Floral Friday: Spring on the roadside

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

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© irene waters 2014

© irene waters 2014

© irene waters 2014

© irene waters 2014

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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.
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10 Responses to Floral Friday: Spring on the roadside

  1. bkpyett's avatar bkpyett says:
    September 12, 2014 at 10:00 am

    Irene,such an array of soft blossoms! It’s interesting, they say, that there is an Acacia out every day of the year! (There are so many genus). Lovely photos!

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  2. helen meikle's scribblefest's avatar helen meikle's scribblefest says:
    September 12, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    Isn’t it wonderful? Summer’s coming!

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  3. Sherri Matthews's avatar Sherri says:
    September 12, 2014 at 6:52 pm

    Glad your spring is well under way. Have a beautiful spring-filled weekend my friend. Perhaps we can squeeze in a walk soon? We are having a lovely ‘Indian Summer’ here in September so no wellie boots needed today 🙂 ❤

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  4. Noelle Granger's avatar Noelle Granger says:
    September 12, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    I keep forgetting that you are anticipating spring and we are moving to fall. Those are acacia blossoms? Gorgeous.

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