
© irene waters 2017
Perfect temperature, perfect mix of sky and cloud, perfect day

© irene waters 2017
but on Wednesday 1st November a cloud of smoke appeared. The fire was burning bushland very close to habited areas but luckily it was contained fairly quickly but kept burning within its containment lines way after sunset.

© irene waters 2017

© irene waters 2017
In response to skywatch Friday where skies can be seen from round the world.
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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.
It’s always scary when you can see the smoke and I’m sure you could smell it too.
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Yes it is scary. Lucky for us the wind was blowing the other way and we didn’t get any smoke where we live and I didn’t smell it either but I bet a little closer would certainly have smelt it.
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Great.
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Thank you Jim.
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Pretty skies.
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Thanks Ladyfi.
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And perfect photos! So glad the fire was quickly contained.
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Thanks Peter. Yes we are glad too. There have been so many bad fires round the world I’m glad this was not another.
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wildfires are very scary
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The only fire I have been involved in personally was what the locals called a cool fire. It made me determined to never experience a warm fire and wildfires I think would be top of the list of scariness.
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