And here we are. It's January 13th, & New Years Eve for me! I choose to celebrate the Julian calendar New Years, Malanka, because I enjoy having the time to truly review & give thanks for my past year without the buzz of the "holiday" season. Tonight is my final blog post about my "Last Saskatchewan Summer", & will be my last tale of my "old" life. I thought an excellent way to commemorate this would be to give a "tip of the hat" to Saskatchewan's Natural History. This summer I visited the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, & what an amazing eye opening experience it was! Saskatchewan's natural history is as amazing as the history of the people who live there. The things I learned while at the RSM were definitely something to take notice of. The amazing animals that walked the land before Saskatchewan became the landscape we truly know today was eye opening. Learning at one point Saskatchewan was an inland sea & had one of the most interesting fish swimming in the waters that covered the province was one of the highlights of my time there. Just after that entrance, there was the chance to be able to touch one of the displays which made the inner child inside of me smile, on the outside. The amazing collection, & wealth of information was more than I could have asked for. To learn the details of Saskatchewan's development as an adult was worth the visit. I loved getting the chance to walk through Saskatchewan's history. Learning about the animal development, & then getting to experience displays that walked you through the people of Saskatchewan's land history was eye opening. The RSM really takes you for a walk through history, & you feel like you're transported through time. This walk through time then transitions to a walk through the ecosystems of Saskatchewan. Each display taking you through one unique habitat to another. You not only walk through time, but through places. One of the most inspiring aspects that I am glad I got a chance to see before they have been changed was the displays themselves. The amazing artwork that it took to create the murals, & displays, made my inner artist vibrate. A new life goal has been set for myself as I figured out one of the directions I would LOVE to take my work. It would be such an honor to be able to create displays like the one's displayed at the RSM. Displays that literally make you feel like you're in the ecosystem they are displaying to you is an under appreciated art form. In my Last Saskatchewan Summer I couldn't think of a better way to experience "Saskatchewan" before I got in my leaving truck. Through the amazing information & displays, I was transported to some of my favorite parts of Saskatchewan without leaving Regina. A chance I was unable to coordinate between work, farm, family time, & rodeo. I am thankful that there are spots in Regina that can introduce & immerse people into parts of Saskatchewan if they are unable to make it outside Regina's city limits. Though the ending is a lot more thought provoking than I expected to find, as a question of our future is posed. I walked through it & thought of my own consumerism, my own footprint. Am I doing enough? Am I treading lightly? What does the future hold for these beautiful landscapes that I love & devote my life to protecting? A question of "what would my future be", well I couldn't think of a better way to end this post. 2016 truly starts for me in the morning & I have no idea what this next year will bring. I am excited at the prospect of the brand new adventure. I am excited to start telling the tale of my "new life" here in the Northern Prairies. This past year I didn't do a lot of planning as a lot of my life was out of my control it seemed in 2015. I guess life wanted to tell me to relax, & teach me to be flexible. I am going to take some of those lessons forward in 2016. I do know however, I want to make the most of this next adventure. It's a wide open world out there, & as John Muir has been quoted "The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” .... well I would say I want to do the same. So good-bye 2015, & my beloved Saskatchewan. It has been an eye opening adventure, & it is time for this girl to move on to the next one. But don't worry Saskatchewan, my future will involve many planned visits to make sure I stay centered, focused, & most of all.. reminded that the world is a wide open place & the sky isn't a limit, but instead it is home. ** All copyright to displays to the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, & their creators. My photos are only there to give a glimpse of the displays & to help encourage visits. Please take the time to visit, & donate, to keep this provincial treasure open & doing their excellent work (including research work).
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