#FairyTaleTuesday
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Host of #FairyTaleTuesday - sharing fairy tale, folktale & fantasy related tweets every Tuesday. Follow us @fairytaleflash too! Founded by @AmandaBergloff
#FairyTaleTuesday “Why, this is very midsummer madness.” –William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Act 3 Scene 4 Midsummer traditionally a time when it is believed the veil between the human and spirit worlds is at its thinnest and those worlds converge and collide. 🎨Margaret Tarrant
"Fairy Islands" is an illustration by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite from "Elves and Fairies," written by Annie Rattray Rentoul and illustrated by Outhwaite. The book was published in 1916 by The Lothian Book Publishing Company. "Fairy Islands" accompanies a short poem about distant islands where fairies live across the sea, with fairy sailors, phantom shells, and shining beacons. Ida Rentoul Outhwaite was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1888. She studied at the National Gallery School in Melbourne and became one of Australia’s best-known illustrators of fairy books. Her works include "Elves and Fairies," "The Enchanted Forest," and "The Little Green Road to Fairyland." Outhwaite died in 1960. via The Wild, Weird, and Wonderful #FairyTaleTuesday
