JENNY WREN

NAME:  Jenny Wren (also known as Jennifer Jane Whoops)
SPECIAL POWERS:  Is especially good at healing ouchies by touch. Can talk to dogs and birdies.
BEST QUALITY:  Laughs a lot and loves to dance.
WORST HABIT:  Is very clumsy… and has to sleep after healing ouchies
WHERE YOU LIVE:  In a cave by the river, where the light reflects off the magic waters and everything sparkles in silver
JOB IN TRIFLORA:  I haven’t quite come up with this yet. Let me know if you have any ideas.  Well, I think Jenny will be our Healer.

Triflora might not be quite like the World Up Top. In fact, it is nothing like the World up Top. Except that some people are just the same when  it comes to being stubborn. Nana has spoke to Jenny Wren 1000 times or more about her Thongs.

It wouldn’t matter at all if only Jenny was not SO clumsy. Nana tells her :  Jenny. Fairies can go barefoot. Fairies can wear wonderful shoes that fit perfectly. But Fairies CANNOT wear thongs.

Its very hard to get angry with Jenny. ( Her real name is JENNIFER JANE WHOOPS) Its very hard to get angry with her because she is simply SOOOOOO kind. She can fix anything that hurts – all the ouchies.  Birds and Dogs love her. All the little people love her and the sick creatures come to her cave because they KNOW she will look after them.

She doesn’t have normal fairy wings. She changes into whatever bird she needs to be – anytime she wants.

I shall tell you a secret and you must not tell anyone at all except for your 2 best friends. One time, not very long ago, Jenny heard that a special Auntie was very very ill. All her hair was falling out. and Jenny said straight away:  I shall cut off all my hair and make it into a magic wig and then she will look beautiful and her head will not hurt her anymore.

That is just one of the good things I could tell you about Jennifer.

In fact, just about the only bad things about her are THE THONGS.

And – the THONGS would not matter at all if only she weren’t so CLUMSY.

That’s where Nana comes into it :  Jennifer Wren. You fly like a bird. You can heal Ouchies with the touch of your fingertips – BUT  do NOT keep trying to walk and dance in THOSE THONGS. 

Just about then, Jennifer Jane takes herself off to bed and goes soundly to sleep. Goodnight, Jenny Wren.

SLOWLY. SLOWLY.

SAFFRON

NAME.   SAFFRON.

(Feather Goblindancer)

SPECIAL POWERS: SHE CAN SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF ANYTHING OR ANYONE SHE MEETS AND THEY CAN UNDERSTAND HER.

BEST QUALITY:  SHE HAS MAGIC CUDDLES AND KISSES.

WORST HABIT:  SHE KNOCKS AND KNOCKS AND KNOCKS AT YOUR DOOR UNTIL YOU LET HER IN.

WHERE SHE LIVES: SAFFRON LIVES INSIDE A GOLDEN SAFFRON FLOWER.

JOB IN THE GARDEN: SHE IS THE LAUGHMAKER. SHE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. And she has the magic watering can for the Crocus Flowers.

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When it comes to understanding people, SAFFRON is the one. She is still a very little girl but she has been able to understand all kinds of people and creatures since the very moment she was created. She speaks just about every language that ever was or ever will be. And she knows exactly how to make other fairies laugh. She is the Laugh Maker and even very angry and very bad  beings just start to smile when she comes along. Next thing they know they are smiling and chuckling and giggling. Sometimes, Saffron brings them Laughter which spreads through the whole of Triflora and ruffles the water and just about causes earthquakes.

…•♥❤♥• ﾚo√乇 •♥❤♥• ℒℴνℯ •♥❤♥• ﾚo√乇 ♥❤♥• YOU

Saffron likes to JUMP and RUN and SWIM. She’s not even scared of leeches or snakes. The Member of the TSS ( Triflora Secret Society) keep a lookout because Saffron loves to go away “ ALL MY BYSELF ”.  Which means “ALL BY MYSELF.” EVERYONE watches out for her because we KNOW she will go exploring and making strange friends and she is still very, very young.

Mostly, there is nothing  in Triflora that would hurt her – but we do know that TROUBLE has come to Triflora. We don’t want Trouble to find Saffron and we don’t want Saffron to find Trouble.

AND of course, being able to understand almost everyone and EVERYTHING means that Saffron has some UNUSUAL friends.

ALOYSIUS	BELINDA BATTY	MARTIN AND MOG
TIN TIN	BERTRAND	WALTER THE WORM
CARMEL THE MOO	DUDLEY DOG	THE EYE OF THE SOUTHERN GATE

HOW TO DRAW A CARTOON FAIRY

POPPY THE DETECTIVE

        

SOME OF POPPY’S SECRET DETECTIVES.

Barbara and Bert

Poppy

Felicity

Porter

I have told you that there is more to POPPY than meets the eye.

There is also more to her shop than meets the eye.

The reason for this is that Poppy is not JUST a ShopKeeper. She is the No. 1. Detective in the whole of Triflora.  Every time you see a Fairy Shop and think , “ Oh. That’s just a Fairy Shop.” THINK AGAIN.  Some of the Fairy Shops are part of Poppy’s Detective Agency. Just look for this sign  and you will know that you are in one of the Triflora Detective Stores.

If you need help, you will find it in a shop with the TOFS sign.

If you have a secret you need to tell someone, tell it to someone in a TOFS shop.

If you have noticed something strange or seen something bad, just look for the TOFS sign.

Poppy has a lot of talent. Talent means that there are a LOT of things that she can do. Most of it just comes naturally to her.  Her Talents make her a very good Shopkeeper and they make her the very BEST Detective.

One talent she has, which you don’t see very often, is SHAPESHIFTING.

Shapeshifting means that she can appear in different shapes.

Shapeshifting is very handy, indeed. Especially for a Detective.

Another talent of Poppy’s is that she is very intelligent. She thinks and thinks . She can tell when something strange is going on and that’s when she REALLY starts to think. Her favourite place for thinking is in her Shop. She stands at the counter and lets her mind tick, tick, tick till she has an idea. She doesn’t have to worry about the Shop because she NEVER uses money. Not ever. When I said that she buys and sells things, I should have explained. She buys and sells with only Magic and Love.  Poppy would NEVER tell someone that they couldn’t have something, just because they didn’t have enough money. That means she can stand at the Counter and use her Thinking Talent because she does not need to think about Money.

Once, when all of Saffron’s Gelato Ice Cream had disappeared, Poppy stood at the Counter for one whole day – thinking. She sent her Detectives out and about to look for the Gelato and for clues. Saffron sat on the counter and watched her carefully : “ Do you have an idea, Poppy ?” 

When her detectives came back, she listened to what they had to say and then she chose the Shape she wanted to shift into and went out into the Garden to look about. That’s because she did such good thinking before she went out.

Here is the way the Poppy did her thinking.

1. Saffron’s gelato is gone.

2. Who loves Gelato more than anyone in the Garden? Aha – the Snow Fairy.

3.  Who can find the Snow Fairy ?  Aha – the Snow Goose.

4. I shall fly into the Land of the Snow Fairy and see what I can see.

Off she went, flying in the slow strong way that Snow Geese fly, with Saffron riding on her feathery back. As she came closer to the Land of the Snow Fairy, Poppy began to laugh. Instead of white, white and white of the Snow – all the frozen land was COLOURFUL. All the colours of Gelato.

“Well”, said Poppy to the Snow Fairy, who looked most embarrassed. “Is it your birthday?”

Everyone started to laugh and laugh and laugh. The Snow Fairy loved Gelato so much that she had stolen ALL of the ice cream in Triflora for her birthday  and then spread it all over her land instead of the white, white snow.  Pretty soon they were all rolling round and round in Gelato and eating it at the same time.

5. Another case solved by Poppy and her Detectives.

  

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A STORY OF A THIEF.

A LIST OF THE OTHER FAIRY SHOPS. ( TOFS. ) the secret detective agencies. just click the links below but don’t tell anyone.

http://www.faeries.com.au/

http://www.magicinfairyland.com.au/

http://www.fairy.com.au/

http://www.fairiesonthewalk.com.au/shop/index.php

http://www.pickledfairy.com.au/

http://thefairygarden.com.au/

http://www.fairywingsandwishes.com/

MORE TO COME.

POPPY : WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET.

NAME.   POPPY

(Columbine Goblinfilter)

SPECIAL POWERS: SHAPESHIFTING. SHE CAN CHANGE INTO ANYTHING OR ANYONE SHE WANTS TO.

BEST QUALITY:  SHE MAKES PEOPLE FEEL PERFECTLY HAPPY.

WORST HABIT:  VOMITING WHEN SHE’S FLYING.

WHERE THEY LIVE: SHE LIVES BEHIND THE BELL CURTAIN IN THE GARDEN SHOP.

JOB IN THE GARDEN:  POPPY HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOP IN THE GARDEN. SHE SELLS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.

POPPY is a rather interesting character.  She is the Shopkeeper in Triflora. 

It SEEMS like that is all she does.

She makes beautiful things.

She buys and sells beautiful things.

She makes people happy as easily as dancing on moonbeams.

BUT – when you look a little bit closer and when you think about what you see, then things become a little more mysterious.

As they say “ THERE IS MORE TO POPPY THAN MEETS THE EYE.”

DRAGON MUSIC

ROSE AND HER DRAGONS

           

“NAME.   ROSE. (Hazel Goblinglitter)

SPECIAL POWERS: TAMING DRAGONS

BEST QUALITY:  HER MAGICAL SINGING AND DANCING.

WORST HABIT:  FAINTING.

WHERE THEY LIVE: ROSE HAS A BEDROOM IN THE DRAGONS’ CAVERNS.

JOB IN THE GARDEN:  SHE IS THE KEEPER OF THE DRAGONS AND THE DRAGON CAVES.”

Rose has been taking care of Dragons ever since she came to Triflora. Some people say that shw was hatched from a Dragon’s Egg. She certainly knows what to do with Dragons. She loves them and they love her.

The Keeper of the Caverns is so old that he only breathes smoke these days and he is HUGE. He’s been guarding the Caverns for such a long time that people say he looks more like a Gargoyle than a Dragon. He doesn’t worry Rose for one dragon’s breath of time. HIs name is  Lubenrut and he has taken care of the Rose since she was tiny.

Other little ones loved doves and kittens. The Rose quite liked doves and kittens. She was always kind to them but Baby Dragons were what she REALLY loved.

It was rather worrying for Rose’s Mother to have a Dragon Girl for a daughter.The first time that she looked up and saw her little girl riding high above her head on a large blue dragon and throwing flowers down on all below – well that was rather disturbing.

Then again, it is Triflora and children do very strange things in Triflora. Rose is , of course, no longer a little girl. She is an expert now and lives in her own room in the Dragon Caverns.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SOME DRAGON MUSIC.

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FOLLOW THIS LINK TO DRAGON’S CAVES.

THE GREEN DRAGON SONG. IN A STRANGE DRAGON LANGUAGE.

CATWEAZLE

WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM CATWEAZLE.

THE MUSIC KEEPS ON PLAYING.

FOR CASSANDRA POMROY. CASSANDRA TAKES A OT OF DANGEROUS RISKS TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.

Just past the Retired Witches’ Home is a forest. It grows right down to the Lake of M. I call it a Forest and it does have trees and animals. It has, however, grown mostly from the Dribbling Magic running out from under the Witches Home. I truly do not trust their sewage system. Every time an old witch flushes her toilet, strange things happen. Especially in the Forest. It’s known as the Disenchanted Forest.

Some of the Music that comes from that Forest is a little unusual and bananas seem to matter a LOT in there. I have managed to sneak out a couple of films and some photographs to show you just a hint of what its like.

 

Remember : be very careful anywhere near the Old Witches unless you fancy something very odd happening to you.

MUSIC IN TRIFLORA

Music is, of course, a very important thing. When the Music stops, TERRIBLE things happen.

I don’t quite know what the TERRIBLE things are because the Music has NEVER stopped. There’s always some music, someplace in Triflora.

When a Musician dies in the World Uptop, the doors of Triflora open wide and the Muso ( that’s what a dead Musician is called). The Muso goes straight into Triflora and can stay there forevermore.

The Musos play music and sing songs and all the people and the creatures play music and sing songs

Even the trees and rocks and stones  and hills and flowers and ………….. well just about ALL of Triflora plays music and sings songs.

Aqualineas.

But we have been told that if ever the Music stops, ALL of the Music, then the Evil thing that is down in the Underwater Cave will have enough power to come out and really cause trouble.  Aqualineas, with the sparking eyes, told us that. The Evil Thing  thinks that Aqualineas works for her but he comes up from the deep, dark cave and tells Nerissa Ellen Marina about everything that’s happening down there and Nerissa Ellen Marina tells the rest of us. She lives in the Well and half of her house is in the water and the other half is on the land and it doesn’t bother her at all because she can live on land or in water.

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SOME OF THE TRIFLORA MUSIC MAKERS.

Angels are well known for their singing. They sing most often in choirs.	Lilo ( Lilli Pilli /Daisy Dojigger) SPECIAL POWERS: Fiddlin up a storm on her violin.. BEST QUALITY: Spreading sunshine.. WORST HABIT: Sometimes doesn’t know when to stop.Lilli Pilli thinks that not knowing how to stop is a bad habit BUT I think it might turn out to be a very good habit.
We don’t get a lot of kittens down here in the Garden. Kittens seems to like it better in the World Uptop. They do, however, LOVE our music and lots of them have special headphones that bring our Triflora Music straight to their ears.	We do get a few deadbeats hanging round with nothing to do but listen to the Musicians. They can be a problem because they like to sing along and rattle their bones. They think its music they’re making but I am not sure about that.
Remember the Evil Thing that dwells in the Cave at the bottom of the Ocean and never ever tell the Music to stop – no matter how tempted you are.	Play Mustang Sally!

TRADITIONAL TRIFLORIAN SONG AND DANCE. N.B. TRIFLORIANS IN TRADITIONAL DRESS.

THE WAYS OF TRIFLORA

DRAGONS. Rose is the one who knows all about Dragons. She told me that when two dragons meet, they STOP, RUB FOREHEADS and then WALK ON.  They rub foreheads to show that they are not going to breathe fire on one another.

You can try it if you want. Just be a little careful. A blast of flame from a dragon can do some real damage.

You are quite likely to meet a dragon at any time, in any place in Triflora but Penguins like to stay down at Penguin Cove.

ANOTHER ORDINARY DAY IN TRIFLORA

Come with me and we will take a wander around. Two of the friendliest birds in Triflora are Melodie and Maloney. They live on the Lake of M. Its a murmuring, mumbling lake.  They sail about all day long and mumble and moan to everyone they meet. Its probably a good thing to be friendly – but Melodie and Maloney are just a little TOO friendly. Especially since they start EVERY sentence with a long Mmmmmmmm.

So let’s hurry past and see what’s next.

On a little hill just past the Lake of M, is the Triflora Witches’ Retirement Home. Witches, in general, prefer to live alone but they DO get VERY VERY old. A witch cannot go and live in the Retirement Home until she is at least 294 years old.

I suppose you think that the Retirement Home is a peaceful place but its actually rather dangerous and extremely strange. You see – the Old Witches can get themselves quite mixed up and they cast some very peculiar spells. That’s why the wall are so wide and high. They need to be high because some of the Old Witches can still fly their broomsticks and they like to take off and cast spells all over the place.

It’s not easy to keep an Old Witch locked up. Not even a sign like this will work for long and the Wizards put a lot of magic and a lot of effort into  keeping the Witches quiet.

Don’t walk too close to the high and wide walls unless you would like to be touched by some very odd Magic.

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN TRIFLORA

Things are quiet in Triflora today. With Nana and Izzy back and the 3 Girls on the Inside its just another ordinary day.

The 2 teams of Protectors are riding around all over the Garden. They make sure that it stays an ORDINARY DAY.

Even Jesterman looks like his normal Self.

Calm down, Jesterman ! It’s not THAT funny.

 

PROTECTOR TEAM 1. TGLS FABLE ART.  Patrolling the homes, streets, buildings of Triflora and protecting the People in the towns and villages.

PROTECTOR TEAM 2.  JO POM.

RUNNING GORGON. Racing round the Boundaries of Triflora and terrifying  anyone or anything who tries to get past her.	THE HILLBILLY AMAZONS. Guarding the Farms and the farm Animals. Fixing fences and taking care of any strange critters that roam into Triflora.	AQUAVESPA GIRL. The Protector of all the Waters and of all that dwells therein. If its wet – she’s the one to call.

THE TRIFLORA SERIES « Cassandra Pomroy

 

CASSANDRA, PROPHETESS OF DOOM has returned to her dwelling near the sea in Newcastle. She spent her time in Triflora up in Nana’s Tower Room, looking out and seeing the things that only she can see.

Back in Newcastle, she has made many magic ceramic things for the Secret Garden. The most important are these three things. When a Girl holds her own Ceramic and whispers her own magic name – well – anything could happen.

SAFFRON.

POPPY.

ROSE.

THE TRIFLORA SERIES « Cassandra Pomroy.

via THE TRIFLORA SERIES « Cassandra Pomroy.

TROUBLE IN TRIFLORA : PART 4

LOVE is a very good thing in times of trouble. We all know that.

Another very good thing in times of trouble is TOUGH FRIENDS.

And there IS trouble in Triflora. Deep in one of the underwater caves, something is hissing and hating. Its still small. Its still down there in the Dark but its getting bigger and its getting ready to come out.

Nana and the 3 Girls came back into the Garden only just in time but the thing in the cave

WILL decide pretty soon to cause some real TROUBLE.

The good news is this – while everyone was locked out of Triflora – some of the 3 Girls’ tough friends came looking to see what was going on.

Take a look at these new helpers ! They know how to love AND they are tough.

AQUAVESPA GIRL. Also known as Mickey.

THE RUNNING GORGON

THE GOWGIRL

AND ALONG COME TOBI AND LISA

TROUBLE IN TRIFLORA : PART 3

As soon as the 3 girls whispered TRIFLORA – just as they has been taught, ALL the doors opened and in they went.

Can you guess what the BIGGEST trouble in Triflora was?

Of Course. You are right ! The 3 girls missed one another. Nothing seemed to work quite the way it was meant to work when they were all apart. Now that Nana is back from the Purple Haze Retirement Village, the 3 Girls can visit anytime they want.

TROUBLE IN TRIFLORA : PART 2

TROUBLE IN TRIFLORA PART 2.

Nana’s friend, Gwenevra, took off for Towamba.

Click her picture to see her sparkle.

She had Nana and Izzy’s Xmas presents with her and Nana had told her where the secret doorway to the Garden was. Grandma would know exactly how to get to it !

Off she went as fast as her broomstick could carry her to tell the Rose and the Poppy to try one more time.

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Nana’s crazy friend, Charlotta, flew out to Brierfield to tell Nana Bev to take Saffron down to the Secret Doorway and to try once more time to get into the Garden.

And Nana and Izzy zoomed down in the Starwagon to find out what the Trouble in Triflora really was.

Click on Charlotta to see her flash !

TROUBLE IN TRIFLORA

Well, Now this is a bit of a surprise.

The Rose has been trying to get into the Fairy Garden ALL SUMMER LONG.

The Poppy has been trying to get into the Fairy Garden ALL SUMMER LONG.

Saffron has been trying to get into the Fairy Garden ALL SUMMER LONG.

AND THEY HAVE HAD NO LUCK AT ALL.

NOW we know why !

Izzy and Nana have taken a long holiday !

All of Nana’s Friends have been worried !

They could NOT find Nana anywhere and all the doors into the Garden were locked with the One Way Locks. People and things can come OUT but nothing can come in through any of the doors.  Only Nana can take that Lock off.

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Nana’s friends sent the Messenger birds out to look for Izzy and Nana.

But the birds could NOT find them.

In the Garden, LightMaker looks like a White Owl.	Outside the Garden, LightMaker looks just like a Tawny FrogMouth.

LightMaker , who is Nana’s very best friend , waited while the birds looked.

LightMaker waited while the Fish looked for them. LightMaker waited till everyone else and everything else had looked as hard as they could.

Then the Light Maker sat up on the branch of the Messenger Tree and said, very softly;

“I SHALL GO AND FIND THEM, MYSELF “

LightMaker called Nana’s secret name and flew over the World.

Nana could always hear LightMaker calling that Secret Name, but this time she did not answer at all.

LightMaker was beginning to worry and LightMaker was NOT one to worry.

“I SHALL CALL HER NAME JUST ONE MORE TIME.”

LightMaker flew down to a tall tree where birds were having their breakfast and laughing and talking and flying about. She took a seat on a low branch and was about to call out when she heard the birds talking about the Old Man and the Old Lady who gave them their breakfast. LightMaker listened VERY carefully. It sounded  like Izzy and it sounded like Nana. LightMaker lay close against the branch and was almost invisible – watching and waiting.

What a shock ! Izzy and Nana had decided to take a VERY long holiday !

Light Maker was very shocked and Light Maker was NOT one to be shocked. No wonder Nana could not hear her secret name. She was too busy listening to LOUD music.

How could they take a Holiday when The Poppy and the Rose had just moved to Towamba? Didn’t they know that there was TROUBLE IN TRIFLORA?

“It’s no use saying ‘PEACE’ , Izzy”, said the Light Maker. “There is trouble in Triflora.”

 

LightMaker looked into Nana’s eyes. The Light Maker’s eyes flashed and flamed.

“Ennyl Srednas”, said the Light Maker.” It is time to come home !  The 3 Girls need you. There is TROUBLE IN TRIFLORA.”

STARWAGON TIME.

HOME WE GO.

THE WHITE ELEPHANT

Log Boy Louis learns the Secrets of Triflora

Welcome to Ev.

Ev is our next new Member. He is a wonderful person to have in Triflora. He can paddle any kind of canoe or Kayak and know ALL the magic lagoons and rivers. He is also in charge of Nana’s special vehicle, Alfie. He polishes it and keeps it running perfectly.

Ev is kind and clever and Trilfora is very happy to have him come and live there.

 

SHAKEY COWS

Triflora has been shut down for a long time now. All the doorways have been blocked and strange things have been happening. The time has come for us to begin telling you about them.

ANT

THE TINY MOUSE

 

PIRATE WHO WOULDN’T WASH

THE STORY OF THE LITTLE MOLE

RED RIDING HOOD

LEAPING BEAUTY