Collected Item: “A Rainbow”
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A Rainbow
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
Photograph of a Rainbow-covered house in Yarraville, Australia.
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
HIST30060. The only time I would frequently leave my house during lockdown was to go and see my partner. I saw him for absolutely none of the first lockdown in Melbourne but would often see him during the second lockdown. He was only a quick train and a short walk away, so I consider myself lucky that I was able to see him at all. I pass this house every time I walk to his and it encourages children and adults alike to count all the rainbows. It became a part of my routine, each time I would go to his I would pass this house and would feel my day get just a little bit brighter. It was only recently that he told me there are other houses around his suburb like this, aiming to give children a little distraction if they happen to pass by. The lockdown was long but necessary, so it shows me that there's hope that there's still some good in this world, with strangers hoping to give one another a distraction and a smile with a rainbow.
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#Melbourne, #Australia, #Lockdown, #Hope, #Rainbow, #Distraction
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Meg Bate
Give this story a date.
2020-11-04