Maya's first solo visit

 Maya flew back from Edmonton with her other grandmother and they quarantined for a couple of weeks. I picked her up for a short visit and we drove first to Chris and Jason's so she could be the first member of her family to see "Charlie Golf"

CG is still quite little but looks much bigger in Maya's arms. She also got to bottle feed her. She was very gentle and seemed thrilled by the experience. Photo by Chris.

Maya slept on the couch in the little front room and when looking for bedding we found some old stuffed toys. George's teddy bear and sock monkey, my koala bear and pony and this dog puppet that was Chris and Mike's. It was probably the cleanest of the lot (and also the most washable) so became her constant companion. Neither Mike or Chris could remember its name so Maya named her "Lily" and made up a whole back story (her mother was bitten by a coyote so Maya had to look after her, until she got better)

We had to go shopping for kid friendly food. I don't usually stock hot dogs, carrot sticks, crescent rolls, grapes and instant porridge

I had asked Brit if she had a few age appropriate books she could lend me and she provided a bag of books along with crayons, a colouring book and this wooden doll and cut out clothes to be decorated and attached with magnets. The Winnie the Pooh books were her favorite so far.

The weather was horrible; grey, windy and rainy, for the 2 days she was with me, so the planned walks did not happen, but we did drive to the beach so she could see it in the winter. Not impressed!

Down time with the ipad.

After 2 days I drove her back to her other grandmother's and will arrange for her to come and stay again before she returns out west later in March. I did learn some interesting things from Maya; beets give her chicken pox and her teeth are too small for celery.

The last camera I bought was a hurried purchase with no choice but the one I got. I had dropped my camera on a walk in Mallorca and bought another in a small camera store in Palma. That was 3 years ago. It's been OK but lately I have been wanting it to do things that it can't. So I splurged and bought a new camera. A Panasonic Lumix ZS60. It arrived yesterday and now I have to learn how to make it do those fancier things. The pictures below are just taken with the Auromatic Mode.

A laker in the evening sun. My last camera had a 20X digital zoom, this one has a 30X

Arriving home from dropping Maya off today there was some drama on the lake. A small animal (I think it was a Racoon) was being harassed by a juvenile Bald Eagle.

The bird would swoop down at it but never seemed to actually touch it.

The animal just kept wandering along on the ice (in the wrong direction!)

ignoring the bird.

Another Eagle joined the fun and eventually there were 3 juveniles out there.

I lost sight of the animal and assume that it made its way back to shore. I think it was just too large for the birds to deal with but they certainly were very curious about it. Although these pictures aren't great they are much better than I would have been able to get with the old camera so, so far, I am quite happy with it.

Shooting into the sun.