Feathers flies

This morning, Miss Feathers was looking out the window.

I brought her some breakfast.

"Here you are, Miss Feathers," I said.  "Your favorite breakfast granola cereal.  Oh, and I added some honey to it."

"Thank you Ajdin.  You know, my wing has been feeling much better since I broke it several weeks ago.  Perhaps we can take off the bandage today."

After breakfast, I inspected her wing and used scissors to carefully cut off the bandage.

As soon as I took it off, she began flying around the room.

"Oh, I am much better now!" she chirped.

I decided to take Miss Feathers outside after she had been cooped inside all this time.  She flew onto high tree branches.

And low tree branches.

And shrubbery.

And more trees.  I could tell she was in beary good spirits.

The weather was beautiful and we even found this colorful pot of pansies to admire.  Spring is here at last!

April surprise giveaway

Hello everybody!  I am having another giveaway and this time it is a SURPRISE giveaway.  Don't you like surprises?  Let me get out behind this box so I can tell you more about the rules.

Okay, this giveaway ends in one week on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.  One winner will be selected at random.  To enter the contest, just leave a comment below with your guess of what the surprise is. It is such a surprise that even I am not sure what it is.

Good luck and have a beary good day!

April 1

When I woke up today, it was just an ordinary day.

I yawned and stretched and then sat up in bed.

"Today is going to be a beary good day!" I said.  I decided to wear my favorite blue tee shirt.

I put it on.

But I didn't put any pants on.

I did, however, put on my hat.

Then I went to the window.  The weather was good!  It was going to be a beary good day.

I wonder what adventures I would have today.

But first, I went to say hello to Uncle Tibbs.  I saw him sitting on the couch like he usually does.

"Good morning, Uncle Tibbs," I said.

"Good morning, Ajdin," he replied.

Then my friend Ooogie came over.

"Hi Ooogie," I said.

"Hello Ajdin," Ooogie replied.  "I am in a bit of a hurry so I can't chat for long.  I'll talk to you later though."  He went away.

HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY!

Daffodils

I continued to take good care of the flowers.  Little by little, they began to open up.

It was hard work taking care of them, so I made a little bed for myself and took a nap, but I never left their side.

When I woke up, I was happily surprised to see that they were in full bloom.  Jerry and Ben were right - these were daffodils!

"You are beary beautiful," I said to them.

"Thank you," they replied.

I feel more confident about my green paw now.  Maybe I will try to grow some plants.  I wonder if any bees will visit these flowers.

Flowers

Today my mom brought home a bunch of flower stems  They had not bloomed yet.

It was my job to take care of them!  Hopefully I would do better than last time.  I am still working on my green paw, you know.  So I got a large vase and filled it with water.

Is that enough water?

Then I arranged the stems in the vase.

And now I am giving the flowers lots of TLC.  Little bear hugs might help them bloom nicely, don't you think?

I wonder what type of flowers they are.  Any guesses?

Pants or no pants?

Thank you everyone, for your thoughtful responses regarding my pants dilemma.  After reading your comments, I was still undecided about the entire situation so I went to ask Uncle Tibbs for advice.

"Uncle Tibbs," I said, "I received a pair of pants the other day from the pants fairy, but I'm not sure if I should put them on."

"Hmm... I'm afraid I don't have much experience with this situation," he replied.  "One thing is for sure, these are definitely your size and not mine!"

"What should I do, Uncle Tibbs?  I have always had a bare bear bum and I like it that way."

"Well, you could still be bare bear bummed - like me - and always wonder what wearing pants is like.  Or, you could try them on and find out.  Worse comes to worse, you can always take them off."

Deep down inside, I knew Uncle Tibbs was right.

I picked up the pants.

I was going to try them on.

"Hey everyone, Ajdin is going to try on some pants!" Uncle Tibbs announced.  Ooogie and Feathers came over to witness this historic event.

I carefully pulled one leg on...

...then the other.  I had to squirm around on the ground a bit.

Uncle Tibbs giggled.

"This is harder than it looks," I said.

"Theeeeeee susssssspeeeeeense isssssssss killiiiiiiiiing meeeeeeeeeeee," said Ooogie.

Finally, with some effort, I had successfully put my pants on.

"There!  How do I look?" I asked.

"Umm.... you look..." Uncle Tibbs stifled more giggles.

"Neeeeeeeeerdy," Ooogie said.

"What if you untucked your shirt?" Feathers asked.  "There, that's better."

It was an entirely new sensation wearing pants.  I walked around for a bit as my friends watched.

"So this is what pants feel like," I said.

But soon, I began to feel itchy... and restricted in movement... and I had a sudden urge...

...to take them off!

"Ajdin, what happened?" my friends asked.

"I am... a bare bummed bear!" I said proudly.

Uncle Tibbs giggled some more.

Oh well, at least I tried wearing pants, but I guess they aren't for me.