its not the only sound I hear..when you listen very closely you can hear a joyful sound..sweet voices...the tingling laughter of happy people.. The echo of last nights Ball lingers through the treetops......and it will linger on for ever in our memory dear friends...Your lovely company...our daring flight ..our friendship.

There was the Tea Rat...charming as ever..flying so high that we almost lost him in space.....thank god he decided to come down..tumbeling that is...he was rescued by his sweet companion Anita...then they both sat under the lilac tree ..talking about books and poetry...and gazing at the stars...

There was Miss peach...so good to see her...she looked like fairy..and when she starts laughing...you just have join her..she has the loveliest giggle...did you know she is going to be married soon..

There where all the little creatures from the garden...flying and chattering...having so much fun..Gustave...playing his banjo...Mozes singing and dancing in the air...would you believe he did the Moonwalk...
The only one who did not look so very happy was Miss Moussie....why...well,there was this piece of pie...flying precisely in her direction and did hit her..splash...on her delicate little moussie nose..O dear...
For a moment when it happined we all held our breath....then Elvira..being very brave(or just nervous)...started laughing...
Miss Moussie with a face full of pie did not blink an eye...she just grabt herself the biggest piece of pie flying around and ...wel you can quess..Now there where two ladies with pie noses...Then we heard a big bear voice yell....PIE fight...And thats how the Ball ended...We hope you are oke my dear ...O,I do believe there is stil a cherrie in your hair!
Have a lovely day...dream a little daydream and don't forget ..love and friendship are the strenght beneath your wings...
Wasn't it a marvelous flight...

The Dragonfly Ball

Welcome...welcome..my winged friend...welcome at The Dragonfly Ball...may this evening be magical...leave your worries at the garden gate and fly with us through the night.
We, The Dragonflies from the Hilltop ,are very happy to meet you here in the secret garden of the Dutchess.
It is an honor inviting you to fly with us tonight...Oh, you look surprised...yes my dear.. we are really going to fly in this beautiful starry summernightsky....afraid your wings will not hold you...don't be scared...Oh..its your first time flying....Its going to be oke my friend....lets start with a little flying lesson...The first thing you learn is how to 'hover'..,you know,like the Dragonflies..when they hover over the water...And there is just one thing you have to do before 'lift of'...."What"..I hear you ask....Well,here's the secret...First you eat.....a big piece of PIE.
Not just any pie from your local supermarket..no no no..this is a pie that can make you fly...baked by the one and only Gustave...his imaginary cookies are already famous but wait until you have tasted his flying Pie...its unforgettable..thats what it is..
So...lets make this an unforgettable flying experience and a night we will always remember. How we love your beautiful wings...we see wings with shimmering lights...shiny silvery dewdrops...purple feathers...and...what have we here..a little spider with spider web wings...how lovely.

Friends..we ask you now to be very silent and watch the sky...a surprise is waiting for you....A Dragonfly Ball without a dragon wouldn't be complete so we invited the biggest dragon from the neighbourhood....just you wait and see..
SSSsst listen...is that the wind blowing through the tree tops...look...can you see that glittering shiny object in the sky...is it a plane ...is it a star...no its a DRAGON.....There he comes..O my..what a very impressing set of wings. He is diving and dancing..swiftly swirling...and.. making a lot of squeaky and croaky noises....strange..And now, when he gets closer you can see this Dragon is wearing a Top Hat..
Could it be....Yes, my dear friends..its Mozes...with on his back a tiny pink feathery fluffy thing...better known as Miss Moussie and a green hopping person with a big basket of Pie..Gustave. Watch out now....watch it...watch it...You don't want Mozes to land on your head....
Goodness...that was a difficult landing..almost in the pond..but all is well...so let the Ball begin...There we see Gustave very proudly serving pie....take a bite my dear..its very low on calories and it tastes devine...
Yes..there you go..its working...you are hovering over the lilac tree...marvelous!
What was that flying by...o dear...a PIE..Yes a PIE...the pies are flying too...Now we are all fluttering through the garden...take care now ..don't get tangled in the fairylights..and don't get hit by a flying pie...
You go and have fun now...fly among the stars...be happy...........................

Tune in tomorrow ....The Dragonfly Ball part two...the day after...

Invitation to a ball..

Good day to you all...and isn't it a glorious day...
My friend...It would be an honor to invite you to the Dragonfly Ball...
Please come and take a loved one with you...
Time and Place.....coming Saturday night in the garden...
Dress code...something with wings...

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Shelter...

We are all going to take shelter for a storm...we heard on the radio that lots and lots of rain and heavy wind is coming our way...Being a very small creature this worries me..I know Gustave will be deep under water in his pond....Mozes made himself comfortable in the toolshed..he likes to be in there so he can fix things that need fixing..And little old me...I am going to stay with our Dutchess and we will watch a very romantic movie..Please,do take care for the little creatures in your garden...is there a place for them to take shelter for a storm.....

Handyman..

And a very handsom handybear indeed..Mozes is doing a great job....we are having a garden party very soon..The Dragonfly Ball...but the weather isn't very nice...so we are building a tent and we will decorate the garden with fairy lights.....We will keep you posted..

Hang out..

I am just hanging out to dry....the whole garden was soakt..we never had so much rain in years...It was kind of scary too..so, our dear dutchess invited us all into the house to take shelter for the rainstorm..we all sat there very cosy in the livingroom...chattering and drinking tea..well not all of us...Elvira was dangling from the chandelier....Gustave was checking out the fridge..and Mozes played some old records...Then...somebody (I don't know who) got this silly idea to go out and do a rain dance.....you know ,like in this old movie...Singing in the rain..

Over here...

Can you see me...I am overhere..no a bit to your left...isn't this marvelous...I think I am going to stay here for a few days..I took my hammock with me...its to warm to sleep inside my birdsnest anyway...

Forever friends..