Just a quick flashback to a walk around the lake in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in the winter. With the exception of one bizarrely bright bird, absolutely nothing was colourful that day and the wind was icy cold and quite gusty.
I briefly glanced at these when I first took them, but since we were already up to our eyeballs in packing boxes and mess, I didn’t have the energy to devote any time or inspiration to them back in August.
Here I am back in France, happily and cozily parked in front of the fire in December, and now I’m glad I saved these for the right time. Some of these are potential book covers or perfect for doing a matte and frame treatment. I can tell when my heart is happy again because my productivity level just soars. That’s a lovely thing to be able to say at my age!
All of the images in this short photo essay are from Lake Wendouree in Ballarat. Enjoy!
Unidentified woman and child walk along the lakeside on a cold winter day.
Partially submerged tree and water grasses in a rain-swollen lake.
A bench at the edge of a swollen lake.
Wind whipped dunegrass alongside the water’s edge of a lake.
And finally — the ONE SPOT of colour…
An Australian bird with a bright red face and deep blue chest picks its way through the marsh grass of an inland lake.
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