Leprechaun Encounter

We've been getting lots of rain here in Southern California so new things are blooming practically every time I turn around! This bright pink petunia stood out amidst white dianthus and greenery and I needed to take a picture. To my surprise, I also captured a few leprechauns in the background!

"Have I met you two before?" I asked, catching them by surprise.

"Who, us? Oh no, we're not here," said the one on the left.

"Yeah, us, we're not here," chimed the one on the right.

"Yes, I believe the one on the right is Clancy and on the left is Fagan" I assured them.

"Oh no, nothing to see here," said one, and the other parroted him as they both turned away, repeating the words in song. I guess I snuck up on them while they were trying to hide their gold. I didn't want any, just a little chat, but maybe next year. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I tried to sneak up on them a few times to see where they hid their gold.

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Clancy and Fagan Bring the Celebration

This morning as I was watering my garden, my attention was grabbed by the sounds of music and laughter. When I went to investigate, I noticed two new faces. These leprechauns introduced themselves as Clancy (left) and Fagan and announced that they had been celebrating since the wee hours of the morning when they arrived.

Clancy is a cheerful and boisterous fellow. He is often telling stories of Ireland and the tricks that he has played on the townspeople and farmers. Clancy is translated to mean "Red headed".

This "little fiery one" (the meaning of the name Fagan) knows how to have fun but he does have a short temper so the fairies make sure not to make any short jokes around him.

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The Gnomes From Woodland Grove, Part 4 - Green Greets the Queen

Bright and early the following day, Patrick made a visit to Queen AmberLynn. They had a nice long chat about the exhausting journey of yesterday as well as the wonderful time he and his tribe had when King Mac came to visit in South Ireland. Patrick also told the Queen about the agreement made to arrive to her community early to offer help in finalizing any construction and to help other guests from around the world travel through the rainbow (the fastest way to travel) in time to celebrate the grand arrival of the King in August. Patrick was inspired by King Mac's journey with the Prince and decided that his own son could learn about leadership and goodwill during this trip.

Queen AmberLynn and Patrick the Leprechaun have a lengthy conversation amongst the flowers.

Meanwhile, Princess Jezelle was far too curious about the new arrivals to stay away. Ryan, Brianna and Liam heard a knock at the door and were greeted by Jezelle's smile. She shook the hand of each of them, introduced herself and welcomed them to the community, remembering to be polite and princess-like. After a bit of talking though, she let down her royal personality and became an excited young fairy, eager to learn about Ryan and his homeland. Jezelle had never been to Ireland and wanted to know all about it.

Jezelle listens, captivated by Ryan's stories about Ireland.

Time flew by and before they knew it, Patrick was back from his visit with the Queen. He informed the others that everything had been decided on; Ryan and Patrick would begin helping with construction tomorrow, Brianna would be in charge of teaching herbal medicine at the community school and Liam would meet with the Queen to make a guest list and prepare travel plans.

Everyone is excited to learn that they all have a job to do in this community.

Grandma heard of the news and was also excited to hear that the new arrivals had already found ways to help in the community. Patrick apologized to Grandma for his initial outburst yesterday and complimented her on her garden. Patrick had also learned from AmberLynn about Grandma's blog so he wanted to send a message to her readers:

"The luck of the Irish be with you."

Happy St. Patrick's Day

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The Gnomes From Woodland Grove, Part 3

As the light dissipated, the Fern family saw that the once empty lot was no longer empty. Now the lot was filled with furniture, dishes, books, tools and more - basically everything one would find inside of a house - scattered all around and a family of tiny people dressed in green surrounding a large black pot of gold. The Fern family began to calm down a bit, deciding that this group seemed non-threatening. Zookned told the children to stay put and moved to greet the group. The strangers began to gather all their belongings, at the same time surveying their surroundings. The children watched the people dressed in green quickly organize the whirlwind of a mess that their arrival had made and Sue thought to herself 'they must have done this many times before to be able to clean up that quickly.'

The 'strangers' arrive in the empty lot by way of a rainbow and quickly make themselves at home.

It was at this time that Grandma came out to her garden. She had heard the commotion all the way inside her house where she was working on her blog and rushed outside to see where all the noise was coming from. One of the men in green saw Grandma before she saw him and he jumped into the black pot full of gold. "You can't have me gold!" he shouted. Grandma heard this and looked down at him. "I don't want your gold, I just came to see what was making such loud noises out here."

Zookned explained to Grandma what had happened with the rainbow and the clattering. As fairies from the garden gathered around, the group in green introduced themselves.

Tribal Leader, Patrick

Ryan, son of Patrick

Liam, Keeper of the Rainbow

Brianna, the Healer

Patrick is the Tribal leader, invited to the community by King Mac on his travels through South Ireland, and father to Ryan. Liam is the Keeper of the Rainbow, the tribe's main mode of transportation and how they arrived to the empty lot (and perhaps partakes too much in adult beverages). These three are Leprechauns. The fairy Brianna is a healer who accompanied the leprechauns on their journey, also invited by the King, to teach herbal medicine to the community.

After some introductions, the 'strangers' didn't seem so strange anymore
(other than the fact that they're leprechauns, of course)

The excitement died down as the group of new arrivals announced their plans to get some rest early as they were very exhausted from their lengthy trip. Patrick made it known that he would be meeting with the Queen first thing tomorrow.

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