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poliphilo 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
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
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Date: 2025-07-06 03:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-07-06 03:17 pm (UTC)To be honest I don't like these very much. I only did 'em to please a friend
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Date: 2025-07-06 03:22 pm (UTC)