Wishes

In the past couple weeks, we've noticed a lot of these beautiful, delicate seed heads floating around on the breeze. They seem to be every where at once, flitting around on the wind, trapping themselves in spider webs and plants, begging to be caught and wished upon and released again.
I imagine that they are a universal part of childhood, that the act of catching them as they float by on the wind and making a Secret Wish is something that has been done all over the world, by many generations of children. I certainly vividly remember doing this as a child, and as with many other similar little rituals, I find myself instinctively passing it on to my own children.

I cannot for the life of me remember what we used to call these seeds as children, but I do remember them seeming very magical indeed and related to fairies and the such like. In fact, for a while I may have actually believed them to be fairies. Fairies who would float away and make secret whispered Wishes come true.
J tells me rather matter-of-factly that they're nothing whatsoever to do with fairies, but are in fact called "Sugar-Stealers", a name which I find comical and hard to take on board :: has anyone else heard this name for them??

Well, whatever they're called, Little Lady has loved chasing after these dancing, breezy seeds of late, trapping them in her hands, scrunching her eyes up tight and making all sorts of Secret Wishes. I just LOVE it how children always scrunch their eyes up when they make a wish, it just moves me so much to see it.
Whenever she makes a Wish, I always, without fail, ask her what she has wished for. And she always, without fail, refuses to tell me, as anyone with half a brain knows that Wishes simply do not come true if you tell.
But I always so badly want to know what her Wishes are. Like I really, really, really need to know. This goes beyond mild curiosity I'm afraid. I find myself totally desperate for the precious knowledge.

So one day, on a bright sunny afternoon, she comes racing in to show me she has managed to catch a sugar-stealer and is about to make a Wish. So I ask her if she can wait for me to go catch one as well, so that we can make a Wish together.
And it's easy to catch these things at the moment, cos like I say, they do seem to be everywhere.
So there we are, both with our own little seeds in our hands and about to make our own little Wish....and of course I ask her what she's gonna wish for. And of course she will not tell me.
So I say to her :: Looky here, I've an idea, why don't you tell me your Wish, and I'll tell you mine. And perhaps they won't come true cos we both told. But that's OK cos I can help you catch another and you can make a Secret Wish without telling me that time, and that one will come true I'm sure of it.
Like I say :: Desperate.

So she thinks on it, and decides it might work out.

I am kind of expecting it to be along the lines of wishing for a new Barbie doll. You know, a standard Childhood Wish.

But her Wish totally surprises and delights me. This is what she Wishes for ::

"when noone else is around I wish that the flowers in the garden will talk to me so that only I can hear what they are saying"

Aaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!
Have you ever, ever heard anything so cute and wonderful in all your life????

It was just magical, one of those precious moments that make Motherhood so completely  glorious.

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Edited to add :: if you'd like to know what my Wish was, you'll have to pop back on Thursday when all will be revealed xx

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Comments

[lucy]

Priceless! And what a lever way of extracting information!

[Linda Kristin]

Aaaaw, what a darling daughter! I'm only curious what secret you used for bartering. Must have been a pretty good secret for her to reveal her most Secret Wish!

[Lululiz]

So precious! You'll still remember that one when you are tottering around in your grand old age, or sitting in front of a cosy fire, wrapped in a then very vintage crocheted Lucy Lanky, might even be BB...

[sally]

Truly beautiful. What a magical moment! I've never heard of sugar stealers, but I LOVE the name! What did you wish for Lucy?!! Enjoy the rest of your wonderful day!
Sally x

[SparklePetal]

Lovely! I am so looking forward to when my little Snow White can tell me what she's thinking and wishing for! We called the seeds 'fairies' when I was young and always tried to catch them as they floated by. I don't remember making wishes on them though, and I've never heard them called sugar-stealers!

[erin]

What a sweetheart!!

[karen smith]

awwww don't you just love the innocents of childhood.
Sorry but I can't help you with the name of them but like you our garden is covered in them.

(((hugs)))

[The Curious Cat]

Awww...that is so cute and a very special wish - I still remember the magical world when I was younger, sometimes I think I can still feel it there, it is just that busy adult life makes me forget about it. I tend to remember it when I'm out alone amoung nature. When I was a kid I used to think I was from Narnia and had special powers... :)
As for sugar stealers - what a wonderful name but why? And yes, they reminded me of fairies too! xxx

[Carole]

Ah bless! The first photo on this blog is soo lovely,you are soo clever.Hope you`re feeling better today, recovering from the sniffles.
Love Carole in Rossendale xxxx

[Lucy]

Very sweet! We called them fairies and supersticious celt that I am I still find myself wishing on them from time to time!
Lucy x

[Sunitha]

Precious indeed! You have a imaginative daughter

[Nina - Tabiboo]

Such a beautiful wish Lucy, but I'm curious - what was 'your' wish??

I too use to call these delicate seed heads fairies when I was little and in turn my children do now and 'yes' whenever we catch one a wish has to be made in fact the lenghts we go if we see swirling in the breeze to try and catch it and make a wish - why would you not?? Precious indeed.

Have a lovely rest of the day,

Nina x

[Anne@andamento]

A beautiful wish.

We called them fairies, though I don't really remember making wishes with them - perhaps a chance for us to start a new family tradition.

I've printed off your granny square tutorial and am determined to succeed in making a granny square soon! I've failed so far with the other tutorials out there and I actually like your squares better than any I've seen so should be on to a winner here, I hope!

[Anna-Karin, Sweden]

Oh, I love the way kids express themselves. And often so unexpected. Absolutely adorable!! How old is she?
Have a lovely afternoon and evening. Today, we have "summer" here, its 22 degrees and soooo nice. Hope you have the same weather too!!
Anna xxx

[Becky]

We always called them fairies too!

[PinkCat]

What a lovely post. Little Lady is charming.That's brightened up my afternoon! x

[The Garden Bell - Kate]

What precious little hands. You will cherish these kind of pictures in the years to come. Just love her little braclets. I'm sure many hours of fun were had putting those together. Love the fairies story idea. One of the things I have done is make a home in nature out of found items such as pinecones, bark, planting, acorns..etc. Place up next to a tree it's too die for. Basically,anything, I could find outside. I'll have to find a picture to share with you on my blog. It keeps the little one busy for hours. Also, the myth stays alive.

We had a fun time at the Kane County Flea Market this weekend. Lots of treasure to be found.

Hope you are feeling better today.

[Lucy - Beads 14]

awwww i haven't done that in a few years i kinda miss it :'(
Lucy xx

[jane]

melt my heart. what a love! jkj

[The Garden Bell - Kate]

OK, I just added a picture of the little fairie house or Hobbit House from Door County made last fall on my blog for you to see. It will keep the little ones busy for hours.

http://thegardenbell.blogspot.com/

Creative busy minds will keep away the mischief.

[Margaret Bouwmeester]

That is soooo sweeet!!!!
Love it, they can say the most beautiful things, you need to write that one down!!!
Thanks for giving us a peek into the Little Lady's mind!!!
Hugs,
Margaret B

[ravylesley]

Crikey todays post reminded me of my childhood.We did indeed call them sugar stealers.But for the life in me I cant figure out why

Lesleyxx

[Nathalie]

; )

[jackie]

Way back in the 1960s I went to a school near a river bank where Rose Bay Willow Herb grew wild and abundantly. Every September on a particular day clouds of their seeds, sugar stealers, floated over the playground.

[valerie]

what a lovely story thanks for sharing