Little Bear's Adventures
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I Love Marble! There's a lot of cool, smooth marble inside the state capitol in Boise, Idaho!  It felt cool to sit a while and look around.  I wanted to sit on the other side of the column and look into the dome. But there was a man watching. Big Dome! Look how beautiful this dome looks from the bottom floor.  I promise, I did not jump over the railing.  But here I am, in the very center of the marble design, beneath the big dome.  I had a great view from that spot on the floor. Silly Don and Beth Beth said she wanted to enjoy that same view. She looks a lot sillier than me.  She and Don had way too much fun. Then they got some even sillier ideas.  Don dropped me and Beth tried to take a picture, looking like I'd jumped all the way from the tippy top of the dome.  I was exhausted from their silly play.  I finally said. Just put me back in your bag.
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Christmas 2024 This is a picture of Christmas Day, of me and another Little Bear.  I am still the LITTLER Bear! But this whole thing was a little worrisome. Charlie's Christmas Wish My Little Buddy, Charlie asked Santa to bring her a Little Bear for Christmas.  That scared me. Am I not good enough? But then I remembered, that I live with Beth.  Charlie asked Santa to also bring a little bike and a skateboard for her Little Bear. 2 Bears and 2 Toys That actually worked out pretty well!  Beth brought me out of the bag and I was introduced to Charlie's Little Bear.
But Big Little Bear got to ride the tricycle and she put me down on the skateboard. I felt like I was taking a nap. No fair.  Then she helped me sit up on the skateboard and I could enjoy the action!
Yay for a new friend and new Christmas toys! Old Tree This Redwood tree is old. I'm feeling very old myself. Too old to climb trees.  I like to just lean back into the bark and rest a while. I don't know how many hundreds of years old this tree is, but it's very tall.  It would have taken me a whole week, if I'd tried to climb to the top.  It might have taken me only a couple seconds to fall to the ground... if the wind blew!
That's why I don't climb trees anymore! Deja Vu This is not the first time that I've sat on the top of a pinecone.  I've also been on this very beach before, in South Lake Tahoe.  Pinecones on beaches. That just seems odd. I wonder if this is the very pinecone I sat on about 8 years ago!
A Song? Beth says there's a song called Me and My Arrow.  I don't know about that, but here's a picture of... me and my arrow.
I'd like to tell you that Beth skillfully shot the arrow with her bow and I rode along!  But that is not the truth. She has no archery skills. She just posed me for the photo.  She gave up trying to shoot the arrow and put it way. Then we headed off towards those mountains, to Joshua Tree National Park.
She forgot to pose me in a Joshua Tree. How can it be Halloween? This pumpkin is not orange.  And I have no costume!
But Happy Halloween anyway! Fires We stopped for gas last summer in Idaho.  Skies were hazy from forest fires, but we saw something bright and green! Beth let me climb up on the nose of the Sinclair Dinosaur!  It was smooth and slippery, but I didn't slide off. Clair! There was a sign that told us the dinosaur's name was Clair! It invited us to get on Clair and take pictures.  Beth did. I liked the way Clair was smiling.  Smoke didn't bother her.  I was smiling too, because I was able to sit high on Clair's nose! Not everybody gets to that.
Beach? We didn't really go to the beach.  But we sat in some sunshine and had some fun with shells.  She stayed inside, though. My favorite Buddy, Charlie had played outside in the sun all morning.  Charlie put me inside the conch shell very carefully. I didn't want to get stuck deep inside!  Then she put me right on top of a scallop shell, beside some spotted shells with fun shapes.   Charlie thought it was pretty funny. I loved playing on our pretend beach, with our clean shells.  No worries about waves and sand!
In the Amana Colonies Last fall, Beth and Don took me to a historic village in Iowa. We stayed in a hotel that was once a textile mill.  This is me, sitting inside a cardboard tube, wrapped with wool yarn. There were lots of other rolls of yarn. So many colors! Beth let me pick the color I liked best. Green!  What do we call those tubes of rolled yarn? It was a pretty display. This display of yarn was near the lobby.  I sat for a bit and watched a few people come and go.  Beth took me outside to see the old smoke stack. I asked her to pose me way up there.
She said, "Not today." Jardin des Tuileries We headed towards this famous park in Paris, last November. I had my eye on the Ferris Wheel.  Maybe Beth would let me ride! But Beth stopped to pose me on a statue instead.  That was sort of entertaining. But Beth just rested me on the statue's foot.  Beth scooped me up and put me back in her bag.  By the time we got near the Ferris Wheel, Beth said it was too crowded to get me out.
