Mysterious Artwork

 Hullo! We have a bit of a mystery on our paws. You see... Mama need an 8.5x11" picture frame (yep, not metric on that yet)... and she found this one in a thrift store.

It is a super duper picture frame!! It's an A4 though (UK size) but... it'll work... The mystery though... is that it came with a picture.

See!!! It's a blue police box painted onto a page taken from a book (in this case, a French dictionary).

We all think this looks beary similar to some of Beanie Mouse's creations...

See... we have Greeting Card 2,466... and it's a linoprint on a vintage book page...

And this looks like it might be a linoprint... or is it a painting. And what's with the blue police box anyhow? And the red thing...

Hmmm... this is a linoprint... maybe that blue police box is a painting? 

Oh... and it's NOT a blue police box. Well... it is... but it's really the Tardis from Doctor Who. Having never seen Doctor Who (oh shush with the gasps...) we aren't quite sure what it is. A time travel device? An interdimensional portal? Is that why there is a red alien creeping out the side of the box?? And what is the significance of the French dictionary? Thoughts??? Should we keep the picture???

Delayed Christmas Mail

 We received some mail last week!! It's from Beanie Mouse!

Umm... is that a Christmas tree?

Yep, definitely a Christmas tree!

Oh, it's our Christmas Card! With a badge to wear...

Our mail during Snomageddon was crazy... we didn't get any for almost 2 weeks and things are still coming out of the woodwork...

I love the pin!!! Thanks Beanies!!!

Bus Bingo Card for 2022

 Sooo... Beanie Mouse asked if we were doing a new Bus Bingo card... and, after some dithering, we decided to go ahead...

I think our last card likely has some no-go buses that Beanie will likely never take!

We did pretty good - had a horizontal and a vertical!

Oh... you wanna know where Sandy is? He's coming... been doing lots of snow-shoveling supervision... tough job that! And he's just getting changed...

Anyhow... we need to figure out what bus numbers we are going to have on the new card. I see 5 numbers already that are shoe-ins...

But first... we need a new card...

There we go...

And we've got the top 5 bus routes down...

Oh, there you are!!!

Hmmm.. good job Cocoa...

Yes... but now what?? How do we pick the other numbers???

We do some research that's what!! I am not Sherlock Sandy for nothing you know!

Let's see... let's review some old London trips...

And that generated a good list...

But let's double-check...

London's most popular bus routes...

Mind you... Beanie has never been one to follow the crowd... 

But... we have our card filled out!!!

Paws and claws crossed we picked some good ones!!

Tsunami Alert! Where's Cocoa???

Err... hello... I have a confession to make... you probably heard that a submarine volcano near Tonga went kablooey on Saturday and... well... that triggered a tsunami alert for our area.

 And... well... I completely forgot that Cocoa Beanie is a tsunami survivor! Mouse Island was devastated by a tsunami and all of the Beanies were scattered to the Seven Seas and Four Corners of the World...

And... I just realized... I haven't seen him since... Friday. Uh-oh...

I can't find him anywhere!!!

I even enlisted Minnie because if anyone can find a mouse in the house... it's a cat!

But she hasn't caught a whiff of that little mouse...

Oh wait... look, that kitchen drawer is open!

Can you guess what's in that drawer?? If you guessed plastic-ware... you'd be right... the water conveyance of choice for stuffies!

OMG... Cocoa!! What are you doing?? I've been looking for you everywhere!

OMG, Sandy! Thank goodness you're here... I've been having a heck of a time getting this lid screwed on... can you help!

But... Cocoa... the tsunami alert is over!!

Noooooo!!!! Tsunamis bad!!! Gotta hunker down... gotta hide!

Ummm... OK... this is tricky...

Let me find some proof...

Look Cocoa...  the Tsunami Advisory has been cancelled! And they only got 35 cm waves on the west coast... I don't even think we got much... Plus... we are 115 metres (that's almost 400 ft) above sea level. There's nooooo way a tsunami is ever going to reach us... 

Oh, thank goodness!!!!

We sat down for a chat and I listened to Cocoa tell the story of the Great Mouse Island Tsunami and how terrible it was... Sometimes you just need to listen and let a friend talk... and talk... and talk... but at some point... the friend needs something more...

Like chocolate!!!

Oh goodness!!!! All for me!!!

***munching noises***

I'm not sure how much Cocoa will need to eat to soothe his frayed emotions... Did you get a tsunami alert, Little Fox?