Well now there are ducklings. I come into work last Thursday and am told I should be a proud mom. Turns out the nest that I couldn't get to had fertilized eggs in it and they hatched. There are now numerous ducks running around. Two almost adult ducks that I call teenage ducks. And 8 baby Mascovy ducklings. Used to be 11 but over the weekend nature got to them. IE nature being: the hawk, turtles, other ducks, car, cat, dog or the numerous brats running around the pond not being controlled by their parents.
That reminds me of the things that get on my nerves the most. People who can't be bothered to throw their trash away even though there is a trashcan less that 10 feet from them and instead are so inclined to throw it on the ground. People who throw trash out of their cars while they are driving. And people who let their children run around unsupervised with no regard for those around them, won't discipline their kids when they are doing something they shouldn't, get upset when someone tells their kids to stop doing something they shouldn't. URGGG I HATE STUPID PEOPLE!!!!
Back to the ducklings. Since the General Sam Houston Folk Life Festival is in 4 days, that means in 4 days there will 5,000+ students running, literally running around the grounds with their teachers/chaperons. So there basically is a small chance that the ducklings are going to make it through the weekend. Sad but true. Then today while picking up trash and cleaning around the grotto I found another nest, didn't know was there with 8 eggs. Had to pick them up because it would be better than her hatching them and having to watched them get picked off one by one. It hurts because the ducklings are so cute but you know what could and with a very significant chance hurt them.
Right now there are 9 geese eggs on the nest. Finally found a goose sitting on them. It was the one that the other geese wouldn't let hang out with them. So there is no telling if her eggs are fertile, if she is just laying them or if she was bullied into sitting on them. There really is no telling. But for right now the eggs are just going to stay where they are.
Back to the Folk Fest. Not sure how it will go this year since I will be working the other end of it. Basically all should be fine as long as I am just doing Museum stuff on the clock and as soon as I start to do Webb stuff I get off the clock. I don't mind working this weekend but some other social things have come up so I might not do it.
I received another duty as assigned last week officially. Wood to Kitchen hauler. LOL Its not that bad just got to take a bunch of trips cause I can only carry so much. But by the time you take into account picking up the wheelbarrow from the barn and taking to the Kitchen and back it is basically the same distance as just making the small trips.
I just did big trash in the creek and cleaning out the grotto instead of the big stuff. A. it was getting hot and humid outside. B. what is the point if in a few days it will be covered in trash. C. the Gulf Coast boys can do it during the weekend. D. I really didn't feel like picking up the little trash and glass today, even though it would have been a good day since the creek is low and the water isn't flowing.
Right now I am basically doing nothing. Can't really think of anything exciting that has happened. Oh wait I just remembered. But I'll save that for tomorrow.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Goings on of the past 2 weeks
Today, I saw another bride taking pictures at the Duck Pond. They were pulling up as I was walking over to unlock the building.
Duck Update: Daffy the black duck has two babies. At least she did Monday. Haven't gone to check on them. There are 4 geese eggs in the nest. Haven't seen any sitting on the nest but not too sure. Sandy said that we are just going to leave them for now unless they get to be too much. There are 6 geese total now, 3 weeks ago there were only 4. Duck eggs have slowed down quite a bit. That or they have found a new place. Just Monday I found that under a rotten tree where they were hiding them, there is a ledge in there and one duck sitting on something and she is not willing to move at all.
Monday, I finger painted with glue. LOL We are still working on making sure the new Margaret case is visually appealing and were re doing some fabric covered sticks. And we were spreading the glue with our fingers because there was nothing else. Mac then walks in to see what we are doing and Helen and I say we are finger painting with glue. It made me smile.
Since the Museum ran out of the general brochures, it is hard to direct people around the grounds without having a map to show them. So I scanned an old brochure took the map image, enlarged it and put in word document and now we have been using those. I feel accomplished because I was the one who did it.
The Tuesday we had a group of 7th graders that just didn't want to wake up. Well behaved but couldn't wake up. Wednesday we had the typical 4th graders but 150 of them. And the teachers need to realize that we can't accommodate that many students in the amount of time you want us to. They didn't get a chance to look around the grounds until about 10:30 for the tour and then weren't done until almost 12:45. 10 minutes isn't enough time to get the effective perspective of the grounds and houses.
The most annoying part is that the teachers get upset with us. Well maybe if you got here on time or earlier and already have your 8 classes split up into 6 groups instead of making us do it then it will run faster or maybe if you had even scheduled the tour to be 2 days instead of 1.
