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King Cake... Again!

3/4/2025

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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!  
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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!
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Birdhouse Time

1/29/2025

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Feed the Birds

​We had snow in Texas and Beth worried for the birds. She put out 2 bird feeders.
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Beth let me sit next to 2 little Peanut People.
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She put the house in the snow, but worried a squirrel would eat up all the seeds.
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She hung it a little higher and let me see a bit.

Then I noticed a cardinal on the other feeder.
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I suddenly had visions of being eaten by a bird. 

Beth took me inside.
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Snow in Texas

1/28/2025

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January 21, 2025

Today I am in Texas, sitting in the snow.
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It's very cold and very pretty.

Yesterday I was in California.
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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.
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That seems pretty dramatic to close airports, for this pretty fluffy stuff. 
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But we arrived in Houston late at night and drove home safely. In the morning we woke to snow! 

And I got to play!
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A New Christmas Bear

12/25/2024

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​Christmas 2024

This is a picture of Christmas Day, of me and another Little Bear.
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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.
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That scared me. Am I not good enough? But then I remembered, that I live with Beth.
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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!
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Beth brought me out of the bag and I was introduced to Charlie's Little Bear. 
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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.
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Then she helped me sit up on the skateboard and I could enjoy the action!
Yay for a new friend and new Christmas toys!
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Seaside with Charlie

6/11/2024

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Beach?

​We didn't really go to the beach.
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But we sat in some sunshine and had some fun with shells.
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She stayed inside, though. My favorite Buddy, Charlie had played outside in the sun all morning.
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Charlie put me inside the conch shell very carefully. I didn't want to get stuck deep inside!
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Then she put me right on top of a scallop shell, beside some spotted shells with fun shapes.
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Charlie thought it was pretty funny.

​I loved playing on our pretend beach, with our clean shells. 
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No worries about waves and sand!
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Nesting Dolls

4/1/2024

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​4 Faces


Here I am, joining in with a set of nesting dolls.
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I tried to look pleasant, like the other 3 faces.
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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.
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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. 
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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.

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Cabin Games

3/13/2024

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With Charlie

In February, I got to spend some time with Charlie at the cabin.
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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.
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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.
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She didn't think much of that.

Dice

​Charlie got out the wooden dice.
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She made me a little chair.

Skittles

Then Charlie found the biggest of all the games.
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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!
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That was really not fun.
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I felt dizzy and of course I fell off.

​March
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We went back to the cabin in March. Charlie and Beth did some practicing. 
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I'm getting better at staying on. But I'd rather go back to chess!
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Goldfish

2/28/2024

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Yummy

Beth and Don eat these cheddar-flavored snacks all the time.
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Beth finally gave me my own bag of Goldfish crackers! The bag was almost the same size as me!
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Guess what? That little bag was empty.
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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.

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Beth's Old Toys

2/28/2024

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Troll Cave

​I love playing with Beth's childhood toys.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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My stage nerves worsened when the scene changed and the Wicked Witch of the West appeared!
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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!
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Mardi Gras Tiger!?

2/13/2024

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​What's with this tiger?
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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.
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We approached cautiously. Luckily that tigers mouth did not open!
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Happy Year of the Dragon!

2/10/2024

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HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
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I rode on my Dragon friend, just for some fun!
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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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Good Bye Christmas

12/31/2023

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Christmas is Over

It's sad when the Christmas tree and decorations are gone.
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But I found a tiny bit of Christmas in the yard!
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Beth put up a special bird feeder that she got for Christmas. I will sit here and encourage the birds to come have a nibble!
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A Charlie Christmas

1/7/2023

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Charlie and Me

​Charlie came to my house for Christmas!
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We haven't seen each other for many months. I think she was happy to see me.

Sitting Around

​She put me on a chair.
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I sat around a while.

I sat and I watched Charlie.
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I sat some more.

​Then Charlie found me another chair.
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I sat some more.

​Then...
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It was time to put me back in my bag. Charlie is very careful with me. 
​I love her.
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New Year... Old Nuts

1/7/2023

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2023

It's a new year. The Christmas decorations are still up.
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This year Beth didn't pose me with Christmas cookies or ornaments. She posed me with a basket of nuts. These nuts look like they are about 100 years old. 

