Meet the keepers

Two humans. One farm. Twenty-four hours covered.

Aurora Glen has two farm-keepers โ€” both arrived from the brook, neither has ever asked for a holiday, and together they hold the whole magical place upright.

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Morning shift

Bulin

Bulin wandered in from the brook in 1989 with a pocketful of moonberries and a quiet affinity for being looked at by horses. They wake at 4am, brush manes, transcribe diary entries from horn-light into English using a small silver quill, and run on an alarming amount of cocoa.

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Night shift

Farmer K

Farmer K arrived on a Tuesday in 1994 carrying a small lantern and a much-loved jar of moonberries. They tend the meadow after dark โ€” polishing horns under starlight, reading bedtime stories to the shyer foals, and answering Horn-Mail by candlelight when the rest of us are asleep.

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They overlap for one golden hour at dawn and one silver hour at dusk.

During those hours the meadow is twice-as-magical, statistically. Farmer K hands Bulin a fresh cocoa. Bulin hands Farmer K the day's notes. The herd, predictably, joins in.

A short history

Six moments that built the meadow.

  1. ๐ŸŒŒ
    long ago
    A wish, mistakenly granted

    A child wished aloud for "a place where every unicorn has a name and a friend." A passing comet wrote it down.

  2. ๐ŸŒฑ
    1947
    The first hoof in the valley

    Aurora Glen first appeared between two slow-moving fog banks, exactly where the comet had marked its X.

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    1962
    The first sponsorship letter

    A baker named Eunice received a hand-written diary entry from a unicorn named Daisy. She framed it. She still has it.

  4. ๐Ÿช„
    1989
    Bulin arrives

    A small, magnificently freckled child wandered in from the brook. They never left. They are now the morning-shift farm-keeper.

  5. ๐Ÿฎ
    1994
    Farmer K arrives, on a Tuesday

    Farmer K wandered in at midnight carrying a small lantern and a much-loved jar of moonberries. They quietly took the night shift, and have held it ever since.

  6. ๐ŸŒˆ
    2014
    The Aurora Bridge opens

    A thirty-second walking-bridge of pure aurora light is installed between the meadow kitchen and the Velvet Hollows. It hums.

  7. ๐Ÿฆ„
    today
    You showed up

    And the entire herd is genuinely, slightly-sparklingly, delighted.

If you sponsor

Six promises, six tiny rituals.

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One human per unicorn

Adopt-by-name. Your unicorn is yours, and you are theirs, until you say otherwise.

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A diary entry every morning

Transcribed from horn-light into English by Bulin, with care, and the occasional honey-stain.

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Horn-Mail whenever you like

Day or night โ€” Bulin in the mornings, Farmer K after dark. They are usually faster than the post.

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A printable certificate

Suitable for fridges, walls, and the inside of any locker that needs more sparkle.

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Dream Visits, on request

The valley itself is unfindable, so we send the unicorns to your dreams instead. Farmer K handles the night-time delivery; Bulin the morning-after notes.

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Cancel anytime

Your unicorn will be sad. They will, however, completely understand.

By the numbers

47
acres of magic
3,550
named unicorns
32
meadows mapped
365
diary entries / year / unicorn
2
farm-keepers (Bulin & Farmer K)
0
unicorns asked for stardom
15
sponsored right now
3,535
still wishing for a human
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cups of cocoa Bulin has had
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moonberries Farmer K has tended

A small map

The meadows of Aurora Glen

32 named meadows, scattered across 47 acres, each with its own weather and its own opinions.

Pixie PadMistletoe Meadowthe Velvet Hollowsthe Sugarplum Slopethe Marigold MireCherry-blossom PastureHoneydew Hollowthe Crystal Brooksidethe Quiet Quartz QuarryDaisy-step Ridgethe Cinder-rose HeathSnapdragon SlopePavlova Plateauthe Bramble Coppicethe SparklemireHoneyfall MeadowEcho MeadowFoxglove Fieldthe Aurora FoothillsTwilight TerraceBumbleberry Bankthe Halcyon HollowTangerine HillSnickerdoodle HollowWhisperbrook MeadowLavender Loftthe Glimmerwood Gladethe Periwinkle PaddockCloudfern ValleySunbeam PasturePearl Pond MeadowMooncress Field

What we believe

Four small, stubborn values.

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Whimsy first

If something can be done in a more delightful way, we will choose that way, every time.

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Gentle by default

Every interaction with a unicorn (and a human) is treated with both hands.

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Magic is a discipline

We don't make promises we can't keep, and we don't break the magic for anyone.

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Nothing wasted

Sponsorship money goes to hay, hugs, horn-polish, ribbons, brook-tax, and Bulin's perpetual cocoa.

Things people ask

Honest answers, gently glittered.

Are these unicornsโ€ฆ real?

They are real in the way the best things are real: the diary entries are written, the names are remembered, the meadow exists in our minds and on this website. We are not in the business of pretending the magic is something it isn't.

Where does the money go?

Roughly 60% to hay and horn-polish, 25% to ribbons and braids, 10% to Bulin's cocoa, and 5% to the brook (a long-standing tax, paid in pebbles).

How is the daily diary written?

By the unicorn, of course. Bulin transcribes from horn-light into English using a small silver quill, then sends it on. Farmer K handles the entries written after dark, by lantern. We never put words into a unicorn's mouth that they didn't already think.

What about Horn-Mail?

Each unicorn dictates their replies to a tiny enchanted bellflower. Bulin tends the bellflowers in the morning, Farmer K in the evening, and one of them will always be awake. The bellflower itself is doing its very best.

Can I really not visit?

The valley is between fog banks, and the fog banks have been quite firm about it. The Dream Visit is the next best thing โ€” and according to several of our regulars, somehow even better.

Why Stripe?

Because it is the magical creature of the payments world. Card statements will show "unicornsponsored" โ€” that's us.

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Where to find us

7 Rainbow Bridge Way ยท Aurora Glen ยท The Hidden Valley of Mythoria ยท MY77 7UN

Unfindable on most maps. Approachable only via dreams. Card statements show unicornsponsored.

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โ€” Bulin & Farmer K, on behalf of the herd

There's a unicorn somewhere on this farm thinking about you.

It's only fair you find out which one.