In response to Ed’s Sunday Stills Challenge. The title he said from the song Green River by Credence Clearwater Revival. I wasn’t sure that I knew the song so off to youtube. I certainly recognised it and had pleasure reliving it so I have also put it here for your enjoyment if you want to listen to it.
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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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Oh yes, great song and wonderful accompainment to your beautiful photos Irene…I’m dancing even as I type this…well, from the waist up 😀
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Yes, I didn’t know that was the songs name and I enjoyed revisiting it.
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Stunning photos of a stunning country.
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Yes. You live in a beautiful place Raewyn.
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Wonderful photos – and the water looks pretty clean!
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Absolutely. All of New Zealand is crystal clean.
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I feel like going there now and do some camping, catch trout and watch the smoke curling up from the camp-fire.
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CCR !!! – my youth is back ! [grin]
Lovely photos too, Irene. 😀
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I love that return to youth that a song can give you.
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Me too !!!!
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Irene, photos are amazing…
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Thanks Sue. It is an amazingly scenic country.
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Beautiful rivers, and such a contrast of green from the glacial sediments in the water to the live greens of the vegetation. Ha, ha! I had no idea that was the name of Creedance Clearwater’s song!
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No I didn’t either. I had to see what the song was about and got such a shock that it was one I knew quite well.
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Love this, Irene. New Zealand sure looks to be a beautiful place. I’ve seen many pictures of it and it’s gorgeous. Thanks for sharing with us and taking me down memory lane with Creedence Clearwater. 🙂
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Yes I enjoyed that trip down memory lane as well Pat. Sometimes you just need a nudge to remember those tunes that meant so much when you were younger. New Zealand is certainly the most scenic place I have been. For a tiny place there is a new wonder around every corner. We have them here in Australia also but the distances to travel to see them are huge so you don’t see near as many in a day. 🙂
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So true, Irene. Me, too, love tripping down memory lane. Music tends to do that for me. You’re fortunate to have been to New Zealand. It looks beautiful and a place I’d love to visit some time, as well as Australia. It amazes me how seasons and magnetic forces are opposite in the 2 different hemispheres. I love the wonder of it all. 🙂
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Yes I can’t quite get my head around time zones and seasons. One day Pat you might make the trip to both Australia and NZ and one day I might make it to the Northern hemisphere. 🙂
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Same with me, Irene, with time zones and seasons. I’d like to make a trip like that someday. Sounds like a plan. 🙂
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