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.

Time Flies

Well I can't believe how quickly a month has flown by since I last wrote here !  We have had the computer down for a couple of weeks ... and still not working to full capacity while we wait for a new part ... but thankfully able to operate in a limited way.  'Not Often Seen Family' came visiting too which was very jolli !  On to teds ... I thought I would show you my latest Nanuk  with an open mouth.   I followed Linda Bensons instructions for open mouth design which was a great article in Australian Bear Creations magazine (volume 14/number 1, 2008).  I played around with a few different head mouth combinations but this last one seemed to work best.  Linda's step by step instructions in the magazine article are clear and well written and I'm looking forward to the next open mouth ted who is all cut out and ready to sew.

It is still a very dry tropic here at the moment ... a little teaser of good tropic rain in the last couple of weeks then swirly drying wind and so back to square one. However the gardenias are flowering like mad and giving the most wonderful perfume ... wafting through the place ... but the ground has that awful crunchy sound underfoot which would'nt be unfamiliar to many in Aus.  I did hear a frog last week when we had a big heavy down pour ... but ofcourse they are not fools and won't start to party unless they are sure the rain will be an on going thing.  I've taken some shots of flowers in my garden at the moment that you may enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I type I can hear the Fruit Bats (Flying Foxes) squabbling over the ripe fruit of a native fig growing in our front garden.  I 'm very fond of Flying Foxes ... and have been a carer of injured and orphaned bats for many years.  Of course the mangoes are getting ready to ripen here so there will be a war between the Flying Foxes and the farmers as to who gets what !  The birds left us with 4 mangoes in our tree this year ! generous of them but we reckon those pesky bats will probably clean those up as they did last year and the year before that !

Spectacled Flying Fox mothers and babies in rehab at Batreach

Next time I will have to tell you about our naughty Cockatoos and the passionfruit ! Have a happy week :o)