Going Bananas

Well it's certainly banana heaven here at the moment! We planted our banana plot over a year ago and as time went by and no fruit appeared we thought we had wasted our time. Then suddenly out of the blue we've had 3 beautiful bunches appear!  The first to ripen were the small sugar bananas and they were just delicious, there were about 100 bananas in that first bunch, way too many for us so our neighbours helped us out.

 

Now the Lady Fingers are just about ready. It is very satisfying  growing your own food and with some to share.  Now the cyclone season is over and the humidity has dropped  it is the ideal time to be out in the garden and the perfect time to grow vegies here in the tropics.

It's also great for sewing teds so here is my latest panda, a work in progress.

I hope you enjoy your weekend

Posties Been

It is still raining here in North Queensland and rather grey but the day sure brightened up when I discovered a package in the letterbox all the way from Tasmania!  Here are pictures of the little treasure I found inside !

I am one of the lucky winners of Linda Benson's give away !  Thank you Linda for this sweet Benson Bear !  His little face has the most charming expression and his tiny leather nose is perfect. I love him!

and here he is sitting on the bookcase in my sewing room with another couple of Benson Pals! Hope your Monday has been a happy one too!

After the Valentine

A big THANK YOU to Sandi Smith of Bearly Sane for another successful TBACA Valentine online show last weekend.  Sandi's close attention to detail and organising skills are what make the show such a pleasure for both collectors and artists alike.  The Valentine show is also a fund raiser for the Free the Bears Fund.  Artists donate a bear for Bobo's Booth and all proceeds from the sale of the donated bears go directly to the Fund to help support rescued Sun Bears in Cambodia. Bobo's Booth is still open so do drop by to see some great bears waiting for adoption.

 

 This was my 'Bear for Bobo' his name is DinDin. I really had fun creating him along with his cart full of fruit!  He has been adopted by Leslie.

 

and this is Stefano, a rather happy chap at 6 inches (15cm) tall carrying his Valentine Rose and still looking for his special someone!
Cherrio for now,
Robyn.

Lots Of Rain

 
 Heres a photo of a corner of our front garden in a very wet state ... waiting to see what low rated cyclone Olga was going to do ! Lot's of people in the supermarkets here buying noodles and such like food ...being prepared ? ! Our power did go out for a short time ... but not long enough for the fridge to defrost !  (we did buy a generator after Larry so we were feeling pretty independant until we discovered we didn't have enough fuel to run the b..... thing!).  Well she moved south and caused a lot of havoc there too, good havoc generally with a lot of rain, maybe too much in some places because some people lost their lives, swept away in sudden flood waters while enjoying a simple picnic in a perceived safe spot and in contrast a year to the day of the terrible fires in Victoria which no Australian will ever forget ! What an amazing and beautiful country we live in!!!

Valentine Sneek - Peek

Here's my Sneek - Peek for our online Valentine Show coming up on February 13 !  Another great opportunity for collectors and bear lovers to enjoy and also support Bobo and the Free The Bears Fund who have been working so hard and achieving great things, to the betterment of the lives of bears, for over the last 14 years.

All proceeds from Bobo's Booth will be sent to Free The Bears Fund.  Thanyou to Linda of Lombard Bears Australia for sharing that wonderful Pi Zap site to help with the SP ... it drove me crazy ... but what a lottt of FUN ! 

Passionfruit Thieves

Thought you might enjoy these photo's of very naughty Cockatoo's who regularly pop into our garden to steal passionfruit and mandarins.  Actually they just waste it in the end and we currently have the ground littered under the passionvine with half eaten green fruit. So we've put a net over the whole thing in the hope we might actually get a few passions for ourselves.

 

This is our Christmas Tree which our young grandaughters decorated all on their own this year

and here our Tobi and Daisy, another couple of 'Parti Animals' all ready for the big day!

Merry Christmas

Really Over the Top!

We had an unexpected interruption at home to family life and that took me away from everything bear for a while. But as the saying goes all is well that ends well, which it has, so here I am back again at last. I was very astonished and surprised when Ruth Bowman (Flutter-by-Bears and Friends) and Linda Benson (Benson Bears) both passed on this fun Over The Top Award to me and then home life went over the top at the same time! Anyway a very belated thanks to Ruth and Linda and will do my best now to pass on and answer the questions in ONE word! mmm a bit of a challenge that!

Rules :-
1. Use only 1 word answers.
2. Pass along to 6 of you favourite bloggers.
3. Tell them you've given them the award.
4. Have Fun !!


1. Where is your cell phone?  Kitchen 
2. Your hair? Short
3. Your mother? Passed
4. Your father? Passed
5. Your favorite food? Salad
6. Your dream last night? Silly
7. Your favorite drink? Limesoda
8. Your dream/goal? Understanding
9. What room are you in? Spare
10. Your hobby ? Bromliads
11. Your fear? Crocodiles
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Able
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something that you aren’t? Flash
15. Muffins? No
16. Wish list item? Mulcher
17. Where did you grow up? NSW
18. Last thing you did? Teeth
19. What are you wearing? PJ's
20. Your TV? ABC
21. Your pets? Wonderful
22. Friends? Special
23. Your life? Busy
24. Your mood? Optermistic
25. Missing someone? Sar
26. Vehicle? Rav
27. Something you’re not wearing? Bra
28. Your favorite store? Allcraftcairns
29. Your favorite color? Yellow
30. When was the last time you laughed? Morning
31. Last time you cried? Friday
32. Your best friend? Adrian
33. One place that I go to over and over? Garden
34. One person who emails me regularly? Katherine
35. Favorite place to eat? Home

I'll pass on the award/tags to:

Linda @ Lombard Bears Australia
Margaret @ Nikkel Bears
Karen @ Rufnut Teddys
Lesley @ Les Bears
Susan @ Bearleigh Bears
Wendy @ Dragonfly Creations

Please visit them soon, cheerio for now,

Robyn.