Month: December 2025

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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Two adult beavers and A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Three watching women<
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Six baby ducklings
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Seven on committee
Six baby ducklings
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Eight eager muskrats
Seven on committee
Six baby ducklings
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Nine children laughing
Eight eager muskrats
Seven on committee
Six baby ducklings
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Ten news reporters
Nine children laughing
Eight eager muskrats
Seven on committee
Six baby ducklings
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Eleven cameras snapping
Ten news reporters
Nine children laughing
Eight eager muskrats
Seven on committee
Six baby ducklings
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Twelve hatching turtles
Eleven cameras snapping
Ten news reporters
Nine children laughing
Eight eager muskrats
Seven on committee
Six baby ducklings
Five City Council!
Four furry kits
Three watching women
Two adult beavers and
A Dam in Alham-b-ra Creek

I saw this card on Etsy and was so impressed. Obviously the artist has spent time around actual beavers. I wasn’t surprised ten to learn that Liz Bradford was the artistic talent behind the awesome instructional illustration in the Montana Outdoor magazine too. Click here to be reminded of its glory.

And Happy Christmas Eve and may beavers beavers bless us every one!

I thought this was missing something so I had a little fun with it and Amelia’s paintings over the years…You can see it needs a lot more work and someone much more talented than I, add a turtle, an osprey a deer drinking upstream, but this will do for a start…

This appeared on the “iNature” FB page last night with a lot of aplomb. When I asked for the artist the little bot that runs their page told me “I create this”. Thanks for the chat. Amy and I both like it, but her hand chalked version would be so much better.