TGIF!!! Let’s have some more 101 Bebe Panda-Nation!
Will Pinky save the day?
How about that! Pinky DID save the day!
Happy New Year’s Eve and a (Im)peachy New Year!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
31 Days of Pandas: Day 11
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31 Days Of Pandas: Day 10
I’m afraid I have failed you. I do not have the next installment of Beary Poppins ready for you. They are in progress, but well…I just didn’t get it done. Sorry sorry sorry.
But I will have them done next week, and will try very hard to get a little ahead again…It’s just I have needed so many naps! And…I did do this:
The Frank and Mikey burning 2020 dumpster Diorama! Complete with artfully hand stenciled habitat and burning marshmallows!
But now, let’s just have the next several episodes of 101 Bebe Panda-Nation!
Inspector Panda has arrived! He’ll…um…solve everything!
Where is Babette taking them?
Cue the scary music!!!!
Oh no! What will happen next???? Toon in tomorrow!!!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
31 Days of Pandas: Day 9 ~ 101 Bebe Panda-Nation Continues…
On Monday, we left our story just as Mei Xiang and Tian left for a holiday party, instructing Pinky, who was babysitting the small pandas, NOT to open the door to anyone!
Of course, Pinky paid no attention whatsoever…
Uh oh.
When trouble arrives, it’s time to call for some MEIHEM!!!!!
This may be a job for…Inspector Panda!!!!
Uh oh! When it’s time to call for Inspector Panda….
Be the Bear!
Bob T deck the halls Panda
31 Days of Pandas: Day 7
Get your popcorn out, it’s time for the first installment of 101 Bebe Pandas! Please enjoy this beloved Holiday Classic Encore Presentation, brought to you by The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire!
Wait…who did you say is the star?
How many times do we have to tell you, DON’T ANSWER THE DOOR!!!!!
Babette can talk anyone into anything.
‘Toon in Wednesday for the next exciting installment!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
In Honor of Six and Sebben!
It was Six and Sebben’s birthday this week! Hard to believe they turned FOUR!!! As is traditional at The Panda Chronicles, I like to feature the birthday bears on a Sunday Funday dive into the archives. Is it my fault if Pinky took three weeks to celebrate her birthday? She *might* make an appearance here too!
I’m working on some new felties which I really swear I will get photographed and up on the Buy Stuff with Pandas page…really soon! I went for a last visit to my felty supplier, Abundant Earth Fiber. The coronavirus restrictions meant they had to be closed for more than 4 months. Although they do have a vibrant online store, as a new member of the fiber arts community, their store was like a trip to Wonderland. There were always someone there, either knitting or spinning or just hanging out and ready to talk about wool. They recently made the difficult decision to close their retail space.
The mill lives on and they’ve made arrangements with another local store to carry some of their best selling yarns and fibers, and also to serve as a pick up location for online orders for us locals. As part of their closing, they had a sale on everything in the shop, so I am well stocked up on fiber for now. They are currently offering free shipping on everything ordered online for US addresses, so if you are a knitter, (or felter!) and want to order some stunningly beautiful yarn, I hope you’ll check them out. I don’t get anything for promoting them (other than their continued existence). Their philosophy of small, high quality batch yarn and fibers really resonates with me.
But enough about the real world! Let’s take a look back in the archives for the Life and Times of Six and Sebben!
It’s a girl! It’s another girl!
Will there be cuppycakes?
Panda Trek 2: The Next Generation
The little gift that keeps on giving!
Would it be such a bad thing?
Oh, brave new world, with such pandas in it!
Twinkies 2.0 put on a show!
Will these two ever get along?
Pinky’s previous minions are all grown up now, and know better than to listen to her, but…
Pinky and her new minions get down to serious business
I don’t think this crew of minions is going to be quite as devoted as her last ones.
“If there is dirt, we’ll find it!”
Motto of Six and Sebben Political consultants INC.
