What Is Fairy Time?

Hi, It's Delbert here.  I've been busy in the hive.  Been telling a lot of stories about things I know to while away the winter.  In the stories about Thimblewyck some of the fairies, Marus especially, can twist time.  It's very useful.  He can put off things quite well that way.  He can also speed things up to bring wonderful things to one sooner.  Once his sister, Hilda, rescued some people by making time speed up for some goblins, so they worked themselves into exhaustion.  When they fell asleep their captives were able to simply walk away, out of the cavern.  I kind of go back in time when I remember things, and forward when I anticipate things.  But I can't actually twist time.  When I go back or forwards in time I usually have some emotion connected with all that.  Sometimes that's good.  Sometimes it's not so good.  Fairies seem to be able to fly above bad times.  I suppose you could call fairy time the ability to be light, airy and happy.  I can do that, I guess.  When I'm out among the flowers I feel that way.  Right now, remembering my Summer of flying from flower to flower makes me feel light, airy and happy.  So I guess I hooked into fairy time a little bit.  Happy times to you all.  Buzz at you later.  Delbert.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT INSECTS

I want to make sure that I am not accused of putting down any members of the insect kingdom just for being a certain kind of insect.  Each one has its place and that is important.  It was just that one bark beetle that I mentioned last time was kind of sneaky all by himself.  He just thought he was doing a job to earn some tasty bark to chew on.  Lina did have a lot of friends among the insect world.  One of her best friends was the Ladybug, Lady Lou.  She was the one who told Lina what Winter was and that it was going to come.  Lady Lou also introduced Lina to Clarissa, the mouse who sheltered Lina for the Winter.  Then Lady Lou met up with Lina again in the Spring, getting all tangled up in the spider silk Zenna wove to help everyone come back to Thimble Farm safely.  But that one beetle did cause some trouble, including trouble for me for telling about him.  It caused quite a buzz because some of my readers thought I was discriminating against bark beetles. All things need to be in balance in nature.  Camber helps to keep things in balance for his beloved trees. I do try to tell a balanced story.  I've got to go check out some new flower patches I heard of now.  Buzz at you later.

NEWS FLASH- NOT ALL INSECTS ARE AS FRIENDLY AND GOOD AS BEES!

I, Delbert, have always believed in the goodness of insects.  But I did come to realize that, just like humans or other creatures, some are good and kind.  But others are not.  The evil ones, who wanted to harm Lina, managed to get a bark beetle to spend a lot of time eavesdropping on Camber.  That is how they found out about Lina.  But not everything was known about her at first.  It wasn't even known where she lived.  After Croadine failed to kidnap her and turn her over to the evil ones some insects were asked to capture her.  These were a group of Cockchafers to try and capture her.  They were cousins to the bark beetle and he promised them special treats if they would take her to a certain cave.  But she was a little bit big for them to carry easily and they didn't trust their cousin that much.  So they set her down after snatching her off the lily pad she was sailing on.  She was using this to escape from the ugly frog who took her from her home.  When she was set down she met the spider, Zenna, a very good bug type, who became her life long friend.  I, Delbert, do hope everyone knows I am one of the best bugs there could ever be.  Better buzz off now.  Bye

WHO FIRST KNEW OF GERDA'S COOKIES?

Now everyone in Thimblewyck has learned to love Gerda's cookies.  I, Delbert Bee, have even landed on one of them and taken in a bit of the sweetness.  Sometimes the creatures around here argue amongst themselves about who was the first, after Gerda's husband Tom or course, to know how wonderful the cookies are.  Even the fairies come to eat cookies.  So I did some research and I found out that Thor, the big farm horse, used to help Tom eat the cookies Gerda would send with him when he went to the fair to sell eggs and produce.  I think he was the first to know about the cookies.  But it might not be so.  Adar, the swallow just told me that she had always tried to get some of the crumbs of the cookies.  If anyone else has a claim to be the first to love Gerda's cookies they can give me a buzz.  They certainly are yummy.  Maybe Gerda invented cookies.  I heard they were just little dots of dough put in the oven to see if the oven was good and hot at first. I do know that a lot of people and a lot of creatures are very glad the world has cookies.  I must be hungry.  I'm going to go hunt for some kind of snack.  Buzz at you later.  Delbert.