Tuesday 22 September 2009

Away with the Fairies



I didn't sleep very well last night.
I should have remembered my failsafe method for getting to sleep from childhood -
not counting sheep, but counting fairies
in this picture The Fairy Way by Margaret W. Tarrant,
which used to hang above my bed.

7 comments:

  1. oooh...my girls are gonna' love this!!!!

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  2. Well I shall be counting Woozles.

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  3. I do hope that is efficacious for you.

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  4. oh, what a lovely picture and thing to dream on while falling asleep...

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  5. I usually go through the alphabet naming animals, countries, adjectives for my children, anything I can think of. On a good night I get to about F, on a bad night I can go through 3 or 4 times ...

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    1. I never got past twenty before they flew away.

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