More Mail!

 Hullo... we received more mail today! And I say "we" because... this letter was addressed to the mice as well! Sherlock Sandy, Dr. Cocoa Watson and Inspector Navy Lestrade...

It's another lovely card created by Beanie Mouse...

And it's got our bullion prize from the last case we worked on!

This was the Florence Nightingale one.

Thanks Beanie!

And... we have another clue...

This one says....

This clue is for a heptagonal coin,
Centenary minting with musical showing
The Composer's surname
And the country, the same
He is with singer P. Pears ajoin'd.
Who is he? 

Well "heptagonal" means 7-sided so we are looking for a 50p piece!

And centenary means it's celebrating 100 years...

It's elementary dear Watson (and Lestrade... don't leave Lestrade out of this...)

***whisper, whisper, whisper***

We have solved the case!!

The coin is for Benjamin Britten, born in 1913... Solved!!

 

 

 

Mail Call!

 Hullo! We received some mail!

And yes, this stuffie tends to get more personal mail than the humans! Hah!

But one of these items is from someone beary special... that we haven't heard from in ages!

But first is a card from Jerry & Ben...

Ooohh... a beary pretty flower card.

And a long written card! Their Papa is on sabbatical this year and is writing another book. And is going to Japan and Montreal this fall...

There's also a sticker from Caribou Coffee... We had a Caribou hot chocolate several years ago in Denver and it was beary delicious!

Thanks guys! Although this little bear wants to know if Jerry & Ben will be going to Japan and Montreal as well...

Next up... we have a parcel from Hammie Hamster in Holland (or The Netherlands)... Hammie used to have a blog like us but then there were technical issues, so Hammie continued on Instagram but we haven't heard from Hammie in ages!!!

And now a parcel out of the blue!

Let's see what this... oooooooooooohhhhh...

O.M.G. Hammie's mom has been producing hand-made journals and selling them on her website. We really wanted to buy one but the shipping was extremely expensive...

But.. it's a journal from Hammie's mom!!!!! 

Oh my goodness... thanks Hammie & Gea!!!!

It's beautiful!!! So well done.... (Mama says she knows cause she took a book-binding mini-course and... it is not easy!)....

Wow!!!!

There's a card as well...

Gea says she closed down her website because it cost a tonne of money (yes they do!) and she wasn't selling enough on the site to justify the cost... That's too bad. Although she is selling some on the side (which is good).

Thanks so much Hammie and Gea!! We love it!!!!

A Sunny Signal Hill & Home

 Hullo! One final stop... we are heading back to Signal Hill because it's sunny out! And last time we went it was foggy, cold and drizzling all over us...  

Today we get a great view of St. John's!

And over there... just to the left of that headland is...

Cape Spear! We were just there the other day...

We already saw Signal Hill so I'm not going to show you everything again...

Except the view... because the view is stellar!

St. John's harbour really is an amazing place... cruise ships can come in here and dock!

We are hoping to get into the Signal Hill tower

Cause when we here last time, it was early and it was closed...

We are in luck... it is open!

Hmmm... this tower commemorates the 60th year of Queen Victoria's reign... interesting. But the inside of the building only had a gift shop. There were stairs up to the roof deck but they were closed because it was so windy and they wouldn't let anyone up there. Phooie...

Right... let's see if something else is open down at the info centre...

Like the Newfoundland Chocolate Cafe!!!

They have cute Jelly Bean houses on their chocolate wrappers...

But we went for ice cream... a massive cup of ice cream... all for me!

And... we got one more Airbnb...

Cause this little bear is pooped!

And the next day, our flight left in the early afternoon, so we had lunch at the airport...

Which was beary expensive!!!

But this little bear tired a flight of beers...

The middle one was probably my favourite... although they were all good.

And then, of course... dessert!

That's our plane! 

But only for part of the way...

Because we had a layover here... where everything was in French first!

I can now say I have been to Montreal (or at least the airport!).

Of course, we needed a snack... this cookie was beary yummy....

And then we landed in Vancouver and had another layover... ugh.

Wake me up when we are home!

We did get home around 11 pm... a beary long trip!!! Newfoundland was super cool and there was a lot more to see that we didn't have time for... next time!