Charming ‘fairy doors’ open hearts in California neighborhood
NY Post
A California community has bonded over a profusion of tiny, colorful wooden doors that are popping up all over.
The so-called “fairy doors” in Alameda, an island community adjacent to Oakland, have been around for years but they’ve grown in number since the pandemic. So many of the brightly colored, diminutive portals have turned up at the bottom of trees, fences and benches that an army of volunteers has created a Facebook group to celebrate and map the phenomenon — helping fairies and human fans alike find them during self-guided walking tours.
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