Sunday, March 31, 2013

Elephants

Elephants are kind of a thing in my family. Back in 1962, when Packy was born at the Oregon Zoo, my grandfather loaded his family into the car and drove all the way from California so they could see the baby elephant. So when my Aunt Lois was visiting Portland earlier this month, of course we had to go visit the new baby elephant, Lily. * En mi familia, tenemos un gran interés en los elefantes. En 1962, cuando Packy se nació en el Oregon Zoo, my abuelo cargó toda la familia en el auto y condució de Californa hasta Oregon para ver el elefante recién nacido. Así que, cuando mi iía Lois visitó Portland esta mez, claro que fuimos a ver el nuevo bebe en la familia de elefantes, Lily.

And in the tradition of Grandpa Chang, I of course had to sketch baby Lily and her mother Rose-Tu while I was there. * Y en la tradición de mi abuelo Chang, claro que tuve que dibujar el bebe Lily y su mama, Rose-Tu, durante la visita.






My grandmother recently send me a letter that ended with, "Hope you are well--draw more elephants!" Yes, m'am. * Mi abuela me mandó una carta recientemente que terminó con la frase, "Espero que estes bien--¡dibuja más elefantes!" Sí, señora. 

Edited to add a photo of Grandpa Chang drawing elephants. * Editado para incluir un photo de mi abuelo Chang dibujando elefantes. 
 

4 comments:

  1. Any time you are drawing elephants, I will be glad to join you!

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    1. Yay! Even if you can't make it to Portland directly, you're sure to be cheering me on in spirit.

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  2. You are such an amazing inspiration! Thanks for posting these!

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    1. Aw, thanks T! Next time you find yourselves in Portland, I'd totally be up for another zoo adventure, that was fun last time.

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