Fairy door

[hanzo]

Someone took this picture and called it a fairy door. Only thing is, we don’t have fairies in Hawaii. We have menehune.

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[Paul_B]

There's a popular hill we can see from our house that offer has fairy doors on the trees at the top. The fairy steps is one route to the top. Every so often they get taken away. Littering because many are shop bought tat.

That's a nice looking one homemade I reckon.

 

[Kadushu]

Sounds like an invasive species.

 

[Tengu]

<Tengu is busy worrying someone will ask her what Tengu like; just dont.>

 

[oldtimer]

Apparently some of these popped up in Oxford recently although I haven't seen one personally. Fairies are not uncommon, however.

 

[Toddy]

That's a pretty one

There are loads around here; the kids learn about the trees and this kind of attracts them.

I don't know where it started, but someone wrote the name of every weed they saw growing up in pavements, gutters, along fence lines, etc., with chalk. Again, it caught folks attention and the kids learn the names of the weeds

 

[Bishop]

Someone took this picture and called it a fairy door. Only thing is, we don’t have fairies in Hawaii. We have menehune.

Could it be that the Menehune are distantly related to the European Gnomes?
Both build similar shaped portals resembling human doors as entrances to the magical realm.

 

[TLM]

I don't know where it started, but someone wrote the name of every weed they saw growing up in pavements, gutters, along fence lines, etc., with chalk. Again, it caught folks attention and the kids learn the names of the weeds

For a change a good idea from "someone".

 

[TeeDee]

Oddly that's what we call the Avionics access panel in the bottom/floor of a cockpit.

 

[Nice65]

That's a pretty one

There are loads around here; the kids learn about the trees and this kind of attracts them.

I don't know where it started, but someone wrote the name of every weed they saw growing up in pavements, gutters, along fence lines, etc., with chalk. Again, it caught folks attention and the kids learn the names of the weeds

It started in Toulouse apparently and then during lockdown it was taken up here to make the local walks more interesting.

'Not just weeds': how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora

Pavement chalking to draw attention to wild flowers and plants in urban areas has gone viral across Europe – but UK chalkers could face legal action

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[Toddy]

 

[TeeDee]

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Gotta love a bit of Graffiti.

 

[demographic]

I don't know where it started, but someone wrote the name of every weed they saw growing up in pavements, gutters, along fence lines, etc., with chalk. Again, it caught folks attention and the kids learn the names of the weeds

I really like that idea.
Nice one.

 

[TeeDee]

That's a pretty one

There are loads around here; the kids learn about the trees and this kind of attracts them.

I don't know where it started, but someone wrote the name of every weed they saw growing up in pavements, gutters, along fence lines, etc., with chalk. Again, it caught folks attention and the kids learn the names of the weeds

Just need to introduce the Latin component. and put them off for life.

 

[Kadushu]

Just need to introduce the Latin component. and put them off for life.

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Sounds like a spell from Harry Potter but it's just Shepherd's purse.

 

[TLM]

Just need to introduce the Latin component. and put them off for life.

Ahh, just wait until you get to the Greek part ...

 

[Toddy]

How about uses instead ?
It's edible, it tastes peppery/mustard kind of nippy. It's used in a wild food stir fry. Don't eat a lot, but a little is fine
Herbally it's used to stop bleeding.

 

[Stew]

Someone took this picture and called it a fairy door. Only thing is, we don’t have fairies in Hawaii. We have menehune.

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That’s nicely done. I like it when there are some done with care and attention. If it’s a purchased one that is just lazily nailed on with no thought of the detail of how it blends into the tree, not a fan. I did make some simple ones some time back but I’m a little inspired to make some more for the house I’m now in. I think passers by may be able to catch a glance from the street while walking by and it might raise a smile or two.

 

[Tengu]

Fairies dont exist.

And if they do exist, then we shouldnt encourage them.

Seriously bad folk.

 

[John Fenna]

Personally I like to see my trees unadorned - but I am an old "grumpy".
If Fairies want a door let the lazy so-and-sos build their own!
I do like the pavement graffiti though