Wordless Wednesday: Summer Alps

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: Pruning

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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This painting was lifesize and realistic. If the other gallery paintings had not reflected on it I would have loved it but as it is it is delegated to being an odd ball.

In response to Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge.

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Black and White Sunday: Geometry

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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Paula has asked us to show geometry. Geometry can be seen in virtually everything. In these two photos of the container ship loading at the Port of Otago in New Zealand we have cuboid, square, cylinders, triangles of all descriptions and rectangles. There could be more but I’d have to blow the photo up to find them.

This photo shows cuboid of two varieties.

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The containers in this photo are definitely cuboid I’m guessing the cuboid looking iceberg probably fits the criteria also.

For Black and White Sunday

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Weekend Photo Challenge: Symbol

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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This symbol warns motorists to take care. It is true. These creatures do live here wild and cars would have to be their number one enemy followed by foxes and cats.

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Both the kangaroo and koala are symbols in their own right. They are a symbol of Australia that most people in the world recognise.

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This post is for the Weekly Photo Challenge.

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Silent Sunday: Sunset heaven

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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Skywatch Friday: 10th July 2015 Noosaville 5.19 pm

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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Floral Friday: Pruned bougainvillea

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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Pruned severely yet flowering prolifically Bougainvillea with their lethal thorns seemed an odd choice for a planter in a public place where people would be sitting and resting their weary bones. It made for a beautiful display however.

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Thursday’s Special: Patterns

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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This elephants entire body was covered with this recurring pattern.

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My clever mother made the bride dress and also the two flower girl dresses from a pattern.

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An animals behaviour pattern – we all have them like these clumping grubs.

jupiter-widget_text-e1395873810536-2In response to Paula’s Thursday’s Special

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Friday Fictioneers: Stay away from the Light

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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The police caught me speeding.

” Hospital.” I ramped up a wheeze. They put me in the police car, sirens blaring, the asthma no longer feigned. I struggled to breathe. I had no breath to talk. The doctors and nurses rushed. Oxygen. Intravenous cannula. Nebulised ventolin.

“Nurse give her 100mg aminophylline IV stat.” The doctor ordered. She came with a large syringe of the drug and inserted it to the intravenous line, swiftly injecting it. 

My breathing stopped. I could see the light. As I approached it I watched them scrambling below 

“Adrenaline.”

This time, I’d stayed away from the light.

In response to Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers. and the photo prompt provided by  Stephen Baum.  For other entries go to Rochelle’s site and follow the blue frog to the other links. All are welcome to join in writing 100 words to the photo prompt.

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: More than Five Items

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
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The Brisbane art gallery made it easy to obtain more than five items for this weeks challenge. These strange characters in their cage on top of what reminded me of a rickshaw each was unique and decidedly a little unnerving.

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The elephant was confronting. The image was beautiful and yet knowing the background to the elephant slaughter it was also ugly.  Behind are people, and art works totalling more than five items.

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In the science museum my head was added to the bowl of fruit. Again more than 5 items.

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© irene waters 2015

Also in the science museum was a very good display of turtle habitat. The number of different types of coral number more than five without taking into account the turtle, and variety of fish.

In response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

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