precious towels.

grandma had kept daddy's cloth diapers from his baby years.
now grandma o had sewn them into cloth towels.

an unexpected family collaboration over time.

hand painting.

mommy and i made an early mother's day card for grandma O.

rabbits.

grandma O's handmade wooden puzzle.

a taste of spring.

annual spring delivery from grandma O.
ikanago kugini (sand lance simmered in soysauce and mirin),
a tsukudani dish famous in the Kobe area.

gemma.

mommy's treasure is her antique mocha cups;

a royal copenhagen gemma series handed down from grandma O.

winter's around the corner and it's time for hot cocoa...