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--Apple-Mail-66358759-36B7-4C7D-8F37-24B242B2A497 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Marian, Thank you so much for everything you've done for all of us, and for Nova Sco= tia. I wish you all the best, all the fun, and all the adventures you could w= ant! Best, Joanne > On Jan 24, 2018, at 5:55 PM, David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: >=20 > Hi Marian, > Retirement is not an end but a beginning. Keep active, well and in tou= ch with the natural world. > Best Wishes, Dave >=20 >=20 > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Margaret Fraser" <m_fraser65@yahoo.ca> > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: 1/24/2018 5:35:29 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] retirement news >=20 >> All the best in your retirement Marian. I am sure it will not be idle! I h= ave many fond memories of my time at the museum as a naturalist,and of your u= nfailing kindness and helpfulness to us. All the best, >> Margaret Fraser >>=20 >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>=20 >> On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 at 5:20 PM, Munro, Marian C >> <Marian.Munro@novascotia.ca> wrote: >> Hiya: >>=20 >> =20 >> Andre Gide said: =E2=80=9CIn order to discover new lands, one must be wil= ling to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.=E2=80=9D >> =20 >> This ship sails January 31, 2018 when I retire as Curator of Botany! >> =20 >> My career spans 30 years at NSM, and I met many of you in the naturens co= mmunity over the course of those decades. I am proud of my accomplishments: p= ublishing 3 books (1 as a museum employee), an ebook and 2 apps. Given the j= ob of curating a collection that had never been catalogued, I have spent hal= f of my last 18 years cataloguing and data entering 40,000 specimens.=20 >> =20 >> My collaborations have been largely external. I maintained my relationshi= p with Acadia University since a student there in the 1980s and 1990s. The r= ecent ebook, NS Plants was coauthored with my friends and mentors from Acadi= a. I built relationships with the IWK Poison Centre, NSAC Ornamental Hortic= ulture group, NS TIR Environmental, City of Halifax Environment group and ma= ny others over the years. I served as Secretary, Vice-President, and Directo= r of the Canadian Botanical Association from 2005-2015. I led the Netukulimk= team to revamp the foyer, building a welcoming space for our visitors. >> =20 >> Many of you contributed to my success, providing me notes, comments and p= hotos. The Nova Scotia Plants ebook alone had a contributor list of over 40 i= ndividuals! I am forever indebted to Dr. Sam vanderKloet for his guidance an= d support while I was his student. And to Ruth Newell, my friend and mentor.= Thank you all. For those who wish to remain in touch, I am the=20 >>=20 >> retiredplantgeek@gmail.com >>=20 >> warm wishes, >> Marian >>=20 >> Marian C Munro >> Curator of Botany >> NS Museum >> 1747 Summer St. >> Halifax, NS B3K 3A6 >> 424-3564 >>=20 >>=20 --Apple-Mail-66358759-36B7-4C7D-8F37-24B242B2A497 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div></div><div>Marian,</div><div><br></div= ><div>Thank you so much for everything you've done for all of us, and for No= va Scotia. I wish you all the best, all the fun, and all the adventures you c= ould want!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Joanne</div><div><br>On J= an 24, 2018, at 5:55 PM, David <<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwe= bster@glinx.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><= div>Hi Marian,</div><div> Retirement is not an end but a beginn= ing. Keep active, well and in touch with the natural world.</div><div>Best W= ishes, Dave</div><div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>------ Original Message ------</div> <div>From: "Margaret Fraser" <<a href=3D"mailto:m_fraser65@yahoo.ca">m_fr= aser65@yahoo.ca</a>></div> <div>To: "<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca= </a>" <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca= </a>></div> <div>Sent: 1/24/2018 5:35:29 PM</div> <div>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] retirement news</div><div><br></div> <div id=3D"x24d0a78660914be"><blockquote cite=3D"2074412681.565306.151682972= 9774@mail.yahoo.com" type=3D"cite" class=3D"cite2"> All the best in your retirement Marian. I am sure it will not be idle! I hav= e many fond memories of my time at the museum as a naturalist,and of your un= failing kindness and helpfulness to us. All the best,<div id=3D"yMail_cursor= ElementTracker_1516830171606">Margaret Fraser<br><br><div id=3D"ymail_androi= d_signature"><a href=3D"https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=3DAndro= id">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style=3D"marg= in: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style=3D"font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6= ;"> <div>On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 at 5:20 PM, Munro, Marian C</div><div><<a hr= ef=3D"mailto:Marian.Munro@novascotia.ca">Marian.Munro@novascotia.ca</a>> w= rote:</div> </div> <div style=3D"padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0;= border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div id=3D"yiv8436736819"> =20 <div> <div style=3D"direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;= ">Hiya: <div><br> </div> <div> <p style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:medium;"> <span style=3D"font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> </span>= </p> <p style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:medium;"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;">Andre Gide sa= id: =E2=80=9CIn order to discover new lands, one must be willing to lose sig= ht of the shore for a very long time.=E2=80=9D</span></p> <p style=3D"margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:medium;"> <span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span>= </p> <p style=3D"margin-bottom:0.00