The Song of the Acorn Fairy

To English folk the mighty oak

Is England's noblest tree;

Its hard-grained wood is strong and good

As English hearts can be.

And would you know how oak-trees grow,

The secret might be told:

You do but need to plant for seed

One acorn in the mould;

For even so, long years ago,

Were born the oaks of old.

Inspired by friends, we are hopping along on a little rabbit trail down Fairy Land. This morning, while the children were out doing chores, I started to sketch Cicely Mary Barker's Acorn Fairy. After lunch, I put the finishing touch with watercolor pencils. It has been ages since I'd picked up a pencil to draw... I think this got me started. o;)

I just changed the picture on my header to Cicely Baker's Good Shepherd, the same picture that was on my first blog, École Buissonnière.