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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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Kids or Pets with Toys: Cee’s fun foto Challenge
And when you have a puppy how could you not include a few photos of Muffin at play In response to Cee’s Fun Foto challenge
Weekend Coffee Share: Nov 7th 2015
If we “were having coffee” I’d say how my first week with the new puppy Muffin was going. She is gorgeous but the disruption to our normal schedule is immense. I didn’t go into my office all week and feel … Continue reading
Fallen Leaf: Silent Sunday
Shadowshot Sunday: Kissing Shadows
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Cream to Light Brown (Mainly Timber)
A “woodie” as this car is has wooden framework and timber infill panels in the rear. Intially, this was to give the car structural strength but after a time the wooden frame was replaced by other materials and only the … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet
Most often beneath my feet is my dog (or rather my husband’s dog). Walking him twice a day we cover a lot of ground beneath our feet. Even at Jaspers Bakery where we have coffee at the conclusion of our … Continue reading
Thursday’s Special: Reflection where there should be shadow
Our dog walking park has become waterlogged. Today large puddles occupy the ground that normally is grass. The sight of this water takes a few years off the dogs as they can’t help but frolic in it, running and splashing … Continue reading
Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge: My daily in life in an odd ball way
All these photographs were taken accidently. The iphone 5 has a feature the iphone 4S didn’t and that is that photos can be taken via the loudness controls, the on/off switch as well as the normal red button. As a … Continue reading