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This week's cute site is just the cutest of the cute.
Orsinal is filled with cute characters in cute games. It is so lovely for me to find a site filled with games which don't involve shooting or hunting or violence. Primula loves it too.
My favourite game is bungee bear (click on the bear graphic about half way down) but Sunny Day Sky (first graphic on the page) is lots of fun, involving using an umbrella as a parachute and feeding acorns to duck in the pond (click on the duck in the third row) is lots of fun.
Orsinal is going to be one of my favourites for a long time.
Another famous bear for you to learn about - and this one, just like me, is the star of a book. Actually, this week's bear, Paddington has been the star of many books - for fifty years! That's even older than Sally.
Still Paddington might be cute, but I'm not sure he can sing like I can. He hasn't got a friend like Primula to teach him!
Check out Paddington's site.
Today’s word is tenebrous. According to dictionary.com, this word means dark and gloomy, as in ‘a tenebrous cave’
I wonder if it could be used to describe me before I met Primula. You see, I used to be a tenebrous bear, until I met Primula. When I fell off the shelf and accidentally found myself joining her for a sing along, my whole life changed – instead of being tenebrous, I was suddenly light and bright, like Primula. I realised life was GOOD.
And it is, still. So don’t be tenebrous.
Be happy!
Today’s word of the day at Dictionary.com is beneficence – the practice of doing good, or an act of charity. So, I figured having learnt a new word, I’d try putting that word into action. So, to show some beneficence. Hmm. I looked around the toyroom. Toys were playing, toys were snoozing, toys were chatting. Who could benefit from my beneficence?
Then I saw Primula, the most giving and caring of all the toys. Giving and caring and sharing are what she’s all about – so perhaps it was her turn to be on the receiving end. I raced over to a group of stuffies (stuffed animals for those of you not in the know) and whispered my suggestion. Then we crept across the toyroom to where Primula was busy tidying a shelf.
‘Ahem, Primula,’ I said. ‘We have something for you.’
“For me?” Primula was surprised.
‘Yes. You are always so busy helping us that we want to do something for you.’ I turned to the other toys. ‘Now one, two three.’
And what do you think we did? We launched into a song. One of Primula’s favourites – Don’t Worry, Be Happy.
Soon, Primula was joining in, which was lovely, but still, I think she most enjoyed hearing all of us sing for her, and she certainly ahs had an extra spring in her step ever since.
Beneficence. When was the last time you tried it?
While I like to think of myself of handsome, clever and sensible, my friend Primula often tells me I’m cute – and, let’s face it, being cute is a pretty good thing to be.
So I’ve decided to scour the great wide web and share with you some of the other cute things that are online.
First up, here’s a blog page featuring 58 Wonderfully Cute Illustrated Monster Characters. My favourite is the fourth one down with the rainbow and rabbits and tress and stuff. But I like the funky chickens as well. Further down there’s a cute green octopussy thing that Primula thinks is a bit like the octopus who lives here in the toyroom. Anyway, enjoy the site. It’s high on cute factor.
It’s cold and rainy outside at the moment. My friend
Sally tells me this is good, because it makes the farmers happy to have enough rain to make their crops grow. I know Sally is happy, too, because her garden is getting plenty of water and her bulbs are starting to poke their heads up, and the pansies she planted are just starting to flower.
But, much as I know the rain is good, staring at rain falling outside, and shivering away in the toyroom, I can’t help but feel a little grumpy and gruff. Just as well I have Primula here. She caught me frowning and suggested a song to cheer me up. So we’ve been singing Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – obviously a very apt song for the occasion – and now I don’t feel too bad. I googled and managed to find a cute ecard version of the song, so if you are feeling blue, have a listen (and a look) at
this.
Hope it makes you smile.
Happy Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you – or should that be Top of the Mornin’? Primula and I have decorated the toy room in green in honour of the special day. It looks like a troupe of leprechauns have paid us a call.
You might have guessed by my name that I am NOT really Irish, but my friend (and biographer)
Sally does have an Irish surname and some Irish ancestry, so I guess that makes me Irish by association. Sally says that anyone who has ever had even a tiny connection to Ireland claims to be Irish on Saint Pat’s day. So, just for today, I’m celebrating.
Actually, if the truth be known, I like to celebrate every day – celebrate Saint Pat’s day, celebrate Friendship Day, celebrate Easter (nearly here) or just celebrate being alive.
So, for today, Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. And for tomorrow – Happy Day!
Happy happy happy.
Time for a new word of the day (perhaps, though, as I’ve said before I should call it word-of-the-random-timeperiod since it has never been a daily offering in my blog). Anyway, today’s word is: FOIBLE
Foible (noun) a failing or weakness of character.
So a foible is a failing one has, but I’ve noticed that the term is often used in an almost endearing way – as in ‘he has his little foibles’ rather than ‘his foibles really annoy the heck out of me.’
