Boss has his moments😁
I shall tell him.

Cover of picture book Polar - story by Elaine Moss and pictures by Jeannie Baker - features a fuzzy looking polar bear in a turquoise jumper, red trousers and a red & yellow bobbled hat is rather messily eating from a jar of honey

Picture spread from inside the book. Polar the polar bear is tobogganing down a white sheet spread out from a wooden chest of drawers, watched by two dolls.

Take care! Have you ever read this book? It is quite a warning on the possible dangers of tobogganing for bears.

We haven't seen it, but the warning is heeded, thank you 🤗

Mind you, here's my old pinned picture😄😄😄😄

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 409
quam inopinatum (How unexpected)! Silvius cubum casei inspicit (Silvius inspects a block of cheese). subito mus ē gummis elasticā facta exsilit (Suddenly a rubber mouse springs out)!

Wheeeee!

I do love a nice slo-mo slide, Bears😄😄😄

So I say "Boster! You know the bluesky Pal who was in Beamish? They do old buses, too😁"

Boss: "I wonder if they've got a Daimler double decker with the Crossley bodywork... AND the original smell?”

😂😂😂

Ohhh yes. They are definitely To Be Visited 😁✌️
And maybe the trams too, I suppose...

Chips, you sayyy... Mmmmmm.
Do they cook them with proper lard? 😁

We had a dig through boss's files and found the picture.
He created a CGI set so that the reflections in the glass were correct!

Although boss would be running around with a tape measure, a laser gauge, a camera and a notebook😄

We do tend to buy boxes in even numbers😁✌️

The usual 10% Dr Nancy 😁😁😁
It all adds up!

Here we are, Boss!
The halva you were looking for – I assume the usual finder's fee applies?

I have never been, but I kept boss company while he was researching trams online 😄😄🥳😄

It would be great to visit✌️👍

I say, would that be Beamish?

Our bespoke pudding designers have been at it AGAIN, Bears😄😄😄

Oh HO!
Bears, it's a monoculture fruit salad AND it comes with a spiffy food-prep fur net 😄😄😄

Fortunately, the parcel was handed over after activation of the Weston's Whacker, but before final deployment.
There were some difficulties when we used to have the ketchup cannon, you see.

Fortunately, the parcel was handed over after activation of the Weston's Whacker, but before final deployment.
There were some difficulties when we used to have the ketchup cannon, you see.

Hello... That IS my parcel, ISN'T it?

Morning.

"The String & Octopus Guide to Parenthood" Copyright Colin Bowles Preparation for parenthood is not just a matter of reading books and decorating the nusery. Here are 12 simple tests for expectant parents to take to prepare themselves for the real-life experience of being a mother or father. 1. Women: to prepare for maternity, put on a dressing gown and stick a beanbag down the front. Leave it there for 9 months. After 9 months, take out 10% of the beans. Men: to prepare for paternity, go to the local chemist, tip the contents of your wallet on the counter, and tell the pharmacist to help himself. Then go to the supermarket. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office. Go home. Pick up the paper. Read it for the last time. 2. Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who are already parents and berate them about their methods of discipline, lack of patience, appallingly low tolerance levels, and how they have allowed their children to run riot. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's sleeping habits, toliet training, table manners and overall behaviour. Enjoy it - it'll be the last time in your life that you will have all the answers. 3. To discover how the nights will feel, walk around the living room from 5pm to 10pm carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 lbs. At 10pm put the bag down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, till 1am. Put the alarm on for 3am. As you can't get back to sleep get up at 2am and make a drink. Go to bed at 2.45am. Get up again at 3am when the alarm goes off. Sing songs in the dark until 4am. Put the alarm on for 5am. Get up. Make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful. 4. Can you stand the mess children make? To find out, first smear Marmite onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains. Hide a fish finger behind the stereo and leave it there all summer. Stick your fingers in the flowerbeds th…

"The String & Octopus Guide to Parenthood" — Colin Bowles

"Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems: first buy an
octopus and a string bag. Attempt to put the octopus into the string bag so that none of the arms hang out."

Well we cut open the Bara Brith this morning (Mum want to freeze some) and she did let me help with my knife. Don't think I could have power tools!! It tastes very good btw!!

Not many Bears think to coordinate their jelly with their scarf 😄

Wow, that's a real Jedi move – and quite a stylish finish, too😁✌️

Even a table. That's stylish!

Hey. See if you can have a go with any power tools about the place... 😄

Ohhhh wow 😁😁😁😁

Doing It Right, that bear!

Morning @westonbear.bsky.social ! Thanks to your encouragement Mum is letting me help make some Bara Brith today. I've checked my recipes and now I'm making sure the fruit has soaked up all the tea. Hope it turns out well 🤞. Your pal Eric Bear x

There's some nice work there, Moley😎👍

Yes indeed. Nothing like a picture of a bear AND food to spark the old interest.
Boss introduced the ideas: would this work better with a bear? Would this work better with a bear holding a hammer?

Wow!