The Fairy Tree

In a hamlet not far from Trentham is a place called Glenlyon which consists of a small community and a general store. This interesting establishment is more than your country general store. They have some great local and French wines, cheeses, and butter.

The food is scrumptious and the staff are fun. We try to get there every couple of weeks for a lunch. Our mobile phones never ring there as the coverage is rather poor, however there is on little spot where you just might get a fleeting moment of reception if you are lucky.

Leanne told us that if we needed to make a call, try standing beside the fairy tree - we did and it worked.

Pretty but Potent

Love the gorgeous colours of the fungi that pop up around Trentham. We see them in children's books  however I'll play it safe and purchase our fungi in the supermarket.

RURAL PETS

We've had pets when living in suburbia - cats, dogs, birds for ourselves and our kids as they were growing up. It's part of their learning process, the kids, not the pets - maybe so in both cases.

However, we are now empty nesters. The kids now have their own lives and pets will come their way again in their own good time.

As for us - we now have rural pets. Echidnas, Kangas, Cockies and parrots, but the most brave and bodacious are the maggies. Our magpies are so bold and they peck at our back door warbling their sweet song for us to feed them. One would visit us with his parents early this year but now he returns and eats from our hands. He is a demanding young fellow. Even though he has grown fat, we still call him baby.

He looks menacing but he really is very gentle and will take food from my open hand.
I wonder if he will bring his offspring to us next year.

The Trentham Plumber

Today's Trentham Tales daily photo is of our local plumber. Now I'm not sure how he runs a business from an outdoor dummy but we as residents do need to support our local Tradies.

Frosty Trentham

It was our coldest day this morning for this winter. 4 degrees below freezing but the day mellowed out to t-shirt weather for working in the garden. I'm thinking to do daily photos on the blog as my retirement life is so busy that doing a daily photo just may work better.