Let’s have another good news Sunday, shall we? Starting with the upcoming beaver festival which is shaping up in ever direction. Event Insurance, check. Folkmanis donation, check. Bay Nature ad, check. And this week I put together the children’s map that will help them find the “Key to the waters” for our treasure hunt, just in time for a special flash sale from Vista Print who made the cards for 50 percent less. The idea is that pieces of the map will be given at each participating exhibit, and when the kids get all 8 they can assemble them at the “map-making” booth and read the secret message on the back which will tell them where to find the key.
The participating exhibits will be marked with these signs:
We were happy to see our leftover tattoos worked excellently on those wood signs, one of the perks of doing this gig over and over for the past 12 years is that you have lots of supplies! I won’t show you the clue the kids decode just yet because there has to be a little surprise left over for the wedding night, right?
Anyway, we’ve been marching on with donations. And recently picked up a doozy. This comes all the way from Lutsk in the Ukraine. Ann Billit makes these striking decals with all kinds of images of wildlife, in fact we’ve seen some others driving around they’re so popular. So imagine how surprised I was to find this one:
Which of course was a shock not only because it was a beaver, but because it was OUR beaver, from Cheryl’s wonderful photo of or 2009 yearling.
Which when I cheerfully mentioned to Ann she generously donated a large number of decals in several sizes to the silent auction where you can pick up yours this June. If you can’t wait that long, or you want to check out her other wildlife options for your trunk, visit the Wawoo shop on Esty and see the other wonders she has to offer.
Thank you Ann!
I was also delighted to see recently on facebook a sketch that our good friend, scientist, farmer and beaver defender Derek Gow from Devon England had done for an upcoming activity. Apparently the plan was to let various child artists help him color it in. I had no idea he was such a talented artist, so I immediately asked him to think about donating something to the silent auction. To which he said it was the least he could do and he would be happy to. He’s working on it now, but here’s the sketch that caught my eye:
Thank you Derek and stay tuned!
