Chuckles and Fairy Rings

Here is a brief video from someone who found a brand new fairy ring in his back yard...



The comments under this particular video on youtube are priceless. A funny one from autumnenergy:
"DUDE !!! I cannot believe you picked that mushroom and then just threw away ! You are so lucky the Fae didn't kick your butt for that !!!!
DO NOT walk inside a fairy ring
DO NOT pick mushrooms from a fairy ring
DO NOT use iron around a fairy ring
I am glad you are safe. Just remember to pay them respect. They left something very beautiful in your yard. Next time that happens, leave a bit of tobacco next to the ring (NOT inside) and little pieces of cloth. Blessings to you LUCKY GUY !"

(I like the not using iron part)

Birds of a Feather

What I did here, was duplicate Heather's original art, and make the circle a bit smaller, so that everything was symmetrical. Then I added some color, envisioning the circle as the sun, or a fire ball (Ring of Fire). What Heather did was use her imagination. (I am sooo getting shown-up by her.) She made colored wings on paper, and then glued them on. Then she glued even more stuff on. It's sort of Harley Davidsonesque, but a very good solution, I'm happy with what I got here, and happy to expand upon it. And I'm not too worried about the (lack of) what I sent to Heather this round because, guess what? That's the mandala I get to ultimately "finish". The finishing seems like the best fun, and I am a perfectionist. That last round may take me forever.

Cycle 2 Round 2:

Heather Gordy to Shana R. Goetsch
(Houston, TX to Milwaukee, WI)

Shana R. Goetsch to Heather Gordy

(Milwaukee, WI to Houston, TX)

...and, just for kicks, Social Distortion covers Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire

Hexenringe (witches/sorcerers/fairy rings)

Mortals who have danced with the fairies are rarely safe after being saved from their enthrallment. Often, they find that what seemed to be but a brief foray into fairyland was indeed much longer in the mortal realm, possibly weeks or years. The person rescued from the fairy ring may have no memory of their encounter with the sprites, as in a story from Anglesea recorded in 1891. In most tales, the saved interlopers face a grim fate...

The natural history, and the myth of the "fairy ring", from wikipedia is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring

Mysterious fairy-type rings are also found in Africa.