Special Gifts

While in Bermuda, we bought a shirt for Jade as well as a book called Ghunda's Bermuda Holiday. It is a true story. In 1954, a ship was carrying Ghunda, a three year old elephant, from India to the US to join a circus. The ship was forced to stop in Bermuda to replace a damaged propeller. The owner, worried about the delay, arranged to fly Ghunda to New York on Pan American Airlines. The elephant was led to the plane but refused to board. What transpired was a comic scene as six men pushed and shoved the bellowing, stubborn animal while passengers complained and local crowds cheered. Ghunda was refusing to leave Bermuda!



My sister also recently took a trip to Wyoming to be in a friend's wedding. She stayed for a week and went to Yellowstone as well. She used to live there but moved back to PA last year. Like the great auntie that she already is, she brought some very fun things back for Jade!



We also had the print framed that we bought at FCC's Chinese Culture Day. This was the one that the artist, Grace Lin, signed for Jade. It looks very pretty in her room above her dresser.