A fusion of cultures.

My Christmas gift to Mrs T, a cushion,  arrived this morning. It took only 2 days to get from America to Heathrow but then 2 weeks to get from Heathrow to Aberdeen!
The cushion design is by our dear friend Josiliva Babavono Navavia Crick. We first met Josie in 1971 when she was 12 years old; you can see her here, in traditional dress, in our garden in Suva, the capital of Fiji. Sadly she died in September 2013.
Josie went on to become an accomplished contemporary artist and was a prominent figure among the art community in Fiji. In 2003 the French Government made her a Chevalier de L’order des Arts et des Letters for her contribution to art in the South Pacific.
The cushion is sitting on a traditional Orkney chair.