© irene waters 2016
‘THEY were standing under a tree, each with an arm round the other’s neck, and Alice knew which was which in a moment, because one of them had “DUM” embroidered on his collar, and the other “DEE”. ‘I suppose they’ve each got “TWEEDLE” round at the back of the collar,’ she said to herself.
They stood so still that she quite forgot they were alive, and she was just going round to see if the word “TWEEDLE” was written at the back of each collar, when she was startled by a voice coming from the one marked “DUM”.
‘If you think we’re wax-works,’ he said, ‘you ought to pay, you know. Wax-works weren’t made to be looked at for nothing. Nohow.’ Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Doubles are not always as easy as to tell apart as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
© irene waters 2016
unless they are cemented in position
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or in the case of the butterfly lake on Fraser Island one wing is just slightly a different shape to the other. Not quite the perfect double.
© irene waters 2016
No, you don’t have double vision but these aren’t perfect doubles either.
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but a double celebration. A wedding and a christening. Makes the perfect double.
In response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special where she has found the perfect double.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
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🙂 I am charmed with your butterfly lake, double cake (!!), cats, and most of all pelicans. It’s so good to have you back in the game, Irene. How are you doing?
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I’m good thanks Paula. Good to be back but I will still be a bit erratic as we still have so much going on and I’m still very slow on my feet. Still I am on my feet which is good.
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What a great collection of doubles. I love the Alice in Wonderland garden. I hadn’t seen the butterfly lake before. Now it’s a favourite. The other doubles are great too. You did well to find them all.
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Thanks Norah. The story book garden was a lovely find with characters from many of my favourite childhood reads.
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I thought so too.
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Absolutely wonderful photos.
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Glad you enjoyed them Miriam.
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Super photos!
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Thanks. 🙂
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Wow, you made my day! These are terrific, especially the butterfly lake. Very charming post, Irene!
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Thanks Diane. Unfortunately you have to see the lake from the air to appreciate how much like a butterfly it looks. Glad you liked them.
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Love these. Especially Alice/Tea Party one! ❤
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🙂 Thanks Sarah.
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ha, ha, I am voting for the double cake. mmmmm….
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The wedding was also a surprise wedding. We didn’t know we were attending a double cake function.
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Lovely doubles all of them, but my vote is for the cats 🙂
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I’ll pass that on to the cats – I’m sure they’ll purr with joy when they hear they got a vote. 🙂
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Well done, wonderful photo series, love the pelicans.
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Thanks. Coming across them unexpectedly on a bend in the river is a lovely surprise.
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thank heaven you’ve explained the double images or i might worry that i’d injured my head in my accident after all.
fun pics all around.
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Nothing wrong with your head Sharon. 🙂
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