Faerie of Summer
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Faerie of Summer

Faerie of Summer
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How sweet I roam'd from field to field,
And tasted all the summer's pride,
'Till I the prince of love beheld,
Who in the sunny beams did glide!

He shew'd me lilies for my hair,
And blushing roses for my brow;
He led me through his gardens fair,
Where all his golden pleasures grow.

--William Blake (1757-1827)

The Faerie of Summer with fragile butterfly wings, flits amongst the roses and daisies; she carries a be-ribboned basket of yellow and blue rose-buds, and a friendly bluebird alights on her hand. She wears the colors of summer, mirroring the sky, clouds, grass, and sun.

Summer Faerie
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Faerie of Summer
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Summer Sun
Great is the sun, and wide he goes
Through empty heaven with repose;
And in the blue and glowing days
More thick than rain he showers his rays.
. . .
Meantime his golden face around
He bares to all the garden ground,
And sheds a warm and glittering look
Among the ivy's inmost nook.
Above the hills, along the blue,
Round the bright air with footing true,
To please the child, to paint the rose,
The gardener of the World, he goes.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

This doll is a poseable, ballerina-style Barbie, so her pose can be adjusted in many ways, as I've shown in the pictures.  Her head adjusts side-to-side and up and down; her arms adjust at shoulder and elbow, and her legs move at hips, knees, and even ankles. This is a lovely doll with strawberry blonde hair with blonde highlights (the actual color is somewhat lighter than it appears in the photos), big blue eyes and pearly, rose-pink lips. I have not altered the face or body except to add a sprinkling of "fairy dust" to her face, bosom, and shoulders. Her hair has been styled in long curls, pulled back from her face and swept to one side with a coronet of blue and yellow roses; several curls escape from the side and back to frame her face and gently brush her wings. The wings are pale green feathers accented with a gilded butterfly button.

Summer Faerie
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Summer Faerie
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Summer Faerie
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Top of Stand

This faerie also comes with her own display stand which forms a summer-time tableau. The base is covered with moss and accented with roses, daisies and other blossoms in shades of blue, yellow, and white. The stands riser resembles a tree--it is also covered in moss and twined with a climbing yellow rose; sprays of yellow and blue blossoms cascade from the top, framing the scene, and a bluebird, nestled in moss, peeps out between them. The faerie flits across this scene, suspended from the top of the stand with clear filament (which loops under her arms).

Summer Faerie
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Base of Stand

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