I just thought we all needed a good laugh, so….
Did I just see what I thought I saw?
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
It is STILL Mr. Wu’s Birthday Season
Hold your horses, Pinky! It is still Mr. Wu’s birthday season. We’ll get to yours next week. Meanwhile, if you are still on Fezbook and can follow Patricia Rice’s panda birthday posts, I highly recommend them. Given that she is a real life historian, she writes excellent birthday posts for many of the known captive panda population, including most of our favorite bears.
But now, in celebration of the cute Wu-Self, we bring you…Bears Under the Big Top!
Fanmail from some Flounder?
Voices in the night, a ladder, a letter…adios…
“Are we there, yet?”
This is a case for…Inspector Panda!
episode 5
episode 6
episode 7
episode 8
episode 9
episode 10
episode 11
episode 12
episode 13
episode 14
…and it all ends with Mr Wu’s Birthday party! Huzzah!
Hope you enjoyed our trip down memory lane! (and for those of you who wondered how Wu met Bee, the Bear…)
panda On
Bob T Panda
In celebration of pandas! (Because, duh!)
It’s time for another day of Sunday Panda Fun, because what else do we have to live for? There will be new ‘toons coming down the web this week. Huzzah!
But what to share for our Sunday Funday ‘toons…Truth to tell, I can’t remember from one week to the next which ‘toons I shared last week (although it seems that maybe Pinky took over, last week..) As I have entered a new phase of felty panda making, it seems appropriate that this week’s Sunday ‘toons should celebrate that International Panda of Mystery…
Babette de Panda!!!!
Wanting to stretch my creative capabilities, I decided to make a felty Deluxe Babette, and feeling very pleased with the result, posted a picture of her on Twidder. A fan of felty pandas demanded that Babette come to live with her immediately. How could I say no?
Which leaves me in something of a quandary.
I plan on making more, as well as experimenting with some other of the as yet unrepresented pandas. I love the idea of making one of a kind pandas. It excites my muse, as it were. But how to let everyone who might want one see them… So here is what I am thinking. If people are interested, they can let me know via the contact form on the buy stuff with pandas page. I will make a list in the order people contact me.
This will not commit you to anything, other than receiving a photo of the next available panda, then saying “yes, I’d like that one”, at which time I’ll send an invoice and once it’s paid, I’ll ship within the week. Or you’ll say “no” and I’ll contact the next person on the list. I will also be posting them here, as well as on Twitter and Fezbook. (You can also contact me on Fezbook and Twidder, though I can’t guarantee I will see those messages before I see them here)
Here are the first two Babette, international Panda(s) of Mystery! Alas, these two are already spoken for!
Babette the first!
Babette, all dressed up for a costume ball!
This outfit really needed to be seen by more than one angle. 🙂
And with that in mind, let’s look at some of Babette’s early appearances!
All My Pandas……
Wheel…of…PANDAS!!!!!
Huzzah! More Wheel…of…PANDAS!!!
I’m not a Doctor but a play one in a cartoon!
We call it “extra Fluffy Tuesday” around here.
Says Babette de Panda: “It’s all about MOI` “
Babette and Bee, the Bear have a “discussion”
Babette has ..um…toned her wardrobe down in honor of this important occasion.
“Madame Babette sees all!: I see cake in my…er…your future!”
Babette, in her leading lady role in Wagner’s Cuppycake cycle
As you might have gathered, Babette de Panda is quite a mentor of Pinky! Have a fun Sunday (or at least as fun as you can have during the days of Mitten’s reign of terror.) You can also have fun with cut out paper pandas, including Babette de Panda, on the Have Fun with Pandas page!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
It’s Sunday *gulp* Funday!
While the news makes it feel more like Sunday, Bloody Sunday instead of Sunday Funday, here at The Institute for Contemporary Panda Satire, we are dedicated to bringing you fun with pandas!
