Yesterday we finished collecting auction items and picked up brochures. Erika’s talented friends at the Walnut creek civic arts clay class were very kind to us and she was pretty nice too. I spent some time making flyers for the items so I thought I’d share.
Adding these to our already received items brings the total to 88, Divided fairly equally between things to do, jewelry, wall art, toys, and household items. The total value of all the items donated tops 4000 dollars. Hopefully we’ll be able to raise half that to keep the home fires burning.
I’ve been saving this link from James Blatter of Noir poetotography in Colorado for a while, and this seems the perfect time to share.
There is a beaver pond on Garfield Creek about 4 miles from my home, three years ago there were no beavers there, they have migrated down the watershed over a course of 12 miles over six-eight years. This year in the pond system they’ve been building at the local spot now has four beavers.
Watching the ecology of this little, I’d say half mile square, area change has been amazing. Where once the water flowed freely and there was very little wildlife there are now an abundance of fish and song birds, a flock of wild turkeys, an abundance of deer, some raccoons and coyotes. Ducks wintered here for the first time the last two years. Just witnessing this has been one of the best experiences of my life.
All photos © 2018, James Blatter
We know just how you feel, James.
