The Hazel-Catkin Fairy

Like little tails of little lambs

On leafless twigs my catkins swing;

They dingle-dangle merrily

Before the wakening of Spring

The Hazel-Catkin Fairy

"Even in January the hedges are not void of all blossom;

before Christmas the catkins on the Hazel and Alder are fully formed;

and if the season be a mild one the Hazel Catkins may be seen with 

the blossoms fully expanded; as well as the tiny red stars of the

female blossoms, before January is over."

"The Nature Notes Of An Edwardian Lady"

(1905)

Edith Holden

(1871-1920)

 English writer and artist

"The Hazel-Catkin Fairy"

Poem and Illustration by

Cecily Mary Barker

(1895-1973)

British artist and poetess

Patroness of the English fairies