Spring beauty: Floral Friday

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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Does anyone know what these are? When I saw the bulbs starting to leaf and flower stalks coming I thought clivea but these are not clivea. Some type of lilly perhaps. I’d love to know.

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 Spring beauty: Floral Friday

  1. Luanne says:
    October 13, 2017 at 3:11 am

    My favorite color!

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  2. IreneDesign2011 says:
    October 13, 2017 at 3:11 am

    We call this flower Amaryllis and people buy them in the winter and have them indoor, otherwise they don’t survive. This one is beautiful, Irene 🙂

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    • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:
      October 14, 2017 at 10:51 am

      Thank you Irene. I have heard of Amaryllis but didn’t know what they looked like. I had thought before the flower spike that they were going to be clivea but then the flowers opened and I knew it wasn’t. We are lucky – this one is in the garden, planted by the previous owner and obviously very happy. You don’t know when I should cut the leaves back – I can look it up, just being lazy.

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  3. robbiesinspiration says:
    October 13, 2017 at 3:13 am

    These amaryllis are really beautiful. My Mom also grows them.

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  4. Paula says:
    October 13, 2017 at 10:52 pm

    I don’t know but people say it is amaryllis. This colour is beautiful. Nice shots, very nice.

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  5. Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:
    October 14, 2017 at 12:04 pm

    Love the way you pull your camera in and out allowing us to focus on different aspects of the flower. You do this very well with other flowers and trees.

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