You probably thought that now that Emily Fairfax is a university professor she was too mature and worried about tenyear to attempt to ride in a beaver mobile at the festival. Well, you’d be wrong. Here she hunched over to try out Bob Rust’s child-sized beaver mobile on the sidewalk.
Emily in the beaver mobile from Heidi Perryman on Vimeo.
Further proof that beaver festivals make magic that lasts and lasts. And that Emily has nerves of steel. I’m so glad I got to meet her and briefly show her how our festival works. Just wait until next year. I hear that the phrase “Ecosystem Engineer” might just take on a whole new meaning.
In other news I have been waiting FOR EVER to show you what I truly believe is the first – but not the last – official beaver billboard. Yes, you read that right, Suzanne Fouty has been working with a team on this for half a year and it was officially unveiled last month in Oregon. I had to wait until the website was finalized to share but now you can follow the links and learn about beavers and wolves.
A practiced eye might recognize that beaver portrait as one of our VERY OWN in Martinez and taken by the talented Cheryl Reynolds in 2009.
here’s how it looks from the street. Don’t you wish there were a series on EVERY corner?
Now just in case, like me, you’re feeling like celebrating the fourth should mean celebrating beavers, I thought you would appreciate these reminders of patriotism in the beaver nation. Apparently Benjamin Franklin thought highly enough of the animal to put it on the 6 dollar bill.
Happy No Mad King Day!
