You wouldn’t think you’d find a place like this in Australia … but that’s exactly where this is. This photo was taken by Serenity Press editorial director Monique Mulligan at Golden Valley Tree Park in Balingup, in Western Australia’s South West.

Fog and mist shrouded the garden, lifting slowly for a stunning interplay of light and droplet-filled air around lush sequoias and spreading oaks.

“It’s like something from a fairy tale … and I felt connected to Vasilisa and her brave friends as I traipsed up and down hills. I didn’t want to leave!”

“I imagined Baba Yaga’s iron mortar flying through the woods … and Katie Crackernuts holding onto the sick young lord as his horse was compelled through the forest to the faeries’ Great Hall. A wonderful moment of knowing that this project was meant to be…”

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