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Toenails long, feet look deformed
slow, yet up tree quick
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Irene Waters
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.
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Bloody well done, Irene! – terrific macro lens shot! (especially when one recalls how quickly they dash around …)
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Yes. I was amazed I even got this close. He was on the move very shortly afterwards
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Irene, your poem inspires, and adds to the wonder of nature’s creatures. The first image made me come back for more. Happy Phoneography Monday.
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Thanks. I was amazed by the deformed looking feet and long toenails they just had to be the subject of a haiku.
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Irene, what fun to get away from plants for the macro! Love the poem, too.
janet
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Thanks Janet. It was a challenge also sneaking up on him as he lay in the garden.
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Great haiku to accompany the first shot. Those feet do look deformed! But obviously they work to “up tree quick”! Happy Phoneography Monday.
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Thanks. Yes. I don’t think I’d ever really looked so closely at the feet and was surprised at how deformed they looked ; they certainly worked for him though.
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Lizard toes, isn’t there a kids song about them. Fun Post!
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I don’t know. I’ll have to find out. Thanks.
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What a great capture.
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I was really lucky. I think the plant prevented me from being seen so I could get fairly close. It was on the move shortly afterwards. Thanks for commenting.
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