The word has got me thinking. "What are my foibles?" I asked Primula, but she wouldn’t have a bar of this sort of soul-searching. “I’m not going to list your faults, Pemberthy dear,” she admonished. “I love you warts and all. I don’t want to hurt you.” Warts? I have warts? Lucky my fur keeps them covered. Anyway, Primula suggested if I wanted to know about my foibles, it was better to do some quiet reflecting on them for myself. So, I started a list, and here it is, for public consumption.
Pemberthy’s Foibles:
1. I have very poor balance. This is what led to me falling from the shelf which, ultimately, was a good thing because that’s how I met Primula.
2. I tend to be a bit gruff. However, since I met Primula, I am much happier and much nicer to be around.
3. I am sometimes a little conceited. Yes, I know as one is cute and fluffy as well as being a great singer and a good writer, that I have a lot to be proud about, but at times I forget to be modest. I’m working on it, though.
4. I have warts. Apparently. Though I didn’t know this till Primula told me so today. I’m not sure if this is a foible or not – after all, warts are just a skin condition, really. – not a personality trait.
So, there you have it – a list of my foibles. Can you still love me after knowing my faults and failings? (That sounds like the title of a book – faults, failings and foibles.) I do hope so. I try hard to be loveable.
I asked my friend
Sally to give me a writing prompt to get my pen moving again, as I haven’t written much lately.
She challenged me to write a story of 26 words, with each word starting with the next letter of the alphabet. This is my attempt:
A beautiful cougar deftly explores forests grumpily. Hovering, it jumps knight-like moving nimbly over puddles. Quickly running, staying to unlit walkways. Xavier yells ‘Zikes!’
Primula liked it, but had to ask who Xavier was. ‘That’s easy, Prim dear,’ I explained. ‘Xavier is the wood cutter, out to start work in the early morning when he comes across the cougar. Wouldn’t you yell ‘zikes’ if you came across something as scary as a cougar?’
Primula smiled. ‘You have such an imagination, Pemberthy dear,’ she said.
I think she meant it as a compliment.
What have you written lately? Perhaps consider putting your skills to the test and try writing an alphabet story.
Zzzzzzzzz. Wha? Who? Where?
Dearie me, I must have slept through January. It’s February already and here I am writing my first blog post for the year. I hope you haven’t missed me too much while I had a little post-Christmas hibernation.
I was woken by a little nudge by a bear called Edmund who dropped by to visit me and left a message here. I had to wake up enough to go and visit his blog. Wow! Edmund is off to the Arctic – for a picnic! How cool! (Terrible pun, that, but I am a punny guy). I am seriously impressed by Edmund’s plans. I wonder if Sally would let me go off travelling? And if Primula and the others could cope without me?
Anyway, I will enjoy reading more about Edmund’s travels through his blog. You can read it
here.
Christmas is coming and the toyroom is abuzz with the festive spirit. There is tinsel and baubles and angels and candy canes and EVERYTHING. Toys are carolling, toys are laughing and toys are scurrying around preparing Christmas surprises for each other. It's lovely :)
I thought it might be nice to decorate my blog in honour of the special season, so made the snowglobe (above) at at
BillyBear4Kids.com (Copyright ©1999 ), a cute bear-themed site with lots of Christmas fun.
Primula and I have been teaching the other toys all our favourite Christmas songs and carols. It's wonderful how a good sing along can lift your spirits so high. I love Christmas. I hope you have a good one at your house.
By: Sally Murphy,
on 11/16/2007
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I have been tagged by my dear friend (and official biographer) Sally at Scribblings. I’ve never been tagged before, but since I learned to come down from the shelf and sing, I’ve learnt that trying something new is usually a good thing. So, I’ll join in.
Here’s how it works:
Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
So here we go - 7 random facts about me:
1. My fur is a little worn on my bottom. This is from spending too long sitting all alone on my shelf.
2. I love to sing, but have yet to fulfil my ambition of appearing on Australian Idol. I went to the auditions once, but people kept picking me up and cuddling me, and pretty soon I smelt like cheap perfume and iced coffee, and I had to go home to get clean.
3. I love learning and using new words. My favourite word at the moment is perspicacious. If someone is perspicacious they are acutely perceptive or discerning. My friend Primula is perspicacious. When I was alone on my shelf she saw that, deep down, what I needed was company and for someone to believe in me.
4. My favourite book (apart from my life story, Pemberthy Bear), is Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, by Mo Willems.
5. I once tried sky diving – in my sleep. Okay, maybe it wasn’t sky-diving, but it felt like it. See, I was asleep up on my high, high shelf, and was having a bad dream. I must have been tossing and turning in my sleep because the next thing I felt like I was flying and then WHAM I woke up on the toy room mat. Luckily I wasn’t hurt – just dreadfully embarrassed.
6. I like to write poetry, but haven’t written a new poem since the 9th of September. Oops – better get to work on a new offering.
