Reptiles at Risk

Day 2: Lanark County

Posted by Mary-Ellen Peckham on July 16, 2007 at 3:10 PM

Good Evening World!

GOOD NEWS!!!! This afternoon we did not get LOST!!!!!!

The Art of Being Green Festival was amazing; we had about 100 people in total stop by the tent for the show! The kids (and parents!) were awesome! We even met one boy who was able to hold his breath longer then the water snakes - over 45 minutes- or at least he claimed he could! He was neat!! We also ran into some snake-lovers who knew SOOO much about snakes; I am not sure we taught them anything new....but I know they enjoyed the show a lot, and all the handling of the snakes really thrilled them.

After the presentation we hung around for a while and checked out some of the displays- it was so amazing! *Big Smile* I gave the solar panal guys high fives on their great set up and information - they were sure into green energy! We also saw a display with posters about a wide variety of wildlife. There were reptile posters, butterfly posters, wild flower posters and tons more! They were into conservation which was great to see, as we love people who love the wild outdoors of Ontario and BEYOND *that should be said in a great echoing voice*. There were a few booths set up to teach people about their choices when it comes to choosing natural products - and they had such amazing smelling products! There were a few other booths set up around to talk to people about converting energy and/or saving energy. At one table I got a pin and it has a flower on it and anyone who knows me, knows I enjoy flowers! I think I will call it Pinny, and it will be my pin and I will love it forever!

There was also a really neat booth set up with a lady who read eyes. Yes, a lady who read eyes. It was an interesting process; she looked deep into our eyes with an interesting gadget and read the patterns and undertone colours of our eyes. From this she was able to tell us things about our personality. Sarah Jane and I were both "Stream"... I was almost a "Stream-Jewel" but I was one jewel short of such combination. Apparently, stream-eyed people like to cuddle ...can anyone vouch for this!? We are also tactile people ... we have to touch everything...and if you take us into a store you might see this in action. Sarah B was a "Flower-Stream" which is an athletic- dancer sort of person...hehe! They got that one right! Jeff was a "Shaker" which translates to him enjoying physical activity and is good at inventing things - Is this the Jeff we know?- hehe only teasing Boss Man..!

After the festival we packed back into the van and headed off to Murphy's point. The show there was also superb! It rained the WHOLE show...well not the WHOLE show but for a good part of it, and it was cold and BEAUTIFUL! *I adore the rain* So we did the talks and the hands on part then I jumped around in the new made mud and was quiet content. I met a few people there who I talked with during the hands on part who after the show stuck around to talk. I then introduced them to a grand maritime tradition- Puddle Jumping *Large Smiles* they took well to it and we created a GREAT mess, laughed A LOT and talked about HARRY POTTER which comes out in a few DAYS!!!! We at Sciensational Sssnakes are VERY into Harry Potter...VERY VERY into HARRY POTTER...as in there will be three copies in the van when it comes out so that we can all read it at the same time and not spoil it for each other.

After the show we had dinner then we all swapped stories as we ate some chocolates. MMmmmm Chocolate! Chhhhhhoooooocccccoooolate!!!!!! We all shared a Caramilk bar, the one that we recieved from our turtle co-workers (Thanks Turtle People - it was delicious!), and decided to turn in a bit early. We have tomorrow off and we are sure to have TONS of adventures and stories to tell you. As of now the itinerary is to do a mine-hike tomorrow, look for black rat snakes since we are in a perfect place to find them and to take a bit of a walk through the park....perhaps even visit the beach. As for how much of it we accomplish...that is yet to be seen and the Sarahs' will be telling you about it as we blog our way to Nova Scotia.

Smiles and laughter,
Mary-Ellen