Friday, May 15, 2026

Day in the Park 2026

Yesterday James and I – along with other Texas Master Naturalistss from the Highland Lakes chapter – volunteered at the annual Day in the Park for Blanco third graders at Blanco State Park. Altogether we hosted 73 kids, five teachers and more than 10 parents/adults. During the day, the kids rotated through six stations that included honeybees, bats, bird nesting, fish/habitats, monarchs vetebrates and – of course – SPIDERS. At our station, we had Matt Jary helping out, too. It was a great day! 
 
And, oh, I gave my spider presentation to Blanco fifth-graders Wednesday! A lot of them remembered me from Day in the Park two  years earlier. My cool (old) spider T-shirt helps in that department.  






Me at the very end of the day. 

We got into the car to leave and guess what I found in my hat?! Why, a tiny spider, of course. If any of the third graders had been there to see it, they would have told me it was a crab spider. Which was right! They were so smart and listened well to my chitchat about spiders. 


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