ABCs of Fairy Tales

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Thanks to TwoScamps for giving friendly fairy tales its magical third award and inspiring the

ABCs of Fairy Tales

A – Alchemy, Albatross, Ancestors, After, Alone, Air, Aloft, Awkward, Ashamed, Angel, Aged, Aspire, Afar, Arbor, Aladdin;

B – Beauty, Beast, Boast, Bested, Bird, Ballad, Bilious, Bold, Beggar, Book, Before, Backward, Beanstalk, Boots;

C – Castle, Cinderella, Cowboy, Catkin, Cape, Charming, Children, Crown, Curse, Chase, Cat, Caper, Canter, Command, Charcoal-burner, Cendrillon;

D – Dragon, Dungeon, Dwarves, Doorway, Disguise, Dream, Different, Dance, Delight, Donkey, Dell;

E – Elf, Equestrian, Enemies, Equal, Escape, Everyman, Elemental, Ephemeral, Estuary, Elongate, Elegant, East;

F – Fairy, Farmer, Fisherfolk, Flying, Forest, Fortune, Frozen, Feast, Family, Fire, Frog, Flowers, Flax, Famine, Find;

G – Ghosts, Genius, Gnomes, Gingerbread, Glass Slipper, Gold, Genie, Goose, Gander, Grace, Giant, Goldilocks, Gift, Godmother, Goblin, Gelfling, Grime, Ghasts, Glen, Ghillie, Gaffer, Gem;

H – Happily Ever After, Heroes, Honey, Hood, Handsome, Hidden, Hunt, Horse, Haven;

I – Igloo, Igniting, Invisible, Island, Ignominy, Ignorance, Improvise, Ivy, Iron;

J – Jester, Jump, Joke, Jokers, Journey, Jack, Jewel;

K – King, Kids, Key, Knight;

L – Liar, Loved, Lantern, Light, Leprechaun, Luminous, Lost, Luck, Left, Longing, Lair, Labyrinth;

M – Monster, Moon Princess, Maid, Minister, Music, Magic, Mystery, Mountain, Mist, Minstrel, Mulberry;

N – Nightingale, Nymph, Nightmare, North;

O – Once Upon a Time, Old Woman, Old Man, Ogre, Ocean, Orphan, Offal;

P – Princess, Pauper, Pretty, Prince, Promise, Pigs, Palace, Pirate, Puss, Postern, Pattern, Peace, Prophecy;

Q – Queen, Quit, Question, Quilt, Quaff, Quibble;

R – Robber, Ruler, Righter of Wrongs, Red, Rescue, Road, Ruin, Ring, River, Riddle, Rumpelstiltskin, Roses, Requite;

S – Spider, Sorcerer, Sylph, Spirit, Shoes, Samurai, Swans, Sleep, Sea, Secret, Strength, Spell, Stepmother, Stolen, Storm, Sword, Sunshine, Snow White, Star, Smith, Sidhe, Sanctuary, Stone, Silver, South, Sprite;

T – Traitor, Tyrant, Thief, Tree, Treasure, Transformation, Time, Toad, Tower, Toll, Troll, Train, Trip, Tale, Talk, Temper, Test, Truth, Traveler;

U – Unicorn, Ugly, Urge, Utmost, Until;

V – Volcano, Voice in the Darkness, Valor, Vow, Valentine, Village, Visier, Vacancy, Viceroy, Vamp, Vulture, Villain, Vapor, Vampire;

W – Wizard, Widow, Wind, Wisps, Wonder, Wishes, Woods, Weary, Wildflowers, Water, Witch, Wolf, Word, Wax, Wane, Wastrel, Wrought, Winged, West, Woodcutter;

X – eXcellence, eXcelsior, eXasperation, eXhale, X marks the spot;

Y – Youth, Yarn, Yellow Sunshine, Yeh-Shen, Yawns before Sleep, Yoga; and

Z – Zest for Zaniness, Zax for roofing, Zephyr, Zorro, Zero, Zaftig, Zapped, Zonked.

I hereby share the limelight with more bloggers putting out awesome content:

Angelart Star;

Apronhead — Lilly;

Becca;

Feralc4t;

Geo Love Photography;

Geo Sans;

Jeweled Frog Creations;

Kissed by Starlight;

Marviiilous; and

Schelley Cassidy.

Here are some flowers to show my appreciation for all the likes, comments, follows and awards I have been receiving lately:

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Thanks for making my world even more magic!

—- Brenda at Friendly Fairy Tales

Copyright 2013 Brenda Davis Harsham

The Sun is Shining on Friendly Fairy Tales!

My second award! Thanks to Julianne Victoria at Through the Peacock’s Eyes. I love her new animal spirits posts and her take on dragonflies. Thanks for awarding Friendly Fairy Tales the Sunshine award — for blogs that are positive, inspire others creatively or just make you smile.

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I’m happy to be making people smile with my Friendly Fairy Tales. I’ll be answering some questions, and then passing them along to 10 other bloggers, complete with notifications and links.

10 Questions: What is your:

1. Favorite fairy tale;

2. Favorite exercise;

3. Favorite smell;

4. Favorite dessert;

5. Favorite vacation spot;

6. Favorite sound;

7. Most unexpected visitor;

8. Dream for the world;

9. Closest dance with death; and

10. Favorite lake.

My answers: I like Cinderella the best because many little girls imagine meeting a prince and I was no different. My favorite exercise of the moment is walking, and I take lots of pictures along the way.

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My favorite smell is chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven which happens also to be my favorite dessert. Hawaii was the best place I ever visited (so far). My favorite sound is the exhale my children make when they come to me for a hug and lay their heads down on my shoulder. My most unexpected visitor was a total turkey:

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My dream for the world would be peace, me and the other beauty queens. 😉 I’ve had so many dances with death, it’s hard to narrow it down, but I’d have to say my first labor that ended in a caesarian left me the weakest I ever remember being. Ending on a happy note, my favorite lake:

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Many bloggers out there make me smile and give me a positive charge. The blogosphere is a magical world of its own. Here are 10 very special bloggers you should visit, but many more of you out there deserve this award:

Cindy Knoke;

Donicia;

Tokidoki;

Redheadedknitter;

Fairytale Fallacies;

Sheila T Illustrated;

Witlessdatingafterfifty;

Benvenutocellini;

Fabulous 50’s; and

Imelda’s Wall.

Thanks to all the bloggers out there, sharing your stories and time. Thanks for coming on my journey with me. I’ll leave you with one last doorway, a magical portal to the world of fairy tales…

Brenda

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My first award, woo-hoo!


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Thank you to Julianne Victoria at Through the Peacock’s Eyes for making one of my dreams come true today, an award for friendly fairy tales. She is an inspiring person with great things to say about yoga, tarot, poetry, philosophy and a whole lot more. I hope you will be able to visit her website. I hear she is writing fairy tales, too, and I can’t wait to see them.

Having thanked Julianne Victoria, I now have to tell you 7 unknown things about myself and then nominate 10 other lucky bloggers (with notices and links going out to them).

A story is coming soon(1)! In the meantime, I’ve planted sage, parsley, thyme, tomatoes, cucumbers, meadow sage and peonies today(2). One of the tomato varieties is a zebra stripe. A new adventure in cuisine for us(3).

I also took a long walk(4), thinking of flowers, magic, sunshine and friendship(5). Oh, and sugar, since I stopped at Starbucks (6). 🙂 Here are some things I saw on my way (7):

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Thanks for coming on my journey with me. I hope to meet you at my site again soon!

Other lovely bloggers I hereby nominate (in no particular order):

I hope you like them as much as I do!