Heritage Day in Helensville

It was Heritage Day in Helensville today and as well as house tours there were various other activities going on but I was outside spreading hay all over the grass seed when I heard it - the Steam Train! It was so awesome hearing it come up the valley and waiting for it to appear.

It stayed in Helensville about 2 hours and then we heard it coming back and got some great photos of it coming down the hill from Helensville and then travelling south along State Highway 16 - just down from our fence!

The Puriri tree is finally starting to look like a tree again. We planted the Robinia Frisia today too.

Garbo looking at the train.

And the top picture is my patented bird scarer!