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  • Save the Date for Enchanted Faire

    JUDY CHADWICK, Whimsical Wonders|Mar 13, 2024

    The Whimsical Wonders are returning to the Main Street Green for the 2nd annual Enchanted Faire on June 22, 2024. “The Green Trail of Whimsy” invites you to start thinking about your costumes, and yes, we are inviting you to make magical houses and other dwellings, which will be displayed along the trail. This event is for young and old, boys and girls, and everything in between! We will keep you informed as the plans are being finalized. We eagerly look forward to the unique costumes and delightful structures you create....

  • Blessed: Home For Christmas

    JUDY CHADWICK, Whitehall Whimsical Wonders|Dec 20, 2023

    The Whimsical Wonders (WWs) were very fortunate to have the gnomes from Random Acts of Silliness (RAS) join us for the first annual Enchanted Forest Faire (EFF) in June of 2023. Before the EFF, the gnomes stayed for a few days at various businesses and also the Meadowlark Manor, the Library, and the Post Office. On the Friday before the EFF, the gnomes were picked up from all the places they had been visiting and became part of the EFF. The gnomes played a big part in the success of the EFF. Imagine our surprise when in late July, we...

  • Get Yourself Ready for the Enchanted Forest Faire

    JUDY CHADWICK, Whimsical Wonders|Jun 7, 2023

    Your dwelling is almost completed and now you are wondering about the fairy costume. For a fun imagination, there are many types of fairies both male and female, elves, gnomes, woodland creatures, pixies, leprechauns and brownies for example and mostly rooted in ancient mythology but bringing them into the 21st century is the plan for the Enchanted Forest event. You can wear your "costume" all day, or just put it on for the fairy costume parade. Have a fairy, fairy good time creating your...

  • Are you Building A Gnome/Fairy Home Yet?

    JUDY CHADWICK, Whimsical Wonders|May 31, 2023

    Now you all know there is a delightful request for community members, young and old, to "build" or create a fairy dwelling for the Enchanted Forest, but you might be asking, "HOW?" To make a fairy house you can use all different materials from cardboard to old birdhouses, big pieces of bark, doll houses, carved-out wood stumps; just about anything that piques your fancy. You can add moss, small pebbles, twigs, and other natural materials that fairies would find in their forest habitat. Don't...

  • Are you Building Your Gnome/Fairy Home Yet?

    JUDY CHADWICK, Whimsical Wonders|May 24, 2023

    Now you all know there is a delightful request for community members, young and old, to "build" or create a fairy dwelling for the Enchanted Forest, but you might be asking, "HOW?" To make a fairy house you can use all different materials from cardboard to old birdhouses, big pieces of bark, doll houses, carved-out wood stumps; just about anything that piques your fancy. You can add moss, small pebbles, twigs, and other natural materials that fairies would find in their forest habitat. Don't...

  • The Who and Why of the Enchanted Forest Faire

    JUDY CHADWICK, Whimsical Wonders|May 17, 2023

    The Enchanted Forest Faire is coming to Whitehall on Saturday, June 24 and the sponsors are encouraging the community to imagine and then build fairy villages, fairy homes, or other woodland character abodes. Follow the fairy dust path specially created for this event so all can meander along, enjoying the air of creativity and magic! NEED TO KNOW: Who: Whitehall Chamber of Commerce, Gold Junction Presents, and the Whimsical Wonders What: Create a fairy dwelling - open to adults and children!...

  • Whitehall Garden Club Meeting September 7

    JUDY CHADWICK, Whitehall Garden Club|Aug 31, 2022

    Who-o-o, Hoo-o-0, yes it’s for you! The September meeting of the Whitehall Garden Club is Wednesday, September 7th at Borden’s Conference Room. We invite the public to join us for coffee, treats, and conversation at 9:30 AM with the meeting starting at 10 AM. Whitehall’s own Cathy Hatch, a “Birder Extraordinaire” will enchant us with a presentation on “Owls, Nature’s Masterpiece.” Join us and learn about the lives and habitats of these big-eyed beauties....