Fairy day..some nature magic lessons

I took Lissa out in the woods today, we spent a few hours deep in some nature trails. At first she kept up a running commentary of the most irritating things.."Is there a store here? Do you have money in case there's a store in here? Can we buy toys here?" I didn't want to be harsh with her, so I let it go, but, she was killing my nature buzz with that crap. I could feel some odd curious energy, but, I couldn't tune into it with her constant yapping. But, hey, that's the way kids are sometimes. I think they have too much of they're own energy to tune into anything else most of the time.

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Finally she squatted down on the trail (she'd brought a bubble gun in case of trouble) and said she had found a track. I said maybe it was a Unicorn. That caught her attention and she started getting into the place. In those brief moments I try to teach her something about magic. I dispensed with the bullshit and told her it probably was a horse track, but, there is real magic, if you look and listen. I told her about the Elementals, but, I called them Fairies. She's too young to understand Elementals. She said "Really??" Yes, and dang, I was sick of the heat. It is still and stifling today, so while I had the stage I asked her if she was hot and wanted some air. She said, sure, and looked at me dubiously. I threw out a breeze spell. It's a little thing I learned years ago and it sure wouldn't impress a crone, but, I wasn't at Hogwarts, I was with a five year old. When I threw the energy with my hands, the breeze instantly hit us and her eyes went huge. "Grandma, it's like you turned on the air conditioner!!" Satisfied, I nodded. Now, I really had her attention.

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I was a grand couple of hours filled with stories and mystery. I started teaching her how to stop and feel the air. To sense the things that are there, the ones who hide. The ones who watch you, unseen. These things are true in my world. I pretended we were lost and ask her to call on the Fairie Folk to lead us back to the car. She really got into it. She asked them to give her a Mushroom trail back, and damned if we didn't find one. Beautiful Mushrooms all the way back. And they weren't there before. I am a Mushroom spotter, I love them. I saw this incredible yellow one on the way in, but, now there were all kind of them lifting out of the forest floor. All of them right on our trail. I couldn't have missed them. No, they were new. Odd thing, I tried to get pictures, because they were magnificent, but, something sucked the energy out of the camera batteries. I'm glad I'd taken a photo of that big yellow one on the way in.

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Another odd note..when we got in the car, her candy bar was gone. I laughed and said the Fairy Folk took it as payment...then I noticed my soda was gone. Her's was still there. Hmm. I truly believe you have to give offerings to the Elementals. I'm pretty sure some crazy camper didn't find our unlocked car and steal nothing but sugar. Even if I wasn't really lost, then I certainly owed the Fairies for the good time we both had..and the Mushrooms. I have no doubt in my mind that Lissa made friends with some Earth Spirits today and I am pleased. She comes from magic and it's time to talk about it. I've seen it in her. I'm tired of the silly movie magic. We are not cartoon princess's with unicorn pets..we are what we are. I've wondered how to tell her for a long time now. I don't want to give her too much yet. But, it's there in her, I've seen it. I don't want her to be afraid of it. She has to learn what to do with that part of herself. I don't want her to be in the dark like I was with people saying you're weird. It's okay to be weird. Everybody is weird in some way. This is just our way. I hope I can help her find her path.