Handy Sandy supervises Suite Painting

 Hullo!! Today I am supervising the painting of a feature wall in the Bearbnb...

It is an off-white right now... and we are going to spruce it up. First... we need to tape all the edges and thingies...

Since I am dressed in my hosting finery... I will be taking an arm's length supervision role... this little bear does not need paint splatters anywhere!

We had this can of paint left over from upstairs...

It's a sage green...

Alright... ready to supervise!!

Hmmm... it looks kind of muddy in this light and for a first coat...

But that's better...

It does need a second coat though.

See... it looks better with a second swatch around the outlet...

Carry on painter!!!

Yep, getting there...

And I think it turned out pretty good!! It still looks a bit weird as it's not dry yet but... it'll do!

Do you help supervise your humans when they are painting?

Mail Call!

Hullo! We got some mail! 

Correction... I got some mail! I get way more fun mail than the humans you know!

First up... the brown envelope from... looks like Jerry & Ben...

That's a lovely card from Minnesota... 

Ooooh,... and a long card!!

They went on a trip to Canada! Fort William... somewhere near the head of the Great Lakes.... Thanks guys!

Then we have a creative creation from Beanie Mouse & Co.

That's a lovely card. Beanie has such a creative streak. Always amazes me though how he never gets a speck of paint on him!

Oooh... and it's our Bus Bingo prize!!! A pretty postcard of a dog...

Is that made out of wood?? Thanks Beanie!

And then we have another card from Texas...

It's from Ajdin!

A condolence card for Gramma's passing... 

Yeah... we miss Gramma lots too...

It's hard to believe she is gone... Thanks Ajdin.

We Went Nettle Picking!

 Hullo!! Back in March... we went nettle picking... the stinging nettle variety...

Last year, we were poking around the wildflower patches out here and we found this ginormous patch of nettles... too grown up for us to pick but... we made a mental (and Google Map) note...

No flowers out yet...

But we are almost there...

Just have to tip toe through the murky bits.

Ready? OK... we are going in!

Ta-dah!!!! Nettles, nettles and more nettles!!

And the perfect size too... Did you know... a little bear can touch a stinging nettle... and nothing happens!!! No tingly prickles at all!!!

I can stick my whole face in the nettles... and nothing!

That's one of the less well-known benefits of being a stuffie! Impervious to stinging nettles!

Ooh... I spoke too soon about no flowers... the trillium are out!

We got a good haul... about 3 bags full! Then we are going to blanch them and freeze them...

And... bonus!! We found a deer skull!!! It can join the collection hanging on our shed!

Mail Call!!

 Hullo!! I received some nifty mail over the last little while.

First up, a post card from Oregon... must be Little Fox!

It's a post card from a section of the real PCT!! Cool!!

One day... one day... I'd like to hike the PCT for real... or at least a section of it.

Next up is a card from Jerry & Ben...

Awww... it's a Sympathy card... 

Yeah... we are sad about Gramma too... still hard to believe she is gone.

Thanks guys!

An Early Spring Hike

 Hullo... today I am out on an adventure at Somenos Marsh.

It is beary bird friendly here.

Let's see what we can find...

They have signs about invasive plants... like Himalayan blackberries... so yummy but so bad for native plants.

I wonder what it looks like in the summer... when all this grass is green.

It's pretty though.

Lots of bird houses...

And birds swooping around but we couldn't get any pics...

Beary nice boardwalks otherwise I'd be getting a soaker!

We didn't see any bald eagles today but they are around...

Oooh... do you see that...

The pussy willows are out...

Apparently there's a little creek that flows through this marsh and... there are salmon and trout in it!

It's over there...

Hmmm... OK... if you say so... this would be hard to find when everything is green and bushy!

See... marshy!!!

Oh, yeah, the invasive yellow iris... we have them in a marsh at home too. Beary bad...

They crowd out native plants... might look pretty but pretty is no excuse for invasion... just saying. Hmph.

I like these boardwalks...

Ooooh look... there are apparently beaver lodges here too!!! That's the beauty of a marsh... so many different life forms here.

Errr... maybe that's a beaver lodge?? Don't know...

Beary nice...

Such a nice day...