Finnish Forests
During a recent trip to Finland, I spent time wandering several forests. These Finnish forests seemed alive with magic. The trees are rooted in a country rich with folklore and mythology.
It wasn’t just the cool green carpet of moss, the distant gobble of a wild turkey, or the flitter of yellow birch leaves raining down from the canopy that inspired me. It was imagination gone wild. Over there, see it? Perhaps it is a forest fairy sitting atop a silver toadstool. There she is, washing her hair with dew drops collected in a buttercup. Oh, there is another fairy, using pine needles to knit together soft strands of moss and spiderweb silk. Look at that acorn. Another fairy is fashioning it into a smart little cap. Hear that chatter? It is the sound of a party as the fairies gather in a woodland meadow to dance in the moonbeams.
