Sometimes you come across the unexpected in places where you expect the unexpected
Sometime the unexpected happens on the dog walk or in the potted garden when suddenly a tree blooms unexpectedly
And at other times when lovely surprises happen.
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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.
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Wow.. you almost look like Princess Diana in the picture! Thanks for the pingback 🙂
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What a compliment. I will have to start shrinking my head
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Ha! I love the look of surprised faces. Too cute! And what is that on the ground? Caterpillars or some kind of worms? 🙂
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Yes it was a huge surprise. You can tell that by the striped shirt with non matching floral cardigan. Caterpillars in the middle of the footpath.
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This is certainly one unexpected sight.
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Yes, I thought so too.
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That’s not to out of the ordinary.
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Perhaps ordinary but certainly unexpected
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great collection on unexpected especially the image/statue in the tree. ☺
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Thanks. It was funny – although the statue was there it wasn’t immediately noticeable because there was so much other stuff around that was obvious to the eye. When I finally did see it, it really was totally unexpected.
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