Old Stuff

One year Beth posed me with those little reindeer. They are really old. I think they are called antiques.
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And those books are really old behind the deer. Why does she like old stuff so much?

Old?

Wait a minute. I'm not new. My fur is almost gone from my tummy.
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I won't even let you look at my paws. I'm old.

I'm glad Beth likes old things.
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Happy July 4th Waffles

7/4/2022

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A Tiny Waffle

We started the day with waffles. Tiny waffles. 
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I decorated mine with red-strawberries and blue-blueberries and a dab of white-yogurt.  Ugh. Beth needs to keep whipped cream on hand.

I added a tiny flag because today is July 4th. I will have hotdogs and watermelon later!

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Yard Surprises!

11/4/2021

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Flowers?

This morning, it looked like flowers had popped up overnight!
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I found these pretty things in the front yard.

Umbrellas?

Some sagged downward and made me think of umbrellas.
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But they were so small. I would have needed to climb under 20 of them, to stay dry during a rainstorm.

Mushrooms in Mulch

The yard mulch had about a hundred million of these things. 
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They weren't spring flowers and they weren't paper parasols. They were really little mushrooms. I hope they weren't poisonous little mushrooms.
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Gift Exchange!

12/5/2020

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Beth and Don have not put up a tree yet. Beth has a few decorations out, but no presents.
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I'm not sure why she's so far behind! My friend and I already exchanged gifts today! I got chocolates! I got my friend some bigger elf pants. I get cold just looking at his bare legs!
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Merry New Year!

1/1/2020

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Welcome 2020!
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Today is the start of a new year!
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I'm ready for some new adventures! I'm also ready to enjoy my new musician friends.  

2019?

I guess I'm supposed to reflect on the past year, as I move into this new one. But, that would take so long...​
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Let me just say, the year was good and December was nice. I had a good Christmas. We spent it in New Orleans and Beth decorated the hotel room with a tiny Cajun Nativity Set. She read Cajun Night Before Christmas.

"Petit Ours"

I got to join in. I didn't have a French name-tag like the others, but Beth called me Petit Ours. I think that's French for Little Bear. I felt rather LARGE for a change.
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2019 ended nicely. Now I'm ready for 2020!

​Happy New Year!
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Lost in the Dolls

5/17/2019

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Silly Beth

Beth is sorting stuff, again. She dug up all these dolls and displayed them.  That is what she does. She plays with stuff, while she tries to figure out what to get rid of.
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She found dolls that belonged to her mom and her grandmother, her sister and even her sister in law. Some of the dolls belong to Beth's grown daughter and a few were Beth's when she was a child. I'm hiding somewhere in this crowd of dolls.

Find Me

Beth balanced 69 dolls on the old pump organ. Later, she found some dolls that belonged to her son, but there wasn't really room for more.

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In this picture I'm tucked in a pocket. "I feel lost with all the big dolls!" I told Beth.

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Smaller Than Me
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Beth assured me I wasn't the smallest. She posed me with the tiny dolls. But... I'm not a doll. I have fur. I always feel out of place.
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I Love Weddings

11/24/2017

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​One Week Later
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It's been a week since Beth's son got married. I was there. I was in the camera bag.



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I wanted to pose in the bride's bouquet, but Beth didn't have time to take me or the camera, out of her bag. Today I spotted the groom's jacket on a hanger. Beth let me pose on the lapel with the week-old boutonnière. ​

The Bride and Bouquet
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But look how beautiful Chali and her bouquet look!  Can we just say that I was hiding somewhere deep down in those fragrant flowers?

​Scott looks pretty handsome, too.

​Happy One Week Anniversary to these two! XO 
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    My mom gave me this tiny bear many decades ago... because  I like small things. 

    Some years back, I used
    him in an assignment for a photo club and I got hooked.  This little guy is a great excuse to play.  He fits in my camera bag, so he's always at the ready for a photo shoot.  He's been to a lot of places and he's had a few close calls, with fire, rivers, champagne, wild animals... the scariest of all was when he was lost in New York and returned to me weeks later.  

    I started the blog for Little Bear in 2012, but he got tired of my blogging style, very quickly. He has been writing his own blog for years. 
     
      

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