Little autumny Caleb to celebrate by favourite wizard and my favourite season 🍂🌒

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In mythology the King is at his strongest at the Summer Solstice ...... his power then wanes & he is defeated by the King GreenMan at the who holds sway until the Spring equinox when the roles are reversed again.

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Dożynki, the Slavic harvest festival, was originally celebrated on the Autumn Equinox. Traditions include parades, feasts, wheat wreaths, and dancing. A wreath made from the last of the year's wheat was believed to have magical powers.

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🍂Celebrating w/#FairyTaleTuesday🍂
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🎨Autumn, Arthur Hacker, 1907
🎨Autumn Angel, Ida Outhwaite, 1916

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Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf
How the heart feels a languid grief
Laid on it for a covering,
And how sleep seems a goodly thing
In Autumn at the fall of the leaf?
~ Dante Gabriel Rossetti

🎨 Mucha

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Fairies of the written & illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker. Wherever & whenever a seed sprouts a flower fairy is born. Each one lives & sleeps in their plant, flower or tree, looking after it, keeping it strong & healthy. 🍂🧚‍♀️

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In the orchards of England it is lore that each to ensure a good future crop, the last apple should be left on the tree for the Apple Tree Man. He is the spirit who lives in the oldest tree & bestows fertility on the orchard. Img: CB

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One the eve of the Autumn equinox, rested amongst the grasses in the meadow, a parting, lipstick-pink kiss from Summer. So rare and precious to discover Grass vetchling flowering in September, it’s 'kisses' belong to June and July! 💚

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Today’s freehand pen with speed, as it’s nearing -it’s loverly looking at all the different colours and shapes during this time of year. Also, bliss sitting by the in the with an amazing breeze

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A simple painting study. And a family of bees (my family). Needed to shake off some heavy feelings with a light exercise.

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