Photos by Mark Girdauskas & R.E.

Fairies gathered for the third year Lavender Fairy Festival at Steed & Company Lavender on Saturday. They have come each year, rain or shine, to learn about the Lavender Fairy, to parade and to take part in activities and fun related to fairy lore. This year's sunny skies brought more fairies (and pirates) than ever, along with a special guest.
On parade with Tinkerbell, photos by Mark Girdauskas. See lots more of Mark's photos from the afternoon...
And a few from Relish Elgin...
Quinn gets her face painted by Nellie Veldman as Bo looks on patiently awaiting her turn.
Slides above: Freedom, Alicia and Olivia visit the festival (slide 1); the parade leads to the water feature in the lavender maze (slides 2&3).