And in that creek
(And in that creek)
there were was a dam
(There was a dam)
the prettiest little dam
(The prettiest little dam)
that you ever did see
(That you ever did see)
More work has been done on the secondary. And this time we can admit how happy we are about it. It looks like they are recycling old materials from the washed out dam and reusing them in this one, which is very green of them! I’m just happy to see that the water is backed up far enough now that they won’t need to WALK from the Marina Vista bridge at low tide.
They turned the old dam into a kind of hot tub annex which I really don’t understand, but I’m assuming it will all make sense in time. In the mean while let’s just enjoy the beavers handiwork for what it is. I was talking to someone the other day who said, “beavers are about as smart as dogs, right?” and I thought about that and answered that they were “Different smart”. “Because we allllllll know dogs would never build a dam.”
A package arrived from England today. Devon to be exact. It was a large breathtakingly detailed sketch from the amazing wildlife artist Emma Bowring who painted the beaver that was donated to the Devon campaign. I asked Emma for a beaver donation, but in all her career she had only painted one, (on account of there being no beavers in Devon for 500 years until now) so she after some discussion of meerkats and lemurs and she sent the painstakingly drawn sketch for this painting. You will not believe the detail when you see it. A limited print of this painting is a steal at 55 lbs, so the sole, signed original sketch for it is really valuable. Thank you Emma for your generosity and support of beavers.
‘Yellowstone Rut’
