Fairies

 Cecily Mary Barker produced the first of her Flower Fairy books in 1923. As a small boy I thought them frightfully soppy, Now I find them charming.

I looked her up. And found, to my surprise, that she lived in Croydon, the famously ugly Surrey town where I spent most of my childhood. 

A bit back I made a produced a picture of a mischievous little imp who I decided, after asessing him, had to be the Stinging Nettle Fairy.

My friend Deborahlka liked him and asked for more. Specifically the Poison Oak Fairy and the Poison Ivy Family. I wasn't intending to go any further down this road but I can't say "No" to a lady.

So here, with apologies and an affectionate thank you to Cecily Barker are...

The Poison Oak Fairy



and

The Poison Ivy Fairy