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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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Magnificent photo of pelicans. They are very majestic in their black and white feathers.
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They are birds you can’t help but watch when they are around.
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I spend hours watching pelicans when I’m at the beach. Every afternoon I go out among them and just watch their behavior and the art of their movements. Your picture is wonderful. I’ll try to find a poem about them that you might enjoy.
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I’m with you on the pelican watching. They are a joy to be around.
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Here is my pelican poem, along with a few other beach poems: http://judydykstrabrown.com/2014/11/28/beachside-refractions-and-other-poems/
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It’s a great poem Judy. I like the others too. I like the idea of gathering on the beach of a night with a tequilla in hand. We do much the same thing here by the river but you make it sound as though there is a real party atmosphere.
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Yes..every night regular as clockwork.
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beauties!
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I agree Cindy.
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I LERVE pelicans, Irene; whenever I see one I wish I could pick it up and tuck it under my arm, like Alice did with the flamingo ! 🙂
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You have given me a good visual there M-R. 🙂
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Beautiful! I hope they don’t have to wait too long. 🙂
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There are sure to be fisherman around soon or perhaps they were just having a rest before taking off again.
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Oh – waiting to be fed, more than to feed! 🙂
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There are a lot of fisherman around with tasty fishy morsels that require no effort. I think they are quite happy being lazy birds.
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Yeah! It is nice to be fed sometimes! 🙂
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Me too!!
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I can’t believe you would be silent Sherri.
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🙂
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Beautiful
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I agree
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