My First Camping Trip

Me and Master got to go camping this weekend!  I must say...I prefer staying in a hotel, but it was a fun time...except when Master burned her hand real bad on bacon grease...  We don't have a picture of that...it still looks pretty gross.

We went to a place called Gardner Canyon, which was a scrub oak sort of hilly grassland...with cows.  One of Master's cousins chased the cows away, though.  Here's what it looks like there.

I played around in the oak trees, enjoying the fresh air.

 I admired the view...I could see a really long way!  Even though I wasn't even that high up.  I felt like a wild sigilyph, hehe.

I spotted this little baby cactus while we were out, too.  It's the little fuzzy gray thing next to me...so cute!  It was smaller than my eye!

 Not all the fuzzy things were cute...look at this scary creature!  It's a little dog, but it has a mouth large enough to swallow a sigilyph whole!

We got home not too long ago, but I smell like campfire.  Master gave me a bath, so now I smell all rosy.  *sigh*  Now I think it's time for a nap...  Bye-bye!

With Apologies to Teka...

Today, I got a bite to eat from Eegee's...it's a local fast food restaurant here that isn't anywhere else other than Arizona.  I got home and talked to Aereme for a moment, then went to eat it and it was GONE!!  I could tell you about it, but you should watch for yourselves:

Now, I didn't know until AFTER I watched the video that Teka was innocent...  So...
TEKA: *sulking*
MAYA: "Oh Teka...I'm sorry.  Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?"
TEKA: "NO!  I've been humiliated and hurt..."
MAYA: "How about a cookie?"
TEKA: "...okay, I'm all better."

The Gem Show

Sorry I haven't updated...  Master and I had a couple of really bad weeks.  First, Master got really sick and had to go to the People Center, then Master's aunt passed away.  It was a very hard time for her and her family...and it will be for a little while.  I don't want to go into the sad things because I hate seeing Master cry, so I'll talk about happy things...particularly the Gem and Mineral show we went to.

I'll be honest, Master's town is actually pretty dull.  One thing Tucson does have, though is the Tucson Gem and Mineral show!  I have never been there, but today we got to go.  They had so many pretty things there!  This time, Master was looking for crystals.  She got two polished quartz crystals, one clear and one smoky.  She also got a prism and a bismuth crystal.  They typically sell the bismuth crystals in flats only, but one had broken in half, so the shopkeeper sold it to master for cheap!  We were really happy because they are pretty rainbow-box looking things.  They aren't made in nature, but we still really like them.  The prism and small crystal flash rainbow colors when you hold them in the sun.

Master SAID she wouldn't buy beads...but there were some too pretty to pass up.  Little hematite beads and some cool looking rainbowy ones.  We'll make some pretty jewelry with them.

Master got herself a necklace.  I'm wearing it right here.  It was much different than anything me and Master had ever seen...apparently, it helps her be more creative and clever.  I didn't think she needed....sorry, Master is telling me not to flatter her.

And last, but definitely not least...my personal favorite!  It is a blue stone with Nazca lines on it!  They didn't have the condor, but I liked this one a lot.  I think the stone is called "angelite" or something...I can't remember.  I had to get this when we saw it...it really speaks to me for some reason :)

Anyway, thanks for looking at my blog!  I hope to start drawing some more soon...Master has started drawing again after a long slump and I want to as well!  Bye-bye for now!