Another thing I noticed now, you have no idea how much money these kids are given by their parents that they are allowed to spend on field trips. TONS OF MONEY!!! I walked a thousand dollar deposit over to the Cashier's office. A thousand dollars spent on crap that kids will probably only use or play with for a little bit and then never see or use again. Granted I know I did that too but still. Little rocks, wooden pop gun, walking stick, stuff like that.
That reminds me... some people can be just plain rude. Tuesday night I worked late to cover for an rental. We need a staff member to be present to basically just make sure the place doesn't get burned down. It's easy and simple. Since I took the reservation and the student workers couldn't work it. I did it. While I was there a man came by and asked me if the Walker Education Center was the Museum. I said "No, this building is part of the Museum that has the gift shop and shows a 15 minute video about Sam Houston. The Main Museum is down the Wilderness Trail." "But the sign says Museum entrance." "This is one of the two but the place with Sam Houston's memorabilia is at the Main Museum." "Well then label this place right." And then storms off.
A. It was 6:30 at night. What museum do you know of in a small town is open at 6:30 at night? We have the hours posted on the Museum web page, Huntsville web page, on the multiple signs around the property. Take a chance to read those.
B. You came in through a back door. The sign that you had to obviously pass in the front to circle around the building to get to the back informed you that you were about to enter the Walker Education Center. Not the Sam Houston Memorial Museum
C. Be nice and don't walk away when someone is trying to help you buddy!
Duck Update: Daffy the black duck has two babies. At least she did Monday. Haven't gone to check on them. There are 4 geese eggs in the nest. Haven't seen any sitting on the nest but not too sure. Sandy said that we are just going to leave them for now unless they get to be too much. There are 6 geese total now, 3 weeks ago there were only 4. Duck eggs have slowed down quite a bit. That or they have found a new place. Just Monday I found that under a rotten tree where they were hiding them, there is a ledge in there and one duck sitting on something and she is not willing to move at all.
Monday, I finger painted with glue. LOL We are still working on making sure the new Margaret case is visually appealing and were re doing some fabric covered sticks. And we were spreading the glue with our fingers because there was nothing else. Mac then walks in to see what we are doing and Helen and I say we are finger painting with glue. It made me smile.
Since the Museum ran out of the general brochures, it is hard to direct people around the grounds without having a map to show them. So I scanned an old brochure took the map image, enlarged it and put in word document and now we have been using those. I feel accomplished because I was the one who did it.
The Tuesday we had a group of 7th graders that just didn't want to wake up. Well behaved but couldn't wake up. Wednesday we had the typical 4th graders but 150 of them. And the teachers need to realize that we can't accommodate that many students in the amount of time you want us to. They didn't get a chance to look around the grounds until about 10:30 for the tour and then weren't done until almost 12:45. 10 minutes isn't enough time to get the effective perspective of the grounds and houses.
The most annoying part is that the teachers get upset with us. Well maybe if you got here on time or earlier and already have your 8 classes split up into 6 groups instead of making us do it then it will run faster or maybe if you had even scheduled the tour to be 2 days instead of 1.
Another thing I noticed now, you have no idea how much money these kids are given by their parents that they are allowed to spend on field trips. TONS OF MONEY!!! I walked a thousand dollar deposit over to the Cashier's office. A thousand dollars spent on crap that kids will probably only use or play with for a little bit and then never see or use again. Granted I know I did that too but still. Little rocks, wooden pop gun, walking stick, stuff like that.
That reminds me... some people can be just plain rude. Tuesday night I worked late to cover for an rental. We need a staff member to be present to basically just make sure the place doesn't get burned down. It's easy and simple. Since I took the reservation and the student workers couldn't work it. I did it. While I was there a man came by and asked me if the Walker Education Center was the Museum. I said "No, this building is part of the Museum that has the gift shop and shows a 15 minute video about Sam Houston. The Main Museum is down the Wilderness Trail." "But the sign says Museum entrance." "This is one of the two but the place with Sam Houston's memorabilia is at the Main Museum." "Well then label this place right." And then storms off.
A. It was 6:30 at night. What museum do you know of in a small town is open at 6:30 at night? We have the hours posted on the Museum web page, Huntsville web page, on the multiple signs around the property. Take a chance to read those.
B. You came in through a back door. The sign that you had to obviously pass in the front to circle around the building to get to the back informed you that you were about to enter the Walker Education Center. Not the Sam Houston Memorial Museum
C. Be nice and don't walk away when someone is trying to help you buddy!
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