Silly Sally Sonnet Part 2

Dear Miss Jenna, I’m sorry it has taken so long to get to the second part of Silly Sally for you. I guess the older I get, the harder it becomes for me to hear the stories the birds whisper in the wires. It’s been a crazy spring down here; one minute you think it’s spring, the next minute the cold wind blows in again. If I didn’t know better, I would think someone was … Continue reading

My Missing Pixies

  Dear Miss Jenna,    It was so much fun seeing you again, almost as much fun as your toes had walking on Texas again. We’ve had a few drops of rain since you left, so I don’t think our rain followed you home this time. But I am stating to think something did follow you home. Since you left, I haven’t seen a hint of pixie in the gardens. I’m sure the fairies are … Continue reading

The Problem With Pixies

  Dear Miss Jenna, Summer is coming quick, it will soon be time for the fairy hunts to begin. I thought we should spend a bit more time going over the differences between a fairy and a pixie. While fairies are mostly quiet, pixies are more like a noise with wings. We’ve learned that fairies do seem to have a way of talking to each other, a way of communicating. But it’s such that humans … Continue reading

The Fairy Trap

  Dear Miss Jenna, I’ve been out and about in the gardens all ready, seeing how things are shaping up for a proper fairy hunt this summer. Since we figured out what happened to the rain last year, and you helped us get that mess fixed up, the gardens have been very active this year. I see lots of butterflies again this year, and you know what that means. If you see a butterfly, there … Continue reading

A Second-Hand Wish

  Dear Miss Jenna, I’ve been out and about in the gardens and it is a marvelous spring indeed. There seems to be a mystery, a majesty and magic about the flowers this year. It’s a special spring indeed, for you start on your second hand this year. You’re too big to count your years on one hand any more, you’re a big kid now. That in itself is a special piece of magic, as … Continue reading