I’m starting to get my vocal chords back again. Yesterday Jon returned the Uhaul and unpacked everything. I started finishing touches on silent auction items that hadn’t been claimed and Cheryl sent a beautiful bundle of photos of the day. It’s always both delightful to remember and wonderful to see everything I missed.
Like any advanced society it begins with the artists. And there was plenty of talent to go around on that glorious day.
I just love to see how many kids were inspired by Amy’s artwork to try their own. There were such an army of sidewalk beavers it must be a record! I also love how the artwork, the signs, the activity all pounded the same theme over and over. No one could leave the event that day without knowing a little bit why beavers mattered.
My favorite job of sunday is reviewing the post-tests and seeing how children performed. There were a LOT takers this year, 45 which is our nighest sample size ever. A whopping 95% were entirely accurate so you know things were sinking in. True, there were plenty of helpful parents that gave them the answers but educating parents is kind of the point too, so it’s a win-win. You can see the thinking that went on in some of these photos of the children’s activity.
There are, of course, many more pictures as you well know and much more happened on the day, but I thought that would get you started. Now for a surprisingly timely treat here’s an interview I did last summer with Timothy Sexauer of Muse Ecology which was dropped to a podcast on Friday before the festival. He does such a great job. It’s a surprisingly fresh look at the Martinez Beaver Story. Very well done and worth your time. Enjoy.