Oh well. A Trip to Paris In November, Beth and Don took me to Paris.  They didn't pose me near the Eiffel Tower or the Arc de Triomph.  Beth placed me on a slippery surface near a green lawn.  She told me to enjoy the view. That was the Louvre Museum, far across the lawn.
Thanks so much Beth, for not taking me inside the Louvre, to see the Mona Lisa. National Park In Oregon Today I'm remembering a trip last June.  I sat on a rock, high above Crater Lake and wondered. I wondered about that cold snow. I wondered about cold water.  I wondered about how the lake was formed by the collapse of a volcano, over 7,000 years ago.
There was a lot to think about. Mostly I thought about how I didn't want a big breeze to blow my way and send me tumbling...! 4 Faces Here I am, joining in with a set of nesting dolls.  I tried to look pleasant, like the other 3 faces.  But I left the 3 dolls alone after a while. I couldn't conjure up a proper smile. Missing My Buddy Seeing the dolls made me miss my Buddy, Charlie. Last June, Charlie was 2 and we played with the nesting dolls.  Charlie liked to take out the little "Baby" doll and hide it. Then she'd ask, "Where's Baby?" Me Then Charlie had fun putting me inside the big doll.  She was very pleased with herself. And I was happy to play.
It's been almost a year since we played with these dolls. Charlie is 3 and much bigger. I hope she'll still want to hide me in the doll. Today is Easter I hunted in the yard.  I love colorful flowers!  I love colorful eggs!  I love eggs and flowers together!  Happy Easter!
Finally It's 4 days before Easter and Beth finally pulled out some bunny decorations.  She calls them Easter decorations, but I was glad to finally have some friends to hang out with! Can you find me? Peter and Me Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by crowds, so I took a break from the group.  Peter joined me outside for some fresh air. We didn't have much to say to each other, but we had a nice time.
With Charlie In February, I got to spend some time with Charlie at the cabin.  She's 3 now, so I don't think she'll eat me... or throw me... or lose me! Puzzles Charlie took me around the cabin and let me play with games.  I wasn't too interested in the puzzle. She could tell and she moved me. Chess I told her I could be the King if she put a crown on my head.  She didn't think much of that. Dice Charlie got out the wooden dice.  She made me a little chair. Skittles Then Charlie found the biggest of all the games.  She had the best time standing all the pins up, on the little circles. She let me watch from above. Riding on the Top Then she wanted Beth to let me ride on the spinning top!  That was really not fun.  I felt dizzy and of course I fell off. March We went back to the cabin in March. Charlie and Beth did some practicing.
I'm getting better at staying on. But I'd rather go back to chess!
Yummy Beth and Don eat these cheddar-flavored snacks all the time.  Beth finally gave me my own bag of Goldfish crackers! The bag was almost the same size as me!  Guess what? That little bag was empty.  Beth said I could have some of hers. But those little fish had sweet little smiles. How could I? And they were also very messy. I passed.
Troll Cave I love playing with Beth's childhood toys.  The Troll Cave was a little creepy, but the Trolls welcomed me nicely. I liked the little one with purple hair. Showboat When Beth pulled the old Showboat out of the attic, she looked a little worried.  The brittle plastic was breaking in some places. The pink boat didn't look so fun. Back in the Day Beth tried to explain how much fun it was putting on shows... over 50 years ago.
She pulled out the scenery and the cardboard actors and the script book. It looked like a lot of work! Stage Fright! Then she invited me on stage for a production of the The Wizard of Oz!  My stage nerves worsened when the scene changed and the Wicked Witch of the West appeared!  No worries about that Witch anymore! Beth asked around and found no-one who was interested in having a Showboat in their possession. She bagged it up and gave it to Goodwill.
Glad I had a chance to perform just once! What's with this tiger?  Every year, Beth enjoys a King Cake and this year she had the piece with the plastic prize! But it was a tiger! It's supposed to be a baby! But Beth grabbed me and pulled out the baby from last year and let us join the fun.  We approached cautiously. Luckily that tigers mouth did not open!
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!  I rode on my Dragon friend, just for some fun!  Then Dragon and I waited patiently for Beth to put food on the plate. There are no food photos. We were too hungry!
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