Congratulations, America...you are the greatest country in the world, at the Olympics, anyway- there's proof of that! America leads the medal count and it could be a wire-to-wire win...if the teams/competitors can keep going strong. Nobody expected it, especially the Canadians, eh?
Pocosin Arts has come and gone...rumor has it that they had a nice retreat. The weather was great - to good for a "Cabin Fever Reliever", but it appeared to me that they took plenty of time to hang out in the out of doors. There were some pretty magnificent items in their gallery - and most could be tied to the the northeastern/pocoson culture...
Also, the weekend saw visitors from Benson - Envirothon came our way. These students spent all day Saturday around Lake Mattamuskeet looking for ducks, swans, and geese...I am confident that they saw plenty of swans. They are still around - but'll soon head back to Alaska. The Snow Geese were on the move Friday afternoon. There are 4 migratory flyways in the country (Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific). Obviously we are in the Atlantic flyway, and the Eastern 4-H Center, since it's on the water and all, is virtually at the epicenter of the flyway...so we see lots of high flyers - about 10,000 snows flew over in wavy "v's"...they sound like little lap dogs when the fly over... Hope Envirothon saw some of those things. Snow geese are overly abundant. They are literally eating themselves out of house and hme in their nesting ground above the arctic circle.
This week we get a slight breather before March-November madness. I'll be using the week to plan out my summer staffing (I hope), plan meals and schedules for the kitchen (I hope), and trying to relax in the evenings (I hope). Congratulations to the Columbia high School Ducks Unlimited Committee - their banquet was nice - and run mostly by students.
Enjoy the day...
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