Unknown Beauty: Floral Friday

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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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.

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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15 Responses to Unknown Beauty: Floral Friday

  1. trentpmcd says:
    December 29, 2017 at 7:44 am

    Baby Audrey II? 😉 (Have you seen Little Shop of Horrors?)

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  2. Rebel Girl says:
    December 29, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    I am stumped and had no luck when I searched images. Hope you find out what it is. How unique!

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  3. Phyllis Rogers says:
    December 29, 2017 at 12:54 pm

    I have no idea, but what a wonderful find. Great job.

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  4. Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:
    December 29, 2017 at 4:05 pm

    These are real flowers? Extraordinary, Irene.

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  5. leonaandalexander says:
    December 30, 2017 at 9:18 am

    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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  6. Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:
    December 31, 2017 at 9:44 am

    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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