Norway wins the Eurovision Song Contest held in Moscow. Singer and violinist Alexander Rybak smashed the record for the most points awarded during the competition for the song ‘Fairytale’. Iceland came second, followed by Azerbaijan in third place. The UK’s entry Jade Ewen, singing a song composed by Lord Lloyd Webber came fifth.

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The Fairy tale of Lyuba the baby ‘Mammoth frozen in time’ See how the tooth fairies unravel the mystery of baby Lyuba. This not to be missed program 9th May at 12PM National Geographic Channel.

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Myrea Pettit The Green Fairy

Fairies have been urging the Virgin for some time now to serve a cocktail made famous by Artists which includes Absinthe a liqueur which was banned in the USA until 2007.
Fly with the Fairies drink absinthe on board Virgin America .

Fly with the Fairies here

Absinthe

Absinthe

The Rites of Spring, the rebirth of natures cycle of life, are celebrated at the end of April and the beginning of May with Floraila festivals of dancing and drinking and in many countries children dancing around the Maypole.

The Roman figurehead was the Goddess Flora always bedecked with flowers her name in modern English is representative of plants and flowers. Here she is pictured in the 1898 Floral Calendar of Fairbanks the original manufacturers of Fairy Soap

Chevaliers everywhere, now is the time to show your love in true romantic French tradition presenting your beloved with ‘Muguet’. Surely the most poignant day in France for lovers to show their true feelings and emotions or to remember those we love and cherish. It should be made a worldwide tradition!
1st May – La Fête du Muguet and Beltaine

Lily of the Valley

The meaning of this flower is “You will find Happiness.”
Muguet © Myrea Pettit

Originally the idea as a family was to take the children into the forests and let them pick your Muguet together.It is also the time of the Cuckoo in France.

These days in the cities you will more likely buy it from florist’s, or one of the countless vendors stand that appear overnight on every street corner, many these days selling for charities and other good causes.

Although at all other times of the year, selling any kind of flowers or anything else on the street requires paying for a permit, merry May Day is exempted from this tax, and anyone can sell the blossoms anywhere without being tithed by the city.

Naturally every florist has pots and bouquets of lily of the valley dominating their outdoor displays. The pots for lily of the valley are always deep and vase-shaped, another tradition.

People everywhere clutch their lily of the valley, to be offered to their loved ones. With May 1st also ushering in Beltaine I love this French custom it is such a perfect way to welcome the Rites of Spring, when all is bursting into blossom, and new life appears with animals, birds and insects and one thought turns to beauty, love, caring and togetherness, precious moments for all who share the Fairiesworld. Muguet is also known as Our Lady’s tears since, according to Christian legend, the tears Mary shed at the cross turned to Lilies of the Valley, and in another legend, the flower also sprang from the blood of St. George during his battle with the dragon.

“Fairytales don’t come any more satisfactory than this,” wrote columnist Melanie Reid in The Times.

Persistent rumors that fairies were definitely seen in Gibraltar, were confirmed this month when the Gibraltar Magazine tracked down fairy artist Myrea Pettit and her husband David Riché to find out exactly what happened in the Alameda Botanical Gardens in July 2007.

It seems the population of that little British colony needed clarification. It was in medieval times that Witches and Devils were banished from Gibraltar, and it was thought that the Fairies had gone too.

Needless to say they are delighted to welcome back the Fairy sighting highlighted in the April 2009 Gibraltar Magazine

Last Dodo©by Myrea Pettit

Reminiscent of the Last Dodo’s speech at his farewell Ball

Last Dodo's Ball©Myrea Pettit

when he spoke to the assembled guests, inhabitants of the earth, promoting friendship among adversaries and predators alike that the destiny of the world is in their hands, and that without understanding among them they will all become as extinct and dead as the Dodo himself.

An electrifying speech in Prague today President Barack Obama of the USA spoke to all of the dangers facing the peoples of the world and his cause for nuclear disarmament and for peace among nations.

The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, fairies in fact, this elemental of air is clearly visible in this unique photograph taken by paranormal expert Steve Cooper

Sylph a Fairy of the air over Swan Lake

A three year Worldwide Advertising Campaign for Tourism Ireland started February 2009 for Dublin. Millions of visitors to the Magic of Northern and Southern Ireland will be enchanted by the amazing folklore and hospitality of this country will be touched with the magic of the Fairy’s footprints

I still have the mark on the end of my nose,
Footprints from the fairy`s toes,
I think they`re speckled,
But some say they`re freckled.
There was a fairy on my nose!

There was a fairy on my nose
by Joannda Riche