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Peggy Melanson
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By Peggy Melanson
Special to PRIME
On the first day of June, my Grandmother began her preparations for spring planting in the tiny garden in her yard
The first thing she did was to send me out to find a stone. Sometimes I would bring back the remnants of a dirty old red brick but she would carefully place it in the garden as if it was a diamond. She said she wished she could buy the proper June gemstone but being poor, she didn't have the means.
When I was a little girl, we sat on her sofa, drinking "milk-tea" and eating homemade sugar cookies and she told me about the special June stone and the Fairies.
With serious eyes, she said, "Fairies bring stones to human gardens." Adding, "They use them as seats for their midnight gatherings. When you go out into your own yard in spring, notice all the new stones that seem to just "Show up."
Grammy confided in me that many years ago a very special fairy was born in her yard in June.
Following is my Grandmother's wonderful tale for you to share with others, especially when you walk through a city garden. Remember to stop and hold very still for a moment and listen for the hum of fairy wings.
This is the story about the birth of the "Luna" "The Fairy of new Beginnings" When she was born, she already had the power. Her sparkling, golden colored eyes created calm and reduced crankiness.
Wrapped in fragrant blossoms, she slept in the crook of a strong maple tree.
The nest was made of warm leaves, soft pussy willow puffs and rose petals. Whenever she waved her tiny baby hands, scatters of gold and pink fluff filled her nest and new sprouts grew quickly beneath her tree bed.
"We'll name her "Luna" said the mother fairies. "Just look at her, she's already growing things with her baby fairy dust. She'll be the one to bring life to all the seedlings that have traveled to the garden to grow.
Luna loves to dance and frolic down the furrowed path leading to the heart of the garden. She leaps high, twirling her fingers so that her special sprinkles can cover all the budding plants and flowers. Like the other fairies in the garden, she's so tiny that she can't be seen, (except out of the corner of an eye).
When grownups and children, cats, dogs and skunks, moles and even ants enter the garden, she flies over them with all four-fairy wings buzzing. She flies so fast that you can sometimes hear them hum. Luna spreads fairy dust over them too. This magic powder has been dipped in love and dried with moonbeams to bring out its potency.
All manner of living things; trees, birds, lady bugs, bees and even rocks feel better once they've been to a garden that she's visited.
Luna likes to bathe and play with the fish in any cool pool of water near a garden. And sometimes if you're there during deepest night you can see the water ripple and glow from her shedding fairy dust. Please be quiet and let her wash because soon she'll dry herself in warm sunflower petals and fly to her tree nest to sleep.
If you stand really still and listen closely, you'll hear the soft buzz of her snoring and the quiver of her wings as she dreams.
June's ancient birthstone is the Moonstone. In traditional times it became the Pearl and is said to be the stone of new beginnings. A visionary stone, it's supposed to help one see all possibilities that exist and, promotes emotional balance and stability.
The moonstone was very popular among the Romans, who thought it to be beams of moonlight captured within a gem. In India it was, and still is, considered a sacred gemstone. The most valuable variety of feldspar, moonstone has a beautiful iridescent effect known as adularescence.
Moonstones and pearls come in a variety of colors that range from colorless to silver, to yellow, green, pink or golden brown and black. Moonstone cat's eyes are sometimes seen and were a favorite of early 20th century Art Nouveau jewelers.
June's flower is the Rose. One of the earliest flowers know to man, symbolize love magic, hope and passion. The name Rose comes from the Latin word that means red. Nebuchadnezzar who was considered one of the greatest and most powerful of all Babylonian Kings used roses to decorate his palace. They were grown for perfume oil in Persia. The Greeks associated roses with the blood of Aphrodite's beloved Adonis.
"Teaching and Inspiring Others" won Peggy Melanson the opportunity to be a Torchbearer for the 2002 Olympics. She was also awarded "Cool Woman of America" by American Movie Classics Television Network. She is a mixed-media and Zentangle artist, a one-woman comedy show and magazine columnist. Peggy is presently working on her memoir, "Dancing on the Roof" that can be seen at www.myfamilymemoirs.com -- For more information log onto her website at www.findingcourage.com or email her at peggymelanson@yahoo.com.
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