30 Comments Posted by ladyhawke

AHA! Maybe this is why the ceiling is missing in your "Foliage" room!

Can you imagine if this whole picture was a pattern on a rug? Just Gorgeous!

Motts~ With all it's little interesting details to its architecture, this is one of the most beautiful places you've photographed so far.
Thanks for showing us that once upon a time, people loved to build structures that would be so beautiful to the eyes.

Oh wow! I'm with you, Janice. ; )
Line the walls here with some beautiful floor to ceiling mahogany bookcases and a deep comfy chair that you can curl up in with a great book!

I wonder how many people tried to ride that banister to its very end.

Such beautiful architecture!

You're right Jude!
It does look like it's from a fairytale!

And so, the kingdom slept for 100 years and waited for the spell to be broken...

The design and all the many different little details to it are simply breath taking.
The structure is just so beautiful on its own.
But Motts, you ALWAYS have a way to take a beautiful subject and take it to that next step up! : )

But ALL of the Enchanted Forest has not been forgotten!
Many of the original figures and structures were saved and or given to Clark's Elioak Farm, which is just down the road from this original Enchanted Forest!

The farm has just opened for their new season!
This year they are VERY proud to be able to unveil to the public the original Little Toot boat, Humpty Dumpty, the Merry Miller's House, and Willie the whale!
While Willie was being relocated he broke apart.
But! His original frame was saved as well as his tail and tongue.
A local artist used these pieces to recreate a replica of him.
He still needs to be painted, but from what I hear he looks wonderful!

Papa Bear that you remember sitting in is at the farm, as well as the three bears cottage, the old woman's shoe/slide, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and many other EF favorites.
No, it wasn't possible for it to reopen on it's original soil, but this IS the next best thing! : )

CRAP, bluicecorvette!
You found me haunting this staircase again! LOL.
Ok. I confess, I'm always here. : )
It is just too beautiful to leave.
My thoughts and a hug goes out to you as well, bluicecorvette.
Be sure to spend a part of the day, being thankful for the special positive people who were put in your path on this journey called LIFE, and that made a diffence to you, because they were in it.
My heart will never leave this Enchanted Forest.
I'm grateful to Mott's that he has taken such beautiful photos and that a group of caring people appreciate them as well.
A woman told me once that she read a story that when you go to Heaven, you are asked where you would like to spend eternity.
If I could choose, I would spend it here in this Enchanted Forest. : )

This must be what you would call an "Enchanted" time out. : )

Every home should have one of these towers to escape to.
A place set up to listen to music, to read, to draw, or just to dream...

I shared what Tom Tom said about grieving to a friend who just lost someone. After I told her, it looked like a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders.
She smiled as she teared up and said, "Oh, I like thinking of it that way!"
Thanks, Tom Tom. : )

This reminds me of that creepy dream sequence on the t.v. series "Twin Peaks."
Where a dwarf(?) was dancing and speaking backwards to Agent Cooper and Laura Palmer.
Odd how the chairs are arranged. Looks like the table didn't want to be in their company ,so it just walked away.

Sigh...Silly Ol bear. YOU have been through so much more than I! I just wanted you to realize that its hearing from people like you that have been through so much more, that it actually helps ME to push on. YOU are an inspiration for me! Thank you for that!
And as for dealing with loss, when I lost my Mom it was as if two of the most important people in my life died. My Mom ,and also one of the very best friends I ever had. For me it feels like only yesterday that I spoke to her ,but it also feels like it's been a century seen I spoke to her last , all at the same time. How's that for not making any sense? But, losing someone you loved the most never makes any sense. Take comfort in Tom Tom's words above about grieving, and know that you are here with people that care. Love you, Gail Take care. : )

Bluicecorvette! Woman! Sit down with me on these steps and take a breather!!!
It's actually very peaceful here!
It always amazes me that as bad as my life might be going, (yah, there are alot of people that seem to have it so much easier than me), but I also never have to look very far to find someone who has been through so much more than I.
It puts things in a little bit better perspective for me.
I myself, have been through breast cancer. A co-worker said to me once that they didn't know how I pulled through, and that they didn't think they could do it if they were in my shoes.
I told them that "Sometimes, you just do what you have to do."
When life can press on us hard, it really can make us stronger.
Family and friends help get us though.
Thank you for sharing all of the above.
I can't even BEGIN to imagine the kind of pain that you've been through.
I can see though that you are a strong and caring woman who thinks of others before she thinks of herself.
I'm hoping that things have gotten better for you.
Thank you so much for sharing it, and yes, you are with people that care. : )
You're in my thoughts. Once again, a picture has brought together two people's pain, but in doing so it has also brought a kind of comfort in sharing what they've been through.
You take care~ Love,Sue
Thank you Rapunzel's Wish for the kind and heartfelt words. Happy Mother's Day to you : )

"Awww, You caught me haunting this enchanted staircase again.
Had to come here, especially today, and it was nice to see that you left me a message of warm wishes on these steps.
Gail, if you are a Mom or have a Mom, heck, even if you don't have any kids!
I'm sure that you've been an inspiration to children in your life.
You remind me of that saying that goes something like,
"A hundred years from now, it won't matter what kind of car I drove. How much money I made, or even how big my house was. What will matter most is that I was important in the life of a child.
Thank you, Gail, from the bottom of my heart! OXOX ~ Sue " : )