A quick note: We are ready to start taking orders for more felty pandas! All the information can be found on the Buy Stuff With Pandas page, which you can find right here! You can also order the first group of Panda Chronicle themed Washi tape!
Pinky is a Star (not to mention a icon) and she is ready to be your emotional support panda…well, if you let her be president she will! Wearing her signature tutu and her tiara, Pinky is ready for you to grant her all her wildest dreams. hey! This is Pinky we are talking about. You didn’t think she was here to serve you, did you?
But now, let’s jump into the panda way-back bus and see what encore presentations there are for your Sunday relaxation!
Oh dear….are you going to leave her there?
There must be cake!
Is this any way to treat our Nation’s most adorable icon?
The forces of Meihem are only barely in check.
But at least Pinky didn’t FLUNK CAKE!!!!!
“Oh yeah…dere MIGHT be one or two other pandas in it, but I can’t remember who.”
Never say “no” to Pinky!
And it was ever thus….
Meihem, not Mayhem.
Well, they did hang their coats up.
Introducing Princess Dumpling
Wait a minute…triplets??????
We hope you enjoyed a completely Mittens free Sunday! I sure needed that and I bet you did too! Don’t forget to check out the new line up on the Buy Stuff with Pandas Page!
Panda on!
Bob T Panda
Doctor, Doctor, Give me the News
…I got a bad case of coronavirus blues!
Fortunately no (known) cases exist on Whidbey Island but I’m doing all the sensible things: staying home as much as possible (kind of easy when you are self employed and work from home), stocking up on supplies (both food and felty pandas), and watching lots of panda videos!
Speaking of felty pandas…
I am working through each group of felty panda rewards from my Kickstarter project, and will have all of them out to their new homes probably within the next 8 weeks. This is actually far ahead of schedule, for which we can thank HWMNBN for creating such an atmosphere of dire foreboding that relief through felty panda making is essential.
There has been some interest from people who either missed the Kickstarter project, or now that they have received their new felty friends, they want the rest of the characters. Once I finish with the Kickstarter pandas, I will open up to new orders, so please hold that thought. I don’t want to take a chance on requests getting lost in the shuffle.
In the meantime, did someone call for a doctor?
All My Pandas……
And what could cheer you up more than Boopie and the Pandas?
Boopie and the pandas…
a morality tale…
…in several parts…
…but Boopie and the pandas live happily ever after. Ben does not.
And who could forget:
This doesn’t have anything to do with Mei Xiang, but I was looking for this one!
We hope this helped you forget about…um…everything.
Panda On!
Bob T Panda
The Year in Review Part 2
Before we dive in to our Year in Review encore presentation, can I just say OH MY FRIGGING GOD!!!! The tiny panda (Hold me closer tiny panda) Kickstarter reached its goal amount 13 minutes after launching. I am astounded with gratitude for this response. It also was listed as a Kickstarter Project We Love most of the day on Friday. Needless (or needle-less) to say, I have a lot of felting to do over the coming months. If you are afraid you missed your favorite panda, check back at the project, because I added some more reward categories!
Thank you again, from deep within my heart. I can’t wait to get these pandas to you! (After I make them of course!) This has the added benefit of getting to visit the Abundant Earth Fiber store again, which may now be called my happy place!
But now, on with the Year in Review for April, May, and June (Wherein we are reminded of why we need emotional support pandas!)
it was a total coincidence that Babette’s ‘toon should run today.
Moove over! You’re crowding me!
Look who’s here!
On to May!
If you go out in the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise!
Irony is dead:
Who could have done this????
Did I just see what I thought I saw?
June is in ‘toon…
Bwahahahaha!
Frank and Mikey make another return appearance!
So, Mikey…how was the Grand Ol’ Opry?
And let’s not forget Six and Sebben!
Will these two ever get along?
Well, that’s it for today’s wrap up! See ya real soon!
Panda on!
Bob T Panda