Eric Finds .......

Eric (formally known as Nigel) found something a little strange in one of the bushes that lead down to the river  

..... nothing super unusual, just something he'd never come across before, something he decided to call a "puff ball fairy".

However, he left it exactly where it was, because, in the past, we've found small items hung the same area that, we found out later, were traditional charms/talismans(?) to welcome in the season (in that case the spring) ......

Darrell and are not so convinced, we think it's more likely that someone simply found said puff ball fairy and hung it somewhere safe to be seen/found, but you know Eric, he's never one to dare tempt fate as far as tradition, folklore, customs, and superstitions  etc. are concerned.

...... "Fate" he says, "is best not tempted or even slightly provoked", especially when we are on the very cusp of the summer solstice (tomorrow), I quote, "We don't want the earth to accidently shift even everso slightly from its axis or something of that ilk!" What on earth is he like?