a bank of reeds

ingredients for medicine

Both inspiring and quirky

and fleeting will-o'-the-wisps

bitter or balmy

Scarlet Flower Thimble - Hand-Painted Wooden Fairy Tale Thimble Hummingbirds a bank of reedsThis decorative thimble tells a story. Rotate it to see the fairy tale unfold: a forest; a gleaming castle; a kind hearted girl; a splendid red flower. The Scarlet Flower is a Russian version of the classic Beauty and the Beast narrative. A traveling merchant stumbles upon a silver and gold palace. There, he picks a beautiful red flower for his youngest daughter, Nastenka, not realizing that the flower belongs to the Beast of the Forest. To make up