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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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Oh, is that your dog? Thank you for this lovely, moody entry, Irene.
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Yes that is my old dog. He likes to just stand. Glad I came across your challenge. Thanks for having me.
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Pleasure is all mine, believe me Irene 🙂
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Seeing your dog standing in the water made me smile – reminded me of a dog I once had that liked to stand in the water!
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I know you miss your German Shepherd. The memories are good Noelle.
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Until I zoomed RIGHT IN, I hadn’t realized there’s a beautiful dog in the photo !!!
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He’s a gorgeous unassuming boy who is happy not to be in the limelight (or in this case, dusk light).
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He’s one of my two favourites – and the other is a Jack Russell !!! [grin]
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There is a rather sweet Jack Russell/Chihuahua cross in the park that Zack plays with. I don’t think he can work out if the beastie is a dog or mouse but it sure has courage coming back time after time, jumping at Zack’s face to get him to play. 🙂
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That’s because Zack is A Superior Dog !
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Lovely! The shadows work well to make dog and trees look part of the natural scenery. My eldest has two rescue huskies that are also part German Shepherd. One is fond of standing in the water, unless the waves are lapping. Then he tries to snap the waves!
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You’ve given me a good visual Charli.
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