Painting Supervisor

 Hullo! Guess what I am doing?? Yup... supervising the painting of the living room... This was at the end of November. The walls were a builder beige colour and we are going with a soft grey. There is lots of preparation beforehand...

And we had some help from Vancouver... can you tell whose hand that is?

See... pale grey... hmmm... crappy lighting!

And one wall in the kitchen went a darker blue...

Here's our helper!!! It's Rose!

This little bear ordered some pizza for the hungry workers... This was an x-tra large and it is ginormous!

Let's eat!

More Christmas Mail!

 I received another piece of Christmas mail last week!

This one has some nice stickers on it!

This little bear loves stickers!

ooohhhhh.... a turtle Christmas card!! Cool!!!

I wonder if the sender is somewhere warm and tropical??

Nope... it's Ajdin and Co! He is wishing us an awesome 2022!!

And Ajdin is wondering if that might be an Oogie relation... could be...

Ajdin's been offline for several months so it's good to see that he's back with us. I wonder if he got a new sekrebeary?? Having to rely on human sekrebearies is one of the banes of a stuffie life!!! Thanks Ajdin!!!

Second (sort of) Annual Art Deco Architecture Contest Winners!

 Hullo!!! Today we have gathered to examine the entries for the Second (sort of) Annual Art Deco Architecture Contest!! We had two stellar entries... one from Beanie Mouse and one from Little Fox.

Right then... before we get started... we decided that in the interest of fairness we should have two categories...

Sooo... The first category is Old World Art Deco Architecture... which Cocoa will judge. And I will judge New World Art Deco Architecture!

Right then... let's look at the entries!

Beanie's entry for the Old World category is the BBC building in London! It is a stunning example of Art Deco architecture and Beanie & Co chose well in choosing this building!!

Cocoa Beanie thinks this is definitely a winner in the Old World category!! (And no... just because Cocoa is a Beanie doesn't mean nepotism is at work! Hmph... Look at that face... totally objective judging!)

Alright... next up is Little Fox's entry... the Baker City Tower in... Baker City of course...

Oooh... that is an amazing lookin building! Although I gather that the interior has not really survived all that well... Unlike Vancouver's own Marine Building which blew us all out of the water. Sandy thinks that the Baker City Tower is a definite winner in the New World category!

Congrats to Little Fox and Beanie & Co!!! Thanks for entering the contest... we loved seeing the entries! And... prizes will be sent out soon...

Stuffie 2022 Winter Olympics

 Hullo!!! Soooo... you know how in his Christmas cards, Sandy was doing the snow incantation?? Well... it worked... in spades... This was taken on the morning of December 24... just a few inches on the ground but...

The flakes are falling fast and furious!

Which is perfect.... because we have a beary big announcement to make!

And the flakes kept coming... this was Christmas Day evening... Mama had already shoveled the driveway three times!

And... there we go... more snow!!!

Never question the the power of Stuffie Intentions! Let's get suited up!

First though... we are going to measure the sled... it is 15" from tip to toe... and 12" from the bottom to the top of the wood bit... Got that?? OK... let's go!

Alrightee... we are ready...

Ooohhh... ahhhh... normally we get our big dump of snow in February.

Cocoa is not sure about this... having much less in the way of winter garb than a certain well-kitted out little bear!

Carry me????

OK... we are out in the mass of snow... the question is... how deep is it? Is it deep enough for winter sports??

It's hard to tell... let's drop the bear in...

Wait!!! No!!! Not me!!! Drop in the sled... sheesh....

Errr... OK then... the snow is probably 14" deep....

Definitely deep enough for winter sports!

And luckily a stuffie can sit on the snow without sinking in...

See, Cocoa, not so bad, eh??? ....

"It's cold!!!"

Right then... this snow is very fluffy... could we have a bit of shovel work?

There we go!!! Crazy deep snow!!!

Seeeeee... beary deep....

And now... the announcement you've all been waiting for... (Wardrobe change!!!)

STUFFIE 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS RULES:

1) You can enter up to 3 different events per stuffie household. For example, skiing, skating, sledding (bobsled or luge or skeleton). Or create your own unique category!

2) Send your photo entries via email to littlecanadianbear (at) gmail (dot) com

3) Entries must be received by Sunday February, 20, 2022 at 11:59 pm PST.

4) Gold, silver, and bronze medal winners will be awarded!

And... don't worry... if you don't have snow.... just make your own snow! 

Yeah... peanuts... paper... shredded paper... anything works!!!

Right then... athletes... choose your category and start training!!!

Woo-hoo!!! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!! (Watch out for those stuffie snow incantations!)