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I was amazed by how far an expression of gratitude can take you! Perhaps the timing was perfect too.

A week earlier I'd sent a letter of appreciation to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, thanking him and his team for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy that would allow me and my staff at Focus on Nature to keep working and developing new online lessons for teachers to use in their virtual classrooms.

The interview has made millions of Canadians aware of Focus on Nature for the first time. Donations and expressions of interest in our program soon followed. As a Registered Charity, we rely on contributions from government, corporations and donors like you to keep building kids' connections to nature through photography.

With no revenue coming in from workshops and camps, the pandemic has hit us hard. Pease support us with a donation now if you can. Thank you.

Bajan Isolation

Once I'd canceled March Break camps, due to the need for social distancing, I bought a return flight to Barbados to self-isolate with Gail for two weeks.

There was no reported Covid-19 on the island and I was glad to let them take a temperature reading from my forehead when I arrived. But within days coronavirus cases started to appear. I guess it was inevitable at such an international tourist destination.

We did enjoy the sea and sun but we kept our distance from everyone, including friends. But it gradually dawned on us that a small island wasn't the best place to be isolated in a time of plague.

We drove to the wild north shore and we visited Hunte's Gardens on the last day it was open. But soon everything on the island was shutting down. We booked a flight home.

Our time in Barbados was cut short by a week but I did get the chance to go snorkelling. At the Folkstone Marine Reserve I was very pleased to see new coral growth, something I've been concerned about for awhile.