I was thinking about how appropriate it would be to photograph this scene, featuring, quite a long way away, a young lady.
It was such an unexpected thud, against my right shoulder!
..and then baby-sat the daughter and son (12 and 10), until about 11 p.m., and then drove the 51 kms back again to Maude, in absolute darkness.
My chemist and my dentist know more about my art than most (Apart from my son, daughter and their mum). Oh yes, and Melissa, the teacher, at Hazelhurst.
I think back a lot, lately.
It’s suddenly gone quiet around me and I think back on the 37 years of wielding the chalk.
Of Riverstone and floods.
Of Maude and dust roads.
Of…......