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Article: Magic is believing Pilcher Park Nature Center celebrates fairies

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Joliet Park District naturalist and part-time fairy Heather Czaja bends to talk to an unidentified child fairy at last year's Fairy Fest at Pilcher Park Nature Center. Naturalist/fairy Nina Baki (center) drags fairy costumes out of a box as Jake Czaja (right) plays a flute at last year's event. Child at left is unidentified. Jake is a twin, so it's possible that's brother Michael in the photo.

"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." -- Sir James Matthews Barrie (1860-1937) The wildflowers and May apples blooming at Pilcher Park in Joliet are so beautiful they inspire ...

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