I didn’t get a chance to blog yesterday and I’m pretty wiped out tonight. It’s been a great Master Naturalist conference and I’ve also enjoyed hanging out with friends.
Also the Omni Houston is an extra nice hotel. Best hotel bathrooms ever, plus views from meeting rooms (shown).
I plan to share some of my learning later. Tonight I’ll hit the highlights. Like yesterday, during dinner, when they surprised us with a great talk from the first Master Naturalist in space, Kjell Lindgren. Wow, he’s a real renaissance man and nice, too!
He also shared amazing images from space.
The food has been great, too. And conversation with nine fellow Milam County folks and new friends has been so great. I even got a COVID test, and it was negative! Fun times.
Meal time!
We got goofy a lot, which kept me laughing and nicely broke up intense learning about feral hogs, coyotes, wrens, dragonflies, insect photography and much more.
There, now you learned something. And we settled down long enough to take a picture.
I get renewed by taking a break like this, even when I get worn out. I’m inspired to do more at the ranch and more outreach as well. I learned so many ways to help the planet.
I learned ranch stuff, too.
But mostly. I’ve had fun. And I’m proud of our little chapter.
Three of us were honored for 250 hours volunteering Eric got honored for 500 hours (Linda Jo has over 4,000)Sam here was honored, tooHe’s an inspiration to usWe escaped to the pool bar. I love a pool bar. Lo, the bartender, has 5 horses and a mule. We bonded over plump limes.
Yep, we had fun. I’ve missed fun with the Master Naturalist folks.
The person behind The Hermits' Rest blog and many others. I'm a certified Texas Master Naturalist and love the nature of Milam County. I manage technical writers in Austin, help with Hearts Homes and Hands, a personal assistance service, in Cameron, and serve on three nonprofit boards. You may know me from La Leche League, knitting, iNaturalist, or Facebook. I'm interested in ALL of you!
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