Little Bear's Adventures
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A Pistachio Treat While visiting Morocco we stopped for tea at a lovely cafe called Le Mirage.  Along with the tea, there were sweets! This divine treat was called Pistachio Charlotte. Tea I loved the pastel green, with flecks of gold. But I was chilly and sat by the warm teapot.  Beth grabbed me up and tucked me away, just in time. The waiter came over and removed the pot's velvet covers.  He poured tea into the glass cups, while I hid inside Beth's bag. I wanted to get out and watch, but Beth doesn't speak Arabic. She said she'd have a hard time explaining why we had a tiny bear at our tea table.
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Sweet Nora Nora is the newest member of the family.  She is just over 4 months old, so I didn't try to play.  Beth introduced us. She looked a little confused. I was a little scared she might put me in her mouth.  We were all much happier when I slipped back into her pocket! I could feel her little happy heart beating!
I love Baby Nora so much! Grapes of Course In August, Beth and Don visited their friends who have a vineyard.  I knew Beth would be giddy about posing me in the grapes! But as we wandered the property, we found something else that was shaped like a grape.  Olives don't grow on vines. I loved climbing this olive tree and hiding in the shadows. Then we found some other colorful things growing.  Raspberries! Apples!
Red and yellow! The smell of the citrus fruits tickled my nose.
From yellow, I moved to orange!  This bumpy-orange gourd made me laugh!  I crawled all over it! Then I spotted something less colorful. It was a hole in a tree.  My tiny heart was beating when Beth balanced me on the edge. What if I fell backwards?
Beth swiped me safely and tucked me into her bag. Whew! That was exciting! More Fun at the Playground Our motel in Nevada had a little playground.
After playing on the tetherball, I noticed a row of silver horse swings!  The seat was too far away from the horse. I asked Beth to put me on the horse's head. Then I noticed another horse, all alone. He wasn't a swing.  He was attached to a big coil-y spring! The saddle seemed too far away from the horse's head. Beth put me on the handle, right beneath the horse's ear.  I wasn't heavy enough to make him bounce, so I just talked to him. "I like your silver paint."
First Time! I've sat on flowers and rocks, turtles and cats...  I've never sat on a ball. Tetherball But this is a tetherball and they hang down on ropes. So I was able to balance.  There was a soft knot right behind my head. I'm so glad no one decided to smack that tetherball. Because that's what you do to play the game. Quiet Motel in Nevada But our little playground at Scott Shady Court Motel, was very quiet.  I got to sit there and enjoy the sun and breeze as long as I liked!
Where? Last summer we stayed in a old mansion in Pueblo, Colorado.  We were allowed to explore, so I climbed all over anything that was metal!  Luckily this old radiator wasn't hot! This fancy metal handle was near something else that might have been hot.  I liked the dogs right behind me!  I liked the playful lady with the ball, right below me. The fire screen's metal handle wasn't hot.  But if there'd been a fire roaring behind me, I might have been toasty. Metal on the Mantle While sitting on the fire-screen handle, I looked way above my head.  I could not resist, riding on this little metal dog! Outside Later we stepped outside and explored. I looked up at the Orman Mansion.  I spotted some metal poles and pipes! I was eager to climb.
Beth said no. A Room With Blocks We stayed at La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona.  There's a fun room in the hotel with a fireplace and games and comfy chairs.  It was dark outside and the game/reading room was dim and cozy.  The round table with all its blocks, was magically lit up bright!  I don't think there was one child staying in the hotel, so Beth didn't have to share. She made me a tricky tower. She put me up high and let me look out the open window into the dark sky.
Blue? This statue is sitting outside the Blue Boar Inn, in Utah.  Beth put me on the boar's snout for a photo. I told her the boar looked more green than blue. Familiar Then I told Beth the boar looked a little bit familiar.  She said the boar is a copy of a famous statue in Florence, Italy. I said, "That's interesting." Interesting, because I've never been to Florence.  Then I asked if the boar statue in Florence had a lot of bird poop on it, because this one did. She said, "That's am interesting question."
Then she wiped off my fur and put me away. Summer 2024 A year ago I visited Montana.  I could show you photos of hiking trails in the mountains.  But those are boring. I liked this little pathway better. It was in a park in Bozeman. Fairies? Along the pathway, we found tons of surprises. Were these made by fairies?  I liked the tiny swing in Blossom's Seed Cellar!  A little library intrigued me, with books just my size! There was a WELCOME sign! But Beth said no.  Sometimes we couldn't get close because children were looking. But when I tried to get close, Beth pulled me back. There were signs telling us not to touch.  Beth loves to pose me sitting in flowers or on rocks, so I'd hoped she would sneak me inside the log house.
She said "This will have to do." She put me on a piece of wood in front of a little display. I was hoping she'd be bolder than that! Tiny Bunny I am small. My Bunny Friend is tiny! I invited Tiny Bunny to join me on Easter.  We sat on jellybeans and thought about stuff. I was thinking about how I'm used to being the smallest. I was a little jealous of Tiny Bunny. I have no idea what Tiny Bunny was thinking.
Happy Easter! Sunny April Day Special things are happening in Houston.  If you go out to Hermann Park during the month of April, you take a ride on an elephant's trunk. Only Me Well, people actually aren't supposed to do that. Beth could only stand beside the curled up trunk with its mighty tusks.  No climbing allowed... unless you're a 2-inch bear. 100 Elephants! There are 100 of these life-sized elephants.  The beautiful creatures were made in India, out of a plant called lantana. It makes pretty elephants, but in India it harms the land where elephants live. Another Trunk I climbed onto another trunk. It felt smooth and warm in the sun. Kind of like bamboo.  This trunk belonged to a Mommy Elephant. It was curled down low, so I could look over at the sweet baby, nearby.  That baby was my favorite. Maybe someday I can climb on a real elephant like Beth did once.
I hope so. Sticky Posing This is not my first time posing with a plastic baby. Not my first time resting on white icing, covered in purple, yellow & green sugar sprinkles!  This time the baby was attached to a little crown. I was tempted to feed that skinny baby some cake! But I didn't want to get any stickier than I already was!
Happy Mardi Gras 2025! Snow in Texas! I love snow. Especially snow on palm trees.  That combination made me want to have a Snow Tiki Party!
Feed the Birds We had snow in Texas and Beth worried for the birds. She put out 2 bird feeders.  Beth let me sit next to 2 little Peanut People.  She put the house in the snow, but worried a squirrel would eat up all the seeds.  She hung it a little higher and let me see a bit. Then I noticed a cardinal on the other feeder.  I suddenly had visions of being eaten by a bird.
Beth took me inside. January 21, 2025 Today I am in Texas, sitting in the snow.  It's very cold and very pretty. Yesterday I was in California.  We had to come home a day early because snow was predicted the day we were supposed to fly home. Houston airports were going to close.  That seems pretty dramatic to close airports, for this pretty fluffy stuff.  But we arrived in Houston late at night and drove home safely. In the morning we woke to snow!
And I got to play! 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.
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. |
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