© irene waters 2015
Empty alleyways always give me the creeps. Who could be lurking. What skullduggery could befall you.
© irene waters 2015
This painting creeps me out more. A sad indictment of modern parenting. I hope not. I could not bare to hang this on my walls but the bag baby to me is even more creepy.
© irene waters 2015
To even think of this as an art work makes me wonder at the creators mind. What level of creepiness lurks within. I feel the artist has walked down to many empty alleyways.
© irene waters 2015
This is less creepy. The giant squid floating in its sea of formalin stares out from the glass case. As long as I don’t come across one in real life – that would be more than creepy – it would be downright terrifying.
© irene waters 2015
Finally a creepy platter of fruit. A head being served on a platter.
In response to Weekly Photo 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) 
You win the creepy crown, Irene!!!
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I second this! Gah!! :O
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Thanks Andy.
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🙂
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Thanks Judy. I hate some of those photos. I really don’t know why I took them but eventually every photo comes in handy for these challenges.
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I think you have to take everything that affects you. I need to get going on my creepy shots, but they are mainly Halloween kids and Katrinas…
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Creepy – I’ve just looked at Desley Jane’s creepy photo of a RNA clown game. Now I come here and see that you have even more creepy pictures to look at! I think I’ll have to creep away. 🙂
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I have seen some really creepy photos with this challenge also and with most of them you have to wonder why anyone would do it. Creeping away sounds like a good idea.
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creepy alleyway…
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Absolutely
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This is the creepiest post so far :D. Wonderful examples, Irene! I remember that weird handbag.
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Thanks. It does stick but it shouldn’t be something that you should have to remember Paula.
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Agree – very creepy photos. Sadly, the pic of the baby lying on the floor in the disheveled home is a reality for some children. As a child welfare case worker I have seen many creepy home environments – add in some cockroaches, urine soaked sheets, dog and cat feces and garbage strewn across the floor. Very creepy!
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I know it is reality for some. Being a child welfare worker it must be so heartbreaking for you seeing these conditions and probably you have little ability to do much about it. It seems in Australia that child welfare workers are dammed if they do and dammed if they don’t. Why anyone would want it hanging on their wall I find very disturbing.
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I agree – unless it is a reminder that there are children living in the world under such conditions. Other than that I wouldn’t know why anyone would have that hanging on the wall. Take care!
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The head on the platter – custom made for Aus politics at the moment!
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Absolutely but I don’t know if there is a platter large enough for all the heads that should be rolling.
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Definitely creepy!
janet
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Thanks Janet. Not often we want our posts to creep the reader out but glad this one did. Cheers Irene
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You understand creepy! Yes, all creepy. Though it saddens me to see the photo of modern parenting.
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All levels of creepiness going on here, Irene. I think the top one takes the cake. But the others are right up there. Is that squid real? Or is that art work?
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I agree Amy. The squid is real and floating in a glass case in formalin in the museum. I wouldn’t want to come across one in real life. Makes me think of Jules Verne’s giant octopus or perhaps it was a squid also.)
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You do a great job with these challenges Irene. These are all so creepy (and I remember the creepy baby bag, which is quite disturbing) but that painting of modern parenting makes me feel so terribly sad. I could not bear to have such a thing in my house either…
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Yes it is just creepy. To you and I and others that know it happens why we’d want to look at it daily I don’t know and to those that live like that they wouldn’t see it as disturbing. Perhaps it should go on a social workers wall….
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I think that’s a great idea Irene, I really do…
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Yes it’d be the best place for it.
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