On an Island Adventure

Hullo! We are going on an island adventure! How do you go on an island adventure when you live on an Island? Well... you just find a smaller island!

Today we are going to go and explore Denman Island.

They have two ferries running at this time of the year because it is summertime. And Denman Island is an intermediary stop to the next island, which is Hornby Island!

So we had to wait for a bit... but luckily it was a gorgeous sunny day!

And we are on the ferry!!!!

It's just a little ferry...

See... little ferry!

Right, we are here! We went to a local park and...

Went to explore the beach.

Gorgeous!! With lots of seashells to poke at...

And beach logs to relax against! And drinks to sip... (well, no, there aren't any drinks at the beach... but you can BYOD).

We are staying at an Airbnb which has beachfront access!!

You know... I think my humans are really prepping for the year-end sekrebeary review!

They will definitely score high in the "Adventures" category!

And... hmmm... M&M peanuts... they aren't doing too bad in the snacks category either...

We have an absolutely gorgeous view out towards the east. That is Hornby Island on the right there.

As for our Airbnb... it has a posh bathroom!

Which means very little to a stuffie... of course...

But I could see how the humans would ooh-ahh over the shower!

We had a little kitchen as well...

And a lot of wildlife art... of the canine variety.

Somebody likes wolves but... if I had to rate this place... I would mention that they could add a few bear pics! Hmph.

  

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!!!!