I have at last downloaded my photos from my trip to the Perth Zoo. I went to visit our little
Sun Bear cub, Maly, became the first Sun Bear born in Australia on 26 March 2008. (my visit and photos are from the 25th march so Maly is 1 year old in the photos and nearly as big as mum. which is about 50- 60kg which is the same weight as my 10 year old Rottweiler. Anyway a bit to know about our friend teh Sun bear:
Diet: Sun Bears are omnivores and eat a range of fruit, eggs, honey, grubs, small mammals and shoots.
In the wild: Very little is actually known about Sun Bears in the wild because they are difficult to track and observe. They are mostly nocturnal and spend the day sleeping and sunbathing in trees. Unlike other bears, Sun Bears do not hibernate. This is because food is available all year round.
Did you know? Sun Bears have a very long tongue that can protrude up to 25 cm. They use their tongue to extract grubs, honey and other food from holes and crevices. The bear will also put its paws into termites’ nests. When the termites crawl onto the bear’s paws, they are licked off.
This is a little one minute video of the cub, hope you enjoy it! I found watching amazing!

Sneek Peek

This is a note to show of a new little panda that has taken up much of my weekend while my husband is on night shift... (keeps me quiet so he can sleep - how thoughtful of me) Not sure of a name yet, it will come to me as I spend much more time perfecting those cheeks. I even made some fortune cookies for him. Hope you like him

What a wonderful site Paula, from All bear has created. Its a wonderful way to look at artists recent works, promote your own and chat with like minded people. There are wonderful workshops too. I think this is going to take up a lot of my "spare time" oops forgot, I dont have any..... Take a look it really has some of the best artists.

Blogging take 2

Well here I am back again to blogging. I thought it was a great idea in November, and now its May. I am still to learn how to fit it all in... I have some new great news. While at the craft fair in Perth over the weekend I met Melissa Kemp who you would know from The Sydney Teddy bear fair. Well Melissa was doing a great job of encouraging new people to get interested in making and collecting bears. After all what a sad world it would be if there where no bears to hug. If you would like to be apart of this, please visit her new site on the web and join up for free patterns and newsletters. http://www.teddybearsociety.com You might just want to be a friend or maybe a contributor either way its a great site. This link will now be on my blogger site list.