Adventures Ahead...

"Hm, thatz how many nickels per ticket? timez three, firzt clazz of courze, yez the teethbruzhez are packed, hopefully thar iz a nice bear-themed in-flight movie, and of course yummy snackz, here we go..."

Rain, Rain Go Away...

Sandy here, reporting from Jerry and Ben's place...and as you can see, it's raining. In fact, it's been raining mostly for 3 days...THREE DAYS! That makes little bears who want to go outside and play and work in the garden beary irritated. So, there is just one thing to do...

ask Ben to do a Cooking With Ben segment! Jake and Boo have agreed to help out too.

Ben says, "On a rainee day, the only solution is to make Chokolate Chip Kookies!"

Jake will measure the flour...

Sandy is going to measure the white and brown sugar...

Jerry will mix the butter, sugar and vanilla (and Boo will supervise)...

And Ben will add the delicious chocolate chips...

"Hey, wait a minute..." says Ben, "thiz is not a full pakage...someone has been tazting the chocolate chips!"

"Well" says Ben, "thatz ok I guess, there will just be a few lesz chips in each kookie."

Our seKretary will do the mixing (that is hard for little bears to do), and will also bake the kookies (again, best for little bears not to deal with the oven).

Here is the final product, looks good, huh?

"So Sandy" asks Ben, "did you have fun making cookies today?"

"I sure did" replied Sandy, "cooking is one of my favorite hobbies, along with gardening, hiking and travel of course."

"Those are great hobbies" adds Ben, "they are my favorite too!"

"You must have some great gardening and hiking possibilities in beautiful Canada" notes Ben. "We sure do" replies Sandy, "you and Jerry should come for a visit!"

"That is a beary great idea!" says Ben, "you and Jerry can help me to suggest that to our seKretaries!"

"Well Sandy" continues Ben, "thanks for your help in the kitchun today! Now, let's all sit down with a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy those kookies!"

Hey! Wait a minute...

Jerry's Corner, episode 9

Hello stuffies everywhere! This is Jerry's Corner. I'm your host, Jerry. Welcome to the show!

Jerry's Corner is a talk and information show where stuffies of all kinds from around the world can get answers to their questions, receive great advice, and enjoy helpful tips, all from me, your host, Jerry! Remember, keep those questions coming!

We have a beary special guest for today's show. Can you guess who it is?

Yes, that's right, it's our good pal Sandy! He is visiting us for a little while on his way back to Canada. "Welcome to the show Sandy" says Jerry, "we're sooo glad to hav yoU here!"

"Thank you so much" says Sandy, "I'm beary happy to be here on your show!" Jerry continues, "Well Sandy, I'm sure our regular viewers are wondering what you've been up to since you first arrived. Tell everyone about some of the fun theengs we've been doing." "Well" replys Sandy, "yesterday, if was raining and the skies were cloudy, so after a beary nice breakfast (Ben's pancakes!) Jerry and Ben took me to the Mall of America."

"I heard that it was a big mall, but it is a BEARY big mall--there is an indoor amusement park!" explains Sandy. "We got to go on a horsey ride! Then we looked around at some of the fun shops, such as this HUGE Lego store!"

"It sure was a fun day at the big mall in Minnesoooooota" Sandy giggles.

"It waz a fun day for sure" adds Jerry. "Today is a beary nize day. Tell our viewers what we did after breakfast."

"Well, today, for breakfast, we have yogurt with berries and granola, drizzled with honey!" says Sandy. Jerry adds, "Yes, that waz yummmiee...hm, I wonder when lunch is?" Sandy continues "and after that, Jerry and Ben took me to the sculpture garden to see the big spoon and cherry!"

"Then" continues Sandy, "I got to have my photo taken in front of the Mary Tyler Moore house."

"Yes," adds Jerry, "for those viewers who don't know, the Mary Tyler Moore Show waz a hit television series in the US in the 1970s." "Yeah" giggles Ben, "way back in the Middul Ages!"  Jerry laughs, then continues "This big house waz where Mary waz supposed to live, way up in the top apartment...can you see it?"

"Then we took a nice hike around some of the lakes" continues Sandy. "Yes" Jerry adds, "Minnesota has over 10,000 lakes, and several nice lakes are right in the Twin Cities, and stufifes can walk or bike around them."

"You can see Minneapolis in back of Lake Calhoun, and if you look closely," says Jerry, "you'll see something else that flew right into our photo, right above Sandy's head...can you see it?" "A BEE" says Ben, "that sure must BEE a sign of good luck because Sandy is here!!" "Well" says Sandy, "it was a fun hike and a perfect day!"

"It sure waz" say Ben. "Well, my stomach is starting to rumble, so I think itz time for lunch! I want to thank my beary spezial guest Sandy!"

"You're beary welcome Jerry," says Sandy, "I really had a great time on your show! I hope you'll ask be back another time!"

"We sure will" says Jerry. "Thanks to all of our regular viewers! Thiz is Jerry, spezial guest Sandy, and camera-bear Ben, signing off! Keep those qwestions coming!"

Waiting....waiting...

Waiting....waiting...

Sometimes, it's beary difficult for a little bear to wait.

Jerry noticed Ben looking into the back yard and asked, "Iz he here yet?" "Not yet" answered Ben, "sigh, it iz sooooo hard to wait."

"Well I'll wait weeth yoU" said Jerry.

Suddenly Jerry and Ben hear "Honk, honk....honk, honk" and then something fluttering outside--it sure does sound like a big something fluttering.

Jerry asks "Who iz that? Iz that.....could it be...." but Ben quickly pipes in "Oh! Letz go outside!"

As they open the door, they hear a little voice say "I will, and thanks for a great flight!" Then, something large swoops up so quickly into the sky they aren't able to catch of good look of what it was.

Ben says "Yeah! Sandy has arrived! Finally!" Jerry adds "Yeah! Howdy Sandy! Did you have a gud flight?"

Sandy was visiting Ajdin for the big Cherry Blossom Festival, and his Moma said he could stop off at our house for a little break on his was back to Canada. Sandy left Virginia on Salmon Express Air, which is a an affiliate of Canadian Goose Airlines. His connection on Canadian Goose Airlines allowed for a landing right in our backyard! Izn't that great?

Ben says "We are sooo exsighted to have Sandy stay with uS!" "Yeah" adds Jerry, "he kan help me do some gardeneeng!" "I'm really happy to be here" says Sandy, "it's so nice that we finally all get to meet!" Ok, time for a group photo! Say "salmon!"

"Oh" says Sandy, "Ajdin sent along a little present for you two." Hm, what can it be?

Oh cool! A Cherry Blossom Festival magnet for our refrigerator! We love it, thanks Ajdin!

Well, we have lots of fun activities planned for Sandy before he catch's his next goose, er flight, back home, so check back often!

Hmmmm...

Cheep, cheep!

We've made a post about Cardinal birds before, but this morning, we had a beautiful one singing away in our back yard. They often come to the bird feeder, always male and female together, very early in the morning or late in the afternoon. In the winter when we have lots of snow, we sometimes are lucky to view 4-5 altogether enjoying their favorite snack: sunflower seeds. It's so beautiful to see such vibrant red against the white snow. Here is what they look like close up: