© irene waters 2015
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
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This land was made
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for you and me.
© irene waters 2015
I’ve roamed
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and rambled
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and I followed my footsteps
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To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
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And all around me
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a voice was sounding:
© irene waters 2015
This land
was made for you and me.
This post is in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge
About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Wonderful captures!!!
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Thanks Cindy. These are so much fun to do.
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Love all the images but especially the dog on the beach.
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Yes I love this photo also. He looks as though he is there totally alone.
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Great photos. Love them all. 😀
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You are having fun with my songs. Thanks so much Irene for playing.
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Great photos that speak of adventure and getting out into the land and among people! The first shot is so wide-open-spaces. Love that feel of expansiveness!
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When we were there we thought we have to get out of here quickly or the land would suck us in and we would never leave.
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Love the first photo. Also, the fourth one is awesome. Is that you?
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Yes it is barren country but so beautiful. No the girl isn’t me. A story attached there. She was angling for my boyfriend at the time and she invited me to go for a walk with her, just the two of us, in deliverance country. I was more than a wee bit concerned when she arrived with rifle in hand.
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That is hilarious and disturbing all in one quick look at the photo. 😀 Wow.
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I was disturbed…..
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Comprehensive glimpse at this land, that was made for you and me! Great photos Irene.
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Thanks Barbara. Perhaps I should do a sunburnt country – I think Gerard posted the whole poem the other day.
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Yes, it is a wonderful poem and you certainly have an amazing number of photos to draw from.
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I think my brother and I inherited my grandfather’s genes and are snap happy.
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Wonderful…I feel quite emotional reading this and looking at your photos Irene…but in a good way 🙂 ❤
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Teary in a good way is good. I don’t know the origin of the song whether it is US or British but either way it is a tear jerker of a song. I am having so much fun with these song posts of Cee’s I really don’t want them to stop. 🙂
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