The Winners Are...

Jerry and Ben are beary happy to announce the winners of their

6th Annual Beary Spooky Halloween Contest

"Thankz to every bear and stuffy who entered" says Ben. Jerry adds "it waz beary diffeekult to pik the winnerz, bekuz they all were so beary good!"

Contest 1: Halloween Costume (mostly purchased costume)

WINNER: Ajdin, for his "nerd" bear costume (complete with scotch-taped glasses)! Great job Ajdin!

HONORABLE MENTION: Little Fox, for is Fox in the Box (think jack-in-the-box) costume. So clever!

HONORABLE MENTION: Baby Pooh Bear, for his JD Fenix costume (JD Fenix is the main character from the new video game Gears of War 4). Great costume!

Contest 2: Halloween Costume (mostly home-made)

WINNER: Sandy for the beary clever (and we hear somewhat warm-to-wear) snow bear costume! Nice job Sandy! Your costume reminds us that winter is on the way, time to start pushing the seKretaries to vacation in Mexico in January!

HONORABLE MENTION: Reindeer for his chef outfit (Ben was beary impressed! Jerry wants to know when dinner is served...).

HONORABLE MENTION: Droppy for his wonderful DOGUSTUS CAESAR costume:

Friends, Romans, countrydogs...lend me your ears.

The evil that men do lives after them;

the good is oft interred with their bones.  

----Wait...what?  BONES?  Where??  Somebody buried some bones and didn't tell me about it?? How dare they!... 

Contest 3: Pumpkin Carving / Jack-o-lantern

WINNER: Beanie Mouse, with help from Tango and Jelly, for their original and SPOOKY Jack-o-lantern. Great job!

Contest 4: Home-grown pumpkin or gourd contest (from your garden!)

WINNER: Sandy and Little Fox (who was visiting Sandy and helped to display the bounty of Sandy's garden). Wonderful pumpkins and gourds Sandy! Jerry loves them!

Thanks again to all who entered; prizes are on their way!

Mail Bonanza

Jerry and Ben got a ton of mail recently!

First, there was a postcard of cool horses from Ajdin who was on a road trip on Chincoteauge Island in Virginia.

Then, we got a big package of homemade envelopes and cards from Beanie to say thanks for our participation in the traveling sketch book. That was a fun project!

Thanks Ajdin and Beanie!