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Living Memory Finalist
For someone who has lived on four continents over ninety years, Mum's world has shrunk remarkably – almost down to the few hundred square metres of her home and garden. It's due to fatigue of legs and lifestyle, which were already issues before Covid-19 struck in 2020. In fact, the pandemic has made no great difference to this world, which is sobering. We don't need pandemics to have our horizons shrunk late in life. Here she is pictured in the verandah of her house, as old as her, surrounded by some of the plants that absorb a vast amount of her waking time.
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