June 22nd, 2009 | Shelley
I know, I know. I did promise that “Gumbolimbo” would be my last plant/animal blog. Rock Iguanas are just so cool though! They’re the lizards that I talked about in my very first blog entry, the ones that are endangered and tend to get underfoot. I’ve almost squashed twenty (give or take). So. Let’s get [...]
June 22nd, 2009 | Shelley
Someone shouted that, but I don’t remember who exactly (just kidding). This episode occured at the Welcome Hut, just moments before a plane full of prospects arrived. Will grabbed me just as I was returning from my dorm and said,”There’s a snake in the Welcome Hut. We’re going to get it out.” We ran down [...]
June 15th, 2009 | Shelley
Not here, that’s for sure. Although we do have safari tents, they don’t come equipped with lions, the Amazon, and men in camouflage hunting gear. When the Sporting Club was in its earlier stages, safari tents were built to house members. They’re still here now, but are mainly used to house prospects, which are people who are [...]
June 15th, 2009 | Shelley
Doesn’t really really rhyme like with Bill Nye. Not to mention the fact that Chad actually works in the waste treatment plant and doesn’t have a TV show. Still, though, you don’t have to be the Science Guy to do scientific things. For example, today I saw Chad in the ELC. He was conducting an experiment with bacteria he brought over from [...]
June 15th, 2009 | Shelley
Yes, I am so very sad to say, Scout and Rascal the baby birds have passed away. This morning when I went to the ELC to feed them, I found their poor little bodies lying pitifully in their box. My dad and I took them outside to the flagpole to give them a proper burial. I [...]
June 15th, 2009 | Shelley
A real cottage. Not cottage cheese. Seriously, when you buy a lot on Ambergris Cay and have a house put up on it, the house is built and tastefully furnished for you (the designs are essentially the same, but there are some things you can change)! How cool is that?! Today I managed to get my [...]
June 15th, 2009 | Shelley
Yes, it was a flower showcase, but there weren’t any awards for the “best flower” or anything like that. Today, a primary school teacher came to the island with the intention of learning about many of the plants that occured naturally on Ambergris Cay and were indigenous to TCI. Steve McFarlane and I took her on [...]
June 11th, 2009 | Shelley
Ok. This is going to be a sad one, so I’m sorry to all of the bird lovers reading this. Early today, Will Hobbs (the club naturalist) and I went down to Columbus Beach South because a beach cleaner had seen an “injured bird.” (Just so you know, the reason that I use quotation marks there [...]
June 11th, 2009 | Shelley
This one is going to be a happy and cute one to distract you from the sad ending of the other bird’s story. When we found the big bird today, on the beach, we also found two baby bird hatchlings. Their (sorry, this part is sad) nest had most likely been destroyed and they had [...]
June 11th, 2009 | Shelley
I haven’t been in the water much during the 15 days that I’ve been here. Pathetic, I know, since it’s a tropical island surrounded by water. Today, though, I did. I went kayaking for a few hours with Will Hobbs (the club naturalist). It was so much fun! To begin, we prepared the kayaks and [...]
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