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In building this blog i'm hoping to create a modern Stillroom Book. Long ago a Stillroom Book was a complete guide to daily life passed down from generation to generation. It was not only a cookbook or just an herbal guide, but something of each and more, it contained drawings of herbs for identification, recipes and formulas for medicines, cosmetics, preserved foods, liqueurs, beer and ales, household products, along with advice on midwifery, animal husbandry and general care and cleaning methods for the household. Often with notes, anecdotes, and even antidotes of the ladies, children and butlers. My dream is to inspire, inform and design a little space where one can ponder!

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Hildie Von Glowenworm’s Recipe; Peppering Your Day with Delight

Hildie Von Glowenworm’s Recipe; Peppering Your Day with Delight

1 – Greet pigeons with benevolence.  They just might do the wibblywobbly dance for you. 2 – Learn a silly word a day, like; Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – Fear of the number 666. 3 – Now, banish that word from your mind!  There really isn’t any sense for such a silly word. 4 – Step in wet and soggy puddles as often as you can. Ideally, without the aid of goulashes! 5 – Take long bike rides,…

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Vivi, the Visionary...

Vivi, the Visionary…

Although it has taken me quite sometime, I am thrilled to finally have and share with you a preliminary sketch of Vivi, the Visionary… the author of The Curious Tales of Thimble Tarn! If you remember, The Curious Stories from Thimble Tarn… are a cluster of tiny poems that narrate and celebrate the hidden lives of the nearly extinct botanical fay that resides by and around a small mountain…

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The Noblewoman of Denmark...

The Noblewoman of Denmark…

Brij Cappo, Mother, Artist and Yoga Instructor Extraordinaire as The Noblewoman of Denmark… there’s rue for you, and here’s some for me; we may call it herb of grace o’ Sundays; O, you must wear your rue with a difference”.  Rue is well known for its symbolic meaning of regret, but the herb is also used to treat pain, bruises and has abortive qualities. Brij Cappo as The Noblewoman of Denmark for…

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The Nixie of the Mill-Pond...

The Nixie of the Mill-Pond…

Has just dropped by to remind you that her dear friend, Raisie, will be on display in the art exhibit “Reflections on the River,” an exhibition of works by local artists which includes Anastasia Traina.  The David & Joyce Public Milne Library in Williamstown, Ma. has hosted the show since Sept 7th… and where Raisie will continue be on display until Sept. 3oth, 2016! Hope to see you soonishly!…

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The Blossomkeeper...

The Blossomkeeper…

Says, everybirdies is welcome! Wild Handel as the Blossomkeeper Photography by Anastasia Traina ~ 2016 ~

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The Haltija

Is a fairy spirit or guardian of a place such as a glen of trees, water, the grave yard, villages, and homesteads. There are also Haltija’s which guards humans, by discreetly following them around to keep them safe. The Haltija is a very close friend of Raisie and would like to invite you on September 7th  to “Reflections on the River,” an exhibition of works by local artists which includes…

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The Little Merrow… Who lost her Magical Cap!  Merrows wear a special hat called a cohuleen druith, which enables them to dive beneath the waves.

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Titania’s Littlest Fay… Is all tuckered out after her most busy day... Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier,

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Merman Oannes SAMMY GEORGES, Artist, My Mentor Extraordinaire and Photographer as Oannes... Oannes was the name given by the Babylonian writer Berossus in the 3rd century BC to a mythical being who taught mankind wisdom.

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Tanaquill, the Faery Queen

Tanaquill, the Faery Queen

What angel wakes me from my flowery bed? Sara Cooke, (Artist and Mother to the McDonald Sisters) as Tanaquill from the Artist Underwater Series Underwater photography by Anastasia Traina ~ 2016~

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Ruby's Metamorphosis

Ruby’s Metamorphosis

I have had the great privilege to be able to photograph the magical McDonald Sisters for the last five years…  and when I look over the photographs we have taken (a mere fraction of which I have posted) their metamorphosis into womanhood has been nothing short of astonishingly miraculous…  breathtaking, really.  And perhaps, when I began this project I did not truly understand the scope, or how…

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Anna Liffey

She asked that it be named for her… the river. Georgia McDonald as Anna Liffey Underwater photography by Anastasia Traina ~ 2016 ~

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One Odd Salad Day While romping around the clover field Winston Waldon Williams happened upon a curious creature, and then a most enchanting conversation began! Graphite drawing and the beginning of a very Tiny Story by Anastasia Traina ~ 2016~

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Fanny Brawne and the Bishop Fanny Brawne and the Bishop... “I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” ― John Keats. Photography by Anastasia Traina - 2016 ‪#‎johnkeats‬ ‪#‎afaerietaleofonesown‬

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Vila

A woodland spirit who live in the wilderness and sometimes in the clouds. She usually appear as beautiful maiden, naked or dressed in a sparkling green skirts of leaves… Vila’s voice is  beautiful as the rest of her, she can form large gusts of winds that can lift houses into the air. She has healing and prophetic powers and she is sometimes willing to help human beings. At other times, she lures…

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Neave

Neave, (Bright Light) is the daughter of the god of the sea, Manannan mac Lir and one of the princesses of Tir na nOg, the land of eternal youth. When she grew up she fell in love with  poet-hero Oisin. Ruby McDonald as Neave Underwater photography by Anastasia Traina ~ 2016~

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Bláthnat ("Little flower")

Bláthnat (“Little flower”)

Was the daughter of Midir, high king of the Irish Faeries… Tullulah Musser as Bláthnat Photography by Anastasia Traina ~ 2016~

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