Walking along the river bank I noticed the flower on a tree. Insignificant and wouldn’t have been noticed had I not been fixated on the patterns in the reeds that the wind had blown to shore. Next time I will take a photo of the tree itself. Does anyone know what it is? The flowers are waxy.
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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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Baby Audrey II? 😉 (Have you seen Little Shop of Horrors?)
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LOL. Yes I have. Loved it. Now I’ll be a little reluctant to walk past this beauty again. That mouth could open wide…….r.
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I am stumped and had no luck when I searched images. Hope you find out what it is. How unique!
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Thanks for trying. Happy New Year.
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I have no idea, but what a wonderful find. Great job.
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I was thrilled to see it. I love finding the unexpected.
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These are real flowers? Extraordinary, Irene.
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The were extraordinary. Never seen anything like them before.
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I don’t know what they are, but I would like to know. It looks like it is giving birth to an olive, whatever it is!
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I wondered if it could be an olive but the leaf doesn’t fit.
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I keep looking at the photos – they just don’t look like real flowers. The centers look like jingle bells painted dark blue, the petasl seem to be made of red wax. Are you pulling a little visual joke on us?
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No but perhaps someone has pulled a joke on me. I can’t find anything like them at all in flower books. I’ll head off this morning and take another look.
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Please let us know what you find – we’re all curious.
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