Fairies of the meadow by Nils Blommér (1816-1853) Image is in the public domain. While these fairies are ethereal and dancing nicely, they are not terribly cute.
I’ve seen plenty of children who work as professional models acting like wedding flower girls, but my sister-in-law’s nieces were even cuter than that. Just imagine, three cherubic-faced pink-complexioned girls with curly blonde hair in gauzy golden dresses with training ribbon bows. Now imagine that they behaved perfectly throughout the wedding, strewing petals as directed, sitting nicely during the ceremony, and generally looking like fairy children. Now imagine that my cherub-faced nephew, resplendent in his pint-sized tuxedo is screaming and generally acting like the 2-year-old that he is.
A digression here is in order, because my nephew is actually much cuter than a cherub. Also, what I tend to think when I think "cherub" is really not a cherub, but rather a putti, which is cuter than a cherub.
(Left) What I normally think of when I think "cherub"...a putto. Photograph by Jürgen Hornschuh, used under Gnu license.
(Below)More putti...In a painting by Rubens, often considered to be a well-known artist.
I firmly believe that my nephew is one of the cutest, funnest children ever. He also has a really healthy pair of lungs. Really healthy. Those girls were unfazed. They were the cutest, best-behaved flower girls ever.
Ironically (or perhaps not), my brother has long been rather fascinated by flower fairies. He even has a couple of tattoos. The fairies are not as cute as my brother's nieces and nephew, but still worth looking at.
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