Watching and waiting —
powerful allurement of
these delicate ears.
Looking healthy, but
Subject to worms, drought, and blight.
With eager heart, I’m —
Anticipating –
making silk-haired fairy dolls
for children’s delight.
Sharing with neighbors –
Ripe ears, buttered and roasted,
On a summer night.
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Combining two challenges:
Colleen’s haiku challenge Use words “power” an “allure” https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/05/16/colleens-weekly-poetry-challenge-34-power-allure/
Misky’s Tuesday Twiglet https://thetwiglets.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/twiglet-24/ delicate ears
Picture googled – gardeningjones.com
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Hello. To various folks I am Neat’nee, Mom, Grandma Neta, Gramma, Aunt Neta, Aunt Noni, Aunt Neno, and Aunt Neto (lots of varieties from little nieces and nephews). To some I’m more like “Didn’t you used to be my teacher?” or “Don’t I know you from someplace?” To you, perhaps, I am a Fellow Blogger. Not “fellow” like a male or a guy, but “fellow” like a companion or an adventurer. I would choose to be Grandma Blogger, and have you pull up a chair, my website before you, while I tell you of some days of yore. I have experienced life much differently than most of you. It was and is a good life. I hope to share nuggets of appreciation for those who have gone before me and those who come after me. By necessity you are among those who come after me and I will tell you of those who came before. Once upon a time in a little house on a prairie - oops, change that lest I commit plagiarism - and change that “house on the prairie” to “dugout on the prairie.” So my story begins...
Wow! These are something special. Corn silk fairy dolls… you had me there! ❤
Although my imagination runs a bit rampant sometimes 😀 I do think I remember corn husk dolls that were like fairies to me. I googled but did not find the kind I remember. I think my folks would pull part of the husks down part war then arrange the corn silk for silky hair. I don’t remember a face. I think they sometimes dressed the dolls. However by dressing them, they may have only tied ribbons or maybe a handkerchief around the ear. I worked for me however it was done! And I bet I could make it work even now for my great granddaughters. If they can believe my stick figures, my full ears of corn would be magic! 😀
When I was a little girl on spent my summers with my grandparents in Kansas. I remember the corn husk dolls, too. My grandma used to make me dolls out of yarn. Sweet memories full of magic. ❤
The imagination makes the magic. Those days were in Colorado for me.
Oh, that’s neat. I live in Colorado Springs! 😀
Beautiful place. I’m lived in Oklahoma most of the time since I married in 1953. We did live in Alamosa for a couple of years when I finished my Bachelors Degree. That led me back to Oklahoma. 😀
Nice. We’re retired Air Force and after moving around for a few years we’ve settled here.
Oh, I wished I could have one of the fairy dolls. Delightful
Aw, I like where your imagination takes you. Mine takes me there, too. Too bad I can produce the real thing. I do remember someone in my past who did do that though. Silky hair, corn shuck color green dress…aw, memories. 😀
I’ve seen corn husk dolls but fairy dolls sounds so wonderful.
Oh, the beauty of imagination. 😀
There’s a historical farm associated with one of our nature preserves, and one of the activities for kids there is making cornhusk dolls. I had one or two, but I tended to prefer hollyhock dolls, just because we had the flowers, and I could make a new doll whenever I wanted!
That’s interesting. I haven’t heard of hollyhock dolls. I sure would like to have a garden of hollyhocks. My mom had some but I never have. I guess they grow by seed, right? I’m going to google. Thanks for the new venture.
They do grow by seed, and once you get them going, they’ll reseed themselves. I have a photo somewhere of a hollyhock doll, but you probably can find that online, too. In fact, here you are.
Oh, yes, beautiful – both the flowers and the dolls. Maybe I’ll remember next spring. How about a blog next March on this subject? Now that I would like from your knowledge and experience.
Yes, the hollyhock dolls were very pretty. I also checked the corn husk dolls. They only used the corn husks off the ears. I think my folks made dolls with the whole ear because they used the corn silk somehow for the hair. They were good for my imagination however it was done.
never seen a corn husk doll! But I do love my fresh corn on the cob
Yummy, isn’t it? 😀
Corn husk dolls. What a creative and lovely idea. Unfamiliar to me. I do have a vague childhood memory of a banana doll with 1/2 apricot hat and the banana skin shredded to make a skirt. Memories!! Thank you for the post.
Banana doll is new to me. I could try that out. Thanks for comment.
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Thank you. 😀
You now make me feel like roasted corn 🙂
Hope that’s because you know you are a tasty, delicious treat! 😀