Monday, October 19, 2009

Ethereal Microcosm


The sky let out a heavy cry this weekend... a much needed release.
And if it wasn't for the darkness that the clouds cast over the forest, I just might have missed the enchantment waiting for me there.

The scene was mystical... a dim forest thick with rain and fog. But little beings were glowing all around me. Tiny tiny winged creatures, a luminescent white, fluttering around me like snowflakes caught in a current, reluctant to land.

I stopped and tried very hard to get a closer look at one as it hovered alongside me, but it was so small and sporadic in its movement. Not all of them were airborne so I peered onto a fern leaf where several had landed and discovered that they were wee little moths, in the shape of perfect hearts... no bigger than a button hole.

It's no wonder that I also happened upon this little heart a few months ago in the bark of a tree in the very same forest. It wasn't a man made heart, and it only looked like a heart if you were looking at it from the right angle ...but it too was tiny. Perhaps it was carved out by some rather curious little fireflies of the rain forest?

21 comments:

  1. This is pure enchantment! You live in a fairy tale - I have always thunk it. :)

    xoxo
    Debi

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  2. What a beautiful message to come across... I would take it as a good omen...

    :-)

    (((hugs))),
    love,
    me

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  3. So beautiful that tree with the moss and the little spark of love caught in the middle. Something magical indeed! Love it!

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  4. I agree with the above comment, I expected fairies to scatter across the page as I was reading. Lovely.

    Sue

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  5. sounds to me like there are fairies in that forest...and I want to come and explore there... right now !!

    thanks for painting such a beautiful scene with your words that our hearts could touch.....

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  6. Such an enchanted post! I love the detail about the moths being no bigger than a buttonhole!

    You and I are both thinking about hearts today. I feel so lucky to have found you. xoxo

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  7. what gorgeous and ethereal whimsy - i love it.

    thoroughly enchanting

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  8. You seem to find hearts wherever you go. =) Beautiful!!

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  9. I love the way you see the world... It speaks of a soul which is awake...

    Much love, M

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  10. I love it when natural hearts appear within nature :-)

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  11. Sigh...sigh...sigh...This is pure,magic. Thanks for this! :-)

    Hope you are doing well Jaime.

    xo

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  12. the thing is....that when you tell the story i know that this is exactly how it happened. that you really did see little white fairies that turned into moths on closer inspection. you dear girl are a love!
    xo

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  13. How amazing to see the world through your eyes!
    I am speechless...
    I am a lover and writer of fairy tales, and I can't quite describe what this does to my heart. Thank you so very, very much.

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  14. It's like an unexpected bit of magic. What a beautiful description - both visual and verbal. Great eye!

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  15. Only a heart of gold would be able to see a heart made by tiny fireflies...painted with the love pouring from them...or is it the gold...teehee...xx

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  16. Pure enchantment is exactly right. I do love you and your words, my friend.


    ... missing you.

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  17. It is a magical forest. Thanks for sharing this magic with us.

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  18. such magic in your writing and your forest, I heart this image.

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  19. i don't know how i have missed so many posts.
    i love "finds" like this one. You have one of the most keen eyes i've seen. and you are so right - an overcast day can be the most magical.

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