The cats are out on the streets of Catskill! Here is mine, in front of the Community Theatre.
Sorry no progress photos this year… life was just too busy, and of course, finishing the cat in the first place is the first priority.
I can’t wait to take a better look at the rest of this year’s litter!
As Luykas’ photographer and driver, I’m headed to Clermont State Historic Site today too- can’t wait!My friend Bob (the Livingston History Sheep) asked me to join him at the Sheep & Wool Festival at Clermont today. I can’t wait to meet some sheep, see the pretty wool yarn, and to learn more about the Livingston Family! Stop by and say hello (Bob is even handing out autographs!)
One of our volunteers just brought in home made peeps. I don’t even like regular peeps, but these are amazing (and so cute!). Thanks Paula! (Taken with Instagram at James Vanderpoel House (House of History))
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Luykas Groundhog's Columbia County Adventures: Happy birthday, Washington Irving! -
Today marks the 229th birthday of the author Washington Irving. Irving lived in Tarrytown, NY and wrote many stories set in the Hudson Valley. You may have heard of some of them: Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow are two of his best known stories. Irving also wroteKnickerbocker’s…
Taken with Instagram at Hannaford Supermarket
Taken with Instagram at Columbia County Museum, Columbia County Historical Society
Why STEM is not enough (and we still need the humanities) -
Love this part, especially:
“What all these educators and thinkers were saying is that learning, in all its disciplines and fields, is ultimately about hope: the hope that, through learning, we can lead a better life. Facts and experiments matter when they are connected to the world in which we live and dream and imagine. And some of life’s experiences require far more than facts.”
(Source: 18thcentury)
Museum Diary: The Top 5 Reasons to Follow a Museum Mascot on Social Media -
I’m working on some research for an article on Luykas Groundhog, and found this. love Erin Blasco’s “Top 5 Reasons to Follow a Museum Mascot,” and indeed the whole series she and Owney (the Smithsonian National Postal Museum’s canine mascot) wrote on museum mascots. Owney, and some of the others are definitely inspiring.
27 February 2012
So, I’m back from my wee trip to Edinburgh and I had an absolutely amazing time. Besides catching up on lots of baby-free shopping, eating out and going to the cinema, I finally managed to visit the Museum of Fire, one of Edinburgh’s hidden gems, see the excellent Fascinating…
Photographing Hudson architecture for a lesson plan. (Taken with instagram)