So the October-December Issue of Bay Nature was in my mailbox yesterday. And guess what adorned the last page?
Remember the night last month where John Muir Laws came to sketch our beavers? This is what it was for! He was cajoled into coming to see our remarkable family by some very kind docents from Audubon Canyon that attended my Close to Home talk. They all came together, oohed and ahhed appreciatively at the right things, and finished the evening with burritos and salad in the park. It was a pretty magical night – Jack Laws has a way of making nature feel vibrant and accessible. The evening stands out in my memory as almost churchlike — but way more fun than church. The feeling of being the only person to enter an expansive stunning Cathedral in the morning when light is pouring in through the stained glass windows. Or maybe a gnarled bay grove along a valley basin that just looks like a Cathedral.
If you would like to pick up your very own commemorative issue for the grandchildren go here, but if you don’t already take this magazine you really should subscribe! It will tell you everything you need to understand the natural parts of the Bay Area and Beyond. They’ve been interested friends of the Martinez Beavers since way back. I’m still waiting for the four page exposé on the relationship between beavers and salmon, but someday it will come, I’m sure.
