657 Comments for The Enchanted Forest

Your welcome Ladyhawke.
and Happy Mother's Day to you and to bluicecorvette, and to your Mothers!
I read something recently and I thought it was special enough to share with you beautiful ladies -

"You don't have to be anyone's mother to be loved."

Please know that you are.

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 : )

I see two beautiful, precious daughters, that any mother would be proud to claim.
love to you both.

Thank you Motts, for your incredible and inspiring work. It's spirit is so alive and dare I say, so very very Enchanting, to us all.

Ladyhawke, I'm glad to have caught you on your special day of love. I knew if I went to your stairs Id Find you sweetie. My Daddy is the one i lost Much too soon.I ache fir him so much that when i cry it looks like someone hit me from all the swelling, so sometimes I cant leave the house.I really do feel i have cracks all over my heart. At first loosing him i had lost the will to live. I was the apple of his eye.(only Daughter) and a brother that backed off when sickness came. So I had my Mother in Brigham's and Woman hospital having hip surgery. My daddy Was in the ward that held felons and junkies and other vicious people. My dad had Alzheimer's and they didn't know where to put him.mother didn't care,never Even saw him.When she got well they wouldn't let her go home with him, so i checked into areas near me because i knew id be the only one to mostly go, a few weeks later my mother in law got hit by a car in front of our house, (we built a beautiful addition on our house because she was lonely, )she had it all. huge yard basement. kitchen, livingroom, laundry room , bedroom, bathroom. it wasn't enough. she was always over my side up my ass about everything. plant flowers here.wash my floor, make coffee,vacuum for me. take me shopping. why are you putting on weight? 125lbs. mind you Then she got mad at me and said i heard her screaming and didn't go out to help her. The windows were closed i was bleeding heavy from a cyst in bed, she was by a pond at the other end of the house. I don't know why she liked to hurt me so.Sorry about the long story.I also was working 7 days a week.So i had my mother at home alone in Wayland to see everyday,bring food,cook also, and my Beautiful Daddy in a home with other alztimers thank god he fit in He really didn't know any better. I would try to see him at least twice a day to feed him,he forgot how.i hated when he saw me as his wife or sister. mostly i think he remembered me. I had 2 children at home to take care of also my daughter,and my stepson.whom at that time i found out was drugging heroin and steroids. My husband EX now would not help me with any of it. Went to counseling,she told him i need help.He said I'm out, She can council till her ass falls off i wont be back. I had to quit my job to help everyone, i tried the best i could . food on the table,food for my mother 1 hr. away.food for my motherinlaw, you know what lady hawk? she wouldn't let nurses in to clean her change her dressings, or help with work "oh no,,,Gail will do all that".Plus would YELL at me for seeing my Dad everyday, She said I was making him worse and more confused...Well when i was there and would go out for a smoke, he was thrilled to see me walk in. He didn't even rememberer i was there. TO ALL Please forgive me for being so long winded, I'm feeling Ive got some nice people here and I like it.

"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 " : )

Ladyhawke I just want to send you extra hugs and kisses for mothers day. Bless you, you beautiful sweetheart. All my love Gail

I think the hazy, dream-like quality of this photograph is simply beautiful. This just might be my favourite from this gallery...

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."...W.S.

Oh Boy!!! My tears. Thanks

Tom Tom, for all the people who have commented about my thoughts on this picture, never have any of you been at a loss for words. In some ways, it feels like she is saying hi to me, through all of you.
I love what you wrote about grief, and how it is the price we pay when we love others.
I love that way of thinking..... : )
What gets me through the loss of my Mom is that I was lucky enough to have someone like her in my life for as long as I did.
I am thankful each day for that.
I am amazed how people, that I don't even know, have taken the time to comfort a stranger.
Just that fact alone is comforting on its own. It makes me realize the true power there can be in words and the power of these beautiful pictures Motts has taken.
There still IS magic in this Enchanted Forest, and it is mostly made up of love.
Thank you Tom Tom, much love to you too. : )

I'm going to be nice.

Grief never ends, but it changes, it'sa passage, not a place to stay. The sense of loss must give away, if we're to value the life that was lived. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith, it is the price of love. Ladyhawke words seem to fail us when we think of your loss. Love Tom Tom

Oh wow, thank you so much for your kind words, and lots of love to you too. : ) My Mom is on my mind all the time, and I hope that all of you here are lucky enough to have a loving and kind hearted soul like she was in all of your lives too. Amazing how one photo can effect people in different ways.
This picture to me, is what a stairway to Heaven would look like.
It kills me to think that this beautiful castle will all just crumble to the ground.
I wish some of it, ANY of it could be saved!

Ladyhawke, you are a sweet beautiful angel. I think your mom is with you all the time. you had something very special and beautiful with her. she was a wonderful motherf with a beautiful heart...Just look at are how special you are. lots of love to you.

Thank you so much for taking these photos. I remember begging my parents every weekend to take me to EF. I stumbled across your site thanks to google. ^_^ Your photography brings back so many memories, and also the sadness I felt the day this park closed, and watched it turn to this.