As promised, today is the day to choose whose feet the Gansey socks will be keeping warm this Winter.
It was tough as I loved every single comment and truly wished that I could send a pair to everyone. So how to select.
Then it came to me. The Acorn Wish Fairies might help. I checked the calendar and they were indeed collecting the acorn wishes this weekend.
Perfect.
They were so excited to help. You see, this time of year, they are collecting the wishes that are left wafting in the air. Some of these wishes are caught by trees. The oak trees store them in their seeds.
The fairies collect the wishes in the caps, leaving the acorn, and take the wishes back to be sorted.
In celebration of their hard work, they are able to grant the last wish collected, straight away.
The fairies sing and laugh as they scoop the wishes up in the acorn caps. Careful to make sure the wishes do not blow away in the wind again, as some wishes do. Some are caught again, but others spend all their time travelling on the wind.
The acorn caps are loaded into the cart, pulled by a single unicorn.
It was the perfect day for the harvest. No wind and the sun shone.
Once the cart was loaded, the fairies headed home. Happy with their days work.
Before they went on their way, they granted the last wish collected. The wish to receive the Gansey socks.
The Acorn fairy was so happy to show me.
Amy from the crookedlittlehouse
Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun and left a comment. Amy, I’ll be dropping you an email.
(The Acorn Wish Fairies would like to thank AJ, BL and TF for all their help.)
What a wonderful story and congratulations to the winner!
Thanks Emily. Result of a day of children’s questions!
A delightful story. Thankyou for making me smile. I think we’re all winners for reading that!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Elizabeth got it spot on – we’re all winners 🙂 So kind of the Acorn Wish Fairies to help out.
Blessings…
🙂 They are a helpful bunch.
Such helpful little fairies! They certainly help ease the pain of not winning. Fortunately, I just rigged up a winter fireside computer spot…so now my toes will at least be toasty without your socks when at home. Now about going out and about… 😆
Like the idea of your fireside computer spot. I have one too, except its not cold enough here yet to light the fire. When it is, I find it so difficult to move away it. 😀
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..do I detect the cooking sherry bottle getting a little lower?
Just kidding.. they look great and tell a good tale 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
After the fourth person asked me why I was photographing acorns, I just couldn’t give another straight answer. The story just evolved, as they asked more and more questions! No sherry involved. I just couldn’t resist the urge to storytell. 😀
it looks lovely and made a good story 😀
That is a very cute way to announce a winner! 🙂 Congratulations to Amy who is going to have lovely toasty warm feet this winter.
Anne xx
Oh my! I am terribly honored and feel very lucky indeed today! Thank you fairies for picking me! And thank you Cheryl for making suck gorgeous socks!
I really meant SUCH gorgeous socks. Good gravy I must be too excited to type this morning!
Congratulations to Amy.
Love the acorn wish fairies helping 🙂
Well done Amy……..love the story and would quite like an acorn wish fairy of my own. xx
Loving the acorn fairies – they are lovely – and such a delightful story with great pictures.
Can’t wait to see what they do next!
This was the sweetest way to lose. I giggled over my disappointment as I experienced the beautiful acorn wish fairies… Congratulations to Amy!
Blessings, Debbie
What a wonderful way to pick a winner 🙂 Such cute little acorn fairies! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a lovely comment on my shawl and definitely check out the book if you get a chance 🙂 Have a great weekend!
I’ve added the shawl to my ever growing list! And the book too. 🙂