
“Hana push!”

“Hana push!”

“Hana push!”

“Hana push!”



Hana’s first time at the beach. She was wary of the ocean.




Hana loves her new Kuma-Chan! What a relief.
While I’m at the studio doing this:

Hana’s at home doing this:


We didn’t know it at the time, but this would be the last picture of Kuma-Chan,
Hana’s favorite toy… The next night I would unwittingly throw him down the
garbage chute. (Honest mistake! He was in a plastic bag in the unofficial
trash-to-be-taken-out spot.) Oops!

Hana and me watching hanabi (fireworks) in Astoria Park under the Triboro Bridge.