In amongst the trees: Wordless Wednesday

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

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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12 Responses to In amongst the trees: Wordless Wednesday

Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:

May 3, 2017 at 4:41 pm

These look like dollhouses – how beautiful! I love how even the roofs are painted to match the overall color scheme.

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  May 3, 2017 at 10:04 pm
  
  I posted this with you in mind – no water. I love these houses also. They were in Wellington New Zealand and I was taken at how different the architecture is to that in Australia, how different the building materials and how wonderfully they look like storybook houses.
  
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  - Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:
    
    May 4, 2017 at 3:12 am
    
    Thank you for this special gift – very sweet of you!
    
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  - Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
    
    May 5, 2017 at 6:24 pm
    
    You are welcome.
    
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Peach6972 says:

May 4, 2017 at 11:43 am

Beautiful 😍TFS 💚GDNITE 😴GB

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  May 5, 2017 at 6:27 pm
  
  Thank you very much.
  
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Paula says:

May 4, 2017 at 9:52 pm

How cute are these! Do they come in yellow and green too? 🙂

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  May 5, 2017 at 6:46 pm
  
  They come in all colours. 😀
  
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Charli Mills says:

May 14, 2017 at 11:00 am

Cute houses!

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- Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
  
  May 15, 2017 at 9:53 am
  
  I agree. I was surprised that the housing was so different in New Zealand to Australia despite being so close and having a similar heritage.
  
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  - Charli Mills says:
    
    May 17, 2017 at 4:42 am
    
    Styles between states can differ, too although with the spreading of suburbs houses are more homogeneous.
    
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  - Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
    
    May 19, 2017 at 1:31 pm
    
    I notice a difference between the north and south sides of Sydney. Where I feel at home on the north it is as though I am in foreign territory in the south.
    
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