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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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Floral Friday: Potted Frangipanni clusters
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Floral Friday: An Aussie Country garden
Earlyn country garden is the type of place you discover when you have your sister-in-law and her husband visiting from Germany. Unlike our visits to their town where there are all manner of walks close-by, the miles between places in Australia … Continue reading
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Floral Friday: Tropical Colour
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Floral Friday: Pink frangipanis at Boreen Point
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Floral Friday: Day Lily heaven
After a stimulating talk at our garden club in Gloucester we headed westward following the Curricabark Creek on a narrow dirt road in convoy. The first car was the lucky one – the rest of us ate the dust of … Continue reading
Floral Friday: Early morning roses
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Floral Friday: A small village garden in Germany
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Floral Friday: Colour in France
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Floral Friday: Wind flowers of Te Papa
(6 photos) But the flower leaned aside And thought of naught to say, And morning found the breeze A hundred miles away. Robert Frost (1874-1963) from the poem Wind and window flower
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