What’s behind the door…

I walked down the hall on Tuesday and found Katy standing in the doorway. Fairly boring and a tad confusing. However, on the other side of the door was a surprise (different from my post last year about what’s behind the door)      Read more

Spotlight: Katie Hubbard

Blog readers first learned of Katie about 20 months ago when she started as an intern. As an intern, she kept all of us giggling with her constant smiles and positive attitude. Whether we found her eating in the closet or retrieving her keys from the ceiling her positive energy always shined through. We hired her in March to join our team and her positive energy- and antics- continue. We still find her hanging out in the closet and providingRead more

You Dropped Something: Part 1

The access driveway down to the lemur house is steeper than it looks. It takes a little practice driving the utility vehicles up and down it before you get the hang of just how much gas you need to climb it. Today’s lesson: Don’t floor the accelerator with the tailgate down. We were late to a meeting. This made us just a little bit later.Read more

Keeper Katie ….. She’s at it again…

When Katie was an intern she found it very difficult to find a wireless signal in the Animal Department. One day it seems she finally figured out the best location… in the tool closet! The other day I walked into the office to find Keeper Katie at it again hanging out in the tool closet in order to pickup that elusive wireless signal.Read more

Goodbye to Jessi

It’s a bittersweet day as Jessi is moving on from the Museum. She starts working at the NC Zoo next week in the Northwoods section taking care of bears and wolves and bison and elk. We’ll miss her a lot but are really excited for her. There are two good things I can think of: Autumn made brownies 2.  Starting Monday, Intern Katie will be working with us. She’ll be part time until she finishes up her classes. We’re thrilledRead more