Maya Amelia - born to Michael & Rowena in London weighing 6 lbs 6 oz. For the linguists out there - Maya is pronounced "my - a". Michael reports that Rowena's father purchased some excellent whisky to wet the baby's head. Euan (Michael's father) thought it his grandfatherly duty to force a glass between his parched lips - and was surprised how much he liked it.
Susan Miller in South Africa - who, when not presenting at a conference into lion genetics, has been on a birdwatching trip with Vince to see gannets and albatrosses, with the added bonus of a couple of southern right whales surfacing next to their boat. On a separate trip to see penguins, they were so overcome with the moment that they boarded the wrong train home. It was a special school train going to the middle of nowhere. Ever resourceful, they jumped out when the train slowed to a crawl through a side station. All those years riding the Canadian railroads have clearly not gone amiss.
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| flamingos in South Africa - by Susan |