This records a memory of a day when I begged the older children to stop at the creek on the way to school & let me scrape the pickles off my sandwiches. My elders understood my problem because they had experienced it themselves & allowed me to scrape the pickles off with a stick.

Our diet was poor. The Sisters handed out quarters of oranges or bananas once a week because Church & State gave them nothing. They couldn't ask for charity & had to pray for what they needed. Thankfully, Mr Kylie, the baker, Mr Lawrence the fruit vendor & many other kindhearted people unconsciously heard their prayers when the pantry was bare.

The oval yellow fruits with the spiked tips are geebung, which I liked & the big white dots represent lilly pilly, a tart-tasting bush snack. The red fruits with yellow caps represent wild cherries; our favourites.

The dotting & leaf shapes represent The Bush & the wavy blue line indicates the little creek under the rickety old bridge we crossed every day.