The ridiculous part of throwing a beaver festival in June is that the grant for next year’s beaver festival is due in August. So when I should be in deep hibernation after a long year’s trial I have to start the engine ago in my discombobulated state.

Yesterday we exchanged the last outstanding item on the silent auction and today I worked on the idea for a beaver learning activity that works on pollinators.

When you organize a beaver festival for 17 years you wind up asking for every possible favor, tapping  every distant relative or contact, calling in every conceivable chit. This particular chit grew up a few doors from down from my house, went to my highschool and got into all kinds of mischief with me as a teen.

julianne George retired after teaching music at Alhambra for years and now  conducts the Contra Costa Jazz Band. So of course they made an appearance at this year’s festival. Why so you ask?

And Lo! The bird is on the wing.

Finally got a photo from Cheryl of the finished artwork. Zoom in on the detailed beaver back. The detail is incredible.