South Mountain Fairy Trail

I didn’t see any  of the wee folk themselves. Maybe they were out of town for the weekend, or scared off by curious children. But I did see evidence of of a once thriving civilization.

Tucked into tree hollows, roots, and in tangles of branches, delicate structures made of twigs, acorns, tree bark and moss are all that remain. Were these houses made by little people? And if so, then where are they now?

Here are some of the so-called “fairy houses” that I photographed along the edge of the Rahway Trail on the South Mountain Reservation near Millburn, New Jersey.