7. This one is a little sad. I’m supposed to tag seven other people to also share their seven random facts, but I don’t KNOW seven other bloggers. And the bloggers I do know have all been tagged by Sally! So perhaps if you’re reading this, and you have a blog, you could pretend to be my friend and share your seven things. Leave a comment here and I’ll come and read them.
Day two of my story reading sessions, and the other toys were all eagerly sitting on the cushions before I’d clambered down from my shelf. They really do love being read to. I should do it more often.
For today’s session, I’d chosen
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy, by Lynley Dodd. I do love animal stories, and Hairy Maclary is such a cutie. Anyway, once everyone was settled, I read the story.
Spotty, the little toy dog, was very excited to see ‘Bottomley Potts covered in Spots’. He yapped excitedly and chased his tail until Primula gently reminded him that we hadn’t finished the story. After the story was over, Spotty paraded around the toy room declaring HE was Bottomley Potts . It was so very cute.
I am so enjoying Book Week. And it’s only just begun!
Yay! It’s BookWeek! There is a great buzz here in the toyroom. Yesterday I downloaded the free colouring page from the CBCA site, and Primula and I set up a colouring corner for the other toys. Soon, everyone was busy with their textas and pencils.
When they had finished I used the coloured pages as decorations for the special reading corner I’ve set up in honour of Children’s Book Week. I put the posters on the wall and set up lots of cushions and mats for the other toys to sit on. I’ve moved a pile of my favourite picture books onto a nearby shelf so that I can run my daily story time sessions. It really is a cosy nook I’ve created.
Clocky, the clockwork mouse, was especially excited because the colouring page has a mouse on – she swears it’s her cousin. Maurice. I’m not so sure, but hey, let her believe it – it adds o the magic of the week.
So, this afternoon I held my first story time. Primula helped out by making sure everyone was comfortable and could see. I chose to read The Little Crooked House, by Margaret Wild. It’s lots of fun – and there’s a mouse in it, so Clocky was rapt. All the toys enjoyed joining in on the repeated refrain of Yippee-yi-yay!
I had such fun sharing story time with my friends. Book week is great!
What a quiet weekend it was here in the nursery. Primula managed to get hold of a copy of the Harry Potter book and spent the whole weekend engrossed in finding our what happens to Harry. I do love reading but found myself unable to read the Harry Potter series – they are so heavy that my little paws just can’t hold them up! So I stick to beautiful picture books, which are a little lighter, or, of course, reading online.
If you’ve looked closely at the illustrations in my life story, then you’ll know that we have some great books on the shelves here in the toy room. The Big Friendly Bear could well have been written with me in mind and The Bear Facts has some enlightening information for those of you who are not bruins. New Toy on the Block is full of suspense and Left on the Floor brings a tear to the eye. Then there are the nonfiction offerings. Primula’s favourite is Joy of Signing, and 101 Ways to Freeze is compulsory reading for every toy – we don’t want to be caught singing and dancing when one of our humans enters the room.
If you hadn't noticed these book titles in the background when reading my life story, have another look next time you get the chance. You know, the book's not just about me - I'm just the star!
Primula has finished Harry Potter, has wiped away her tears and is ready to sing with me again. So it’s back to normal here in the toy room.
By: Sally Murphy,
on 7/17/2007
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Teddy bear, teddy bear,Turn around.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,Touch the ground.
Primula taught me this song this morning, and the other toys had fun joining in, even though most of them aren't bears. Primula said it didn't matter - she said people love this song, too.
So, after a little singing session was over I started wondering about other songs about bears and I went cruising the Internet. I think google was created just for curious bears such as myself, to satisfy our whimsical curiosities.
Anyway,I found a whole lot of songs about bears, here. I've heard Teddy bear's Picnic before (I think I've even blogged about that one), and of course Primula has been teaching me Teddy bear, teddy bear, but I was surprised just how many there were. My favourite was You are my teddy bear sung to the tune of You are my sunshine. I wonder if I can get Primula to sing it to me?
But some of the songs I didn't like, because they suggested bears are scary and should be hunted or run away from. One even mentioned a gun! I think I might have nightmares tonight.
No I won't - because Primula is here with me, safe in the toyroom. She's a wonderful friend, is Primula.
Gotta go sing.
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… Primula taught me this song today, all about favourite things, as sung by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. And it got me thinking about my favourite things. So, I thought I’d share them.
1. Primula (of course) as it was her that taught me to sing.
2. Singing. Almost any song will do, but I specially like happy ones.
3. Hugs. I’m a hugging kind of a guy. The world would be a better place if more people would hug more often.
4. Poetry. Both writing it and reading it. Again, especially happy ones.
5. Blogging. I love being a blogging bear.
6. Friends. There are lots of them here in the toy room.
7. Laughter. I love hearing other people laugh. It never fails to make me happy, too.
So there you have it.
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The word “beneficence” is really a meaningful word. It means “the practice of doing good” .If you have any interest in helping others you can use this word. So keep in mind “Do good have good”
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