‘SUNSHINE’ & PETA

Half of Peta’s life has been lived in England and half in Australia. Growing up in the country that invented sun meant that adjusting to life under a duvet of grey skies in London was difficult. She also had to acclimatise to the distance from her family. ‘Sunshine from Australia’ was a present from Rosie, her niece, she was five years old and was learning to write. It has sat on Peta’s desk for the last fifteen years, the flower has faded over time but it still prompts a smile on a grey, rainy day. Rosie is now twenty and last year travelled to spend the ‘summer’ with Peta in London. They have always had a strong connection, Peta describes how Rosie, even at the age of five, knew ‘intuitively how to bring sweetness into my life’.

20 Mar 2011