As the weather was finally good and sunny at the beginning of this week, we decided to go out on a little trip and take some nice photos. We visited Burg Hornberg. A great castle ruin located not far away from the place we live. The famous Knight, Götz of Berlichingen, lived there a long time ago but now of course there are only ruins left.
The warm and sunny weather was very suitable for this little outing. And the old ruins turned out to be more magical than expected.
We were welcomed by a little Elf. She told us that her name was Ophelia – she was a Flower Elf and she showed us around.
She was very proud of the herb garden- although not many things were growing so early in the spring, she still showed us the different plants that would grow there in the course of the year and explained what they could be used for.
Ophelia brought us to the Lady of the Castle – an Elf called Willow.
Willow told us a few things about the history of the castle and how the Elves had started living there after it had been left by humans and become a ruin.
Finally, when we were about to leave, we met Pixie. Pixies are little elvish creatures who like to play tricks on humans – remember Puck from „A Midsummer Night’s Dream“ by W. Shakespeare? So, I suppose we were lucky that she was in a good mood on that day and only threw her little glittery shoes at us to make us pay attention to her. Because, as you can see, she likes to sit high up on beams and trees , so you do not easily notice her.
The three Elves allowed us to take a photo of all of them together before leaving.
We asked if there were other Elves in the castle. They did not answer. They told us to come back again another time and find out for ourselves. So … see you again during our next visit little Elves.
P.S. Just some Behind the Scenes images.
