Quarantine-At-Home Contest Winner!

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well. I received some beary interesting entries for the Quarantine-At-Home Contest. It looks like many of you are keeping your humans busy at home. Make sure they make you lots of snacks.

Droopy
The first entry is from Droopy, who says he has been doing more arts and crafts during quarantine, including making some Easter greeting cards to send to blog friends.

Those are some beary nice cards! In fact, I received mine in the mail the other day. Thank you, Droopy!

Sandy
The next entry is from Sandy Bear, who has been a whirlwind assigning the Human To-Do List. First on his task list is painting!

Way to go, Sandy, for whipping those humans into shape...

Little Fox
Now we have a video submission from Little Fox, who has been making yogurt with his roommates. I have never made yogurt before, so I wonder how it tastes compared to yogurt you buy in a store.

Nice job, Little Fox! What will you make next? Bread?

Jerry and Ben
Our friends Jerry and Ben have been baking up a storm. Ben made Rolo Brownies for everyone. He says, "When people are feeling sad or anxious, a chocolate treat always helps!" I couldn't agree more!

He was also nice enough to share the recipe below!

Emily the Monkey
And last but not least is an entry from my friend Emily the Monkey. Emily lives with my cousin Hermione who I found on Facebook several years ago. We were born in the same teddy bear factory. This is what Emily wrote:

"Marquee TV, an online streaming service that shows all kinds of artsy performances, is offering 30 days free while everyone is stuck at home, so we decided to check it out. It has Shakespeare performances from the Royal Shakespeare Company, and our fluffy family (and our human) love Shakespeare!

In fact, our human is an actress who has been in several Shakespeare plays. I was in one of those plays with her (I played the pirate monkey in Hamlet!). My bestest buddy, Hermione Beare, is a Shakesbear, a souvenir bear from Shakespeare & Company, a theater company in Massachusetts where our human studied Shakespeare acting. Hermione is partly named after the character in Harry Potter books, but she's also named after the queen in Shakespeare's play, The Winter's Tale (which contains the excellent stage direction "Exit, pursued by a beare"). Our tiny monkey, Perdita, is named after Queen Hermione's daughter in that play, and the tiny sock monkey, Florizel, is named after Perdita's true love. Lavender Sleepsheep likes Shakespeare because he often writes nice things about sheep and shepherds in his plays. And Simon Gabriel, the knitted monkey in the blue sweater? Well, he's English, and he's very proud that Shakespeare is, too.

The first play we picked to watch is Richard II. We picked it because none of us have seen it before (It doesn't get performed very often.) and because the king is played by this Scottish actor our human has a crush on. His name is David Tennant. His character in this play is terrible at being king, but he is a very good actor, and very pretty, so we're enjoying the show."

And the randomly chosen winner is...

EMILY THE MONKEY!

Congratulations! You will be receiving a small prize soon. Thank you everyone for your entries, and I hope you keep busy having fun at home!

BORED

Wow, am I bored. I don't think I've been this bored in my entire life.

Like many of you, I've been stuck at home for many days straight. There are adventures to be had outside exploring and doing fun things, but for now.... I am so bored.

"Hey Ajdin, why the sad face?" asked Uncle Tibbs.

"I am B-O-R-E-D," I said.

"Well, I figured you might be lately, so I got you an arts and crafts kit to help pass the time," he said.

"Wow! Look at that!"

It's a "Design Your Own Superhero Mask" kit!

I've always wanted to be a superhero, and now I can become one. I'll need a name, and special superpowers, and of course there has to be an evil villain too.

"Thanks, Uncle Tibbs!" I said.

"You're beary welcome, Ajdin," he said. "I can't wait to see what you make!"

(By the way, isn't Uncle Tibbs just awesome? I am lucky to have an uncle like him).

Quarantine-At-Home Contest

Hello everyone, things have been beary interesting these past couple of weeks, hasn't it? You've probably spent a lot of time at home lately, so let's make the most of it by having a CONTEST.

Quarantine-At-Home Contest
Show us what you've been up to at home. It can be a favorite pastime you have been doing more of lately, some art, or something you normally do outside but have modified for indoor purposes.

1. One entry per stuffie please.
2. Submit your photo and description to ajdinthebosnianbear (at) gmail (dot) com or lifeisbearygood (at) gmail (dot) com.
3. Deadline is April 6, 2020 at 11:59 pm EST.
4. One winner will be randomly selected for a prize. Good luck!

Well, if you can't tell already, I've been taking it easy lately and just napping whenever I get the chance.

Call it an extended bear hibernation period!

Zzz...

Birdhouse reveal

Okay, welcome back everyone!  The finished birdhouse is right behind me - it will be revealed in just a moment.  Let's find Miss Feathers and give her a nice surprise, shall we?

Ah, there she is.

"Your head is the perfect perch, Uncle Tibbs," Feathers said.  "I hope you don't mind that I am sitting here."

"Not at all," he replied.  "It's as if I am wearing a fancy hat of some sort.  And you keep my head warm!"

"Miss Feathers, I have something to show you," I said.

She flew down to meet me.

"Miss Feathers, since you are officially staying with us, I would like to present you... with your beary own birdhouse!"

"For me?" she gasped.

"Yes, every bird should have his or her own birdhouse."

I carefully handed her a pair of scissors for the ribbon cutting.  (You should never pass scissors with the pointy end facing out).

"Oh, it is so lovely!" she exclaimed.

"And look at the roof - a blue sky with clouds on it!"

She went inside.

"Oh my birdseed!" she said from inside.  "Hardwood floors!  And marble countertops!  It is so much bigger than it looks from the outside."

It sounds like she likes it.

She came out.

"Thank you Ajdin," she said.  "I have flown many miles all over the world and I know that true friends are hard to find.  Thank you for the birdhouse, but most of all, thank you for a home.  You and your friends are all... what is that word you say... beary?  You are all beary special friends."