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 8 ~ Beary Poppins Returns!
I don’t know about you, but one of my reactions to extreme stress is taking lots of naps… so…um…if more episodes of Beary Poppins are *delayed* I hope you’ll cut me some slack. But never fear, no matter how slow the ink pen is skating over the page, there is plenty of 31 Days of Pandas content to fill the void. Huzzah!
But no point in worrying about that for now, as we DO have a brand new episode of Beary Poppins all ready to go, coming right up. Hopefully it will take our minds off the fact that the Minions of Mittens are trying to ACTUALLY steal the election, while claiming that the Democrats are trying to steal it by *gasp* counting actual votes. Please make it stop.
Meanwhile at the Panda House…
I think Biscuit and Beary Poppins are forming a real bond!
A Note on Daily Panda Deals…
I’m finding I just don’t have the bandwidth right now to figure out what I have and write copy to let you know. That said, I have lots of pins and patches (except for Pinky) a few pairs of socks, and lots of Washi Tape, so if you think you would like some of it, just send me a message via the Contact Me form (rather than comments) and we can play let’s make a deal!
Be the Bear
Bob T 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
31 Days of Pandas: Day 6 PARDON MEEEEEE
Way back when, we predicted Pardon Palooza and wouldn’t you know, now it is coming to pass!
Meanwhile, Frank and Mikey are going through the marshymallows like they’re going out of style, because Mikey’s keep bursting into flames over the dumpster fire. The dumpster fire is heating way up too, as Mittens cannot believe he didn’t win, or at least that’s what he says. Meanwhile, he’s raking in cash from mostly small dollar donors, who might do well to put those $10 and $25 contributions away to buy stuff from the hospital gift store when they go in for COVID 19 after they attend another one of his super spreader events.
But hey! What about those Sunday ‘toons you promised?
I’m sure they are all innocent, just like Mittens!
Did we not say he’d be selling pardons back in March? We even had Impeachment on the calendar back in 2019!
Made by the same highly scientific company as the Cute-o-Meter!
It’s been a long time coming. Hope he’ll be a looooong time gone!
I can totally see you know who doing this.
What did Mr. Bun Know and when did he know it?
Tune in tomorrow when we begin a rebroadcast of 101 Baby Pandas! Introducing Bebe Maurice, and starring Inspector Panda, Mr Wu, and Babette de Panda, International panda of Mystery!
Be the bear!
Bob T Panda
31 days of Pandas: Day 3~ WHO is a LOSER???
I know I’m kind of poking the bear here. But the election is over and You Know Who Lost! Once again I’m up far to late so I will just post today’s ‘toon and call it a night!
Oh…and get ready for…
It’s time to call it a day, Mittens!
Pinky 2024!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
What do you think…A 2020 Felt Dumpster fire with burning marshmallows on sticks as an accessory package for Frank and Mikey?
Mikey’s marshmallow, is, of course, on fire.
More from Beary Poppins and Welcome to 31 Days of Pandas!
Here we are! It is December 1st! We have survived (so far) but there are still weeks to go before January 20th, and even then, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Mittens. But we strive to embrace good cheer this month, because 31 Days of Pandas is now in da house!
Today we have another episode of Beary Poppins. complete with another tug at the old heart strings. Tomorrow…well, we’ll just have to see about tomorrow! In addition to the daily ‘toons (some new, some old) I thought that maybe we would try a little experiment! I’m calling it The Daily Panda Deal. I have various odds and ends remaining from various thingies I’ve made, and while I adore having boxes of things in my studio, (ha ha, just kidding) it would be better if I could send them to YOU at a special Black and White Friday deal.
Quantities are limited (some things more than others) so in order to give everyone a fair chance, requests MUST be placed via the Buy Stuff With Pandas comment form at the bottom of that page. That way, I have a record of who ordered what when, and can send an invoice via Square. The Daily Panda Deal will follow the day’s ‘toon offering. The Post Office is telling us that if I mail things before December 18th, they should get to you by Christmas, but who knows. Recent packages have taken more than a week to reach their destinations.
But now! On to our feature ‘toon of the day, another episode of Beary Poppins!
Bikkie loves Beary Poppins! Also Rory the Dinosaur by Liz Climo
The Daily Panda Deal for December 1
Today’s Panda Deal is a set of Panda Chronicles Washi tape! You can decorate all kinds of this with this tape. You could even take plain ornaments and wrap a band of tape around them and you would have fun panda ornaments! Normally $20 + shipping for a set of 4 tapes, today’s deal is $15 + $4 shipping in the US. Remember to use the contact form on the Buy Stuff with Pandas Page to order.
This deal is for December 1st only!
Tape is slightly over 1 inch wide and 10 yards long!
Here is a picture of the actual tape!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Coming this week! 31 Days of Pandas!
2020 seems like it was million years long, didn’t it? As we get ready to enjoy the wonder that is 31 Days of Pandas I thought it would be good to look back at a ‘toon or two from each month this year, so that we can see the many splendored (????) year that 2020 has been.
You might have noticed I have not done any post election ‘toons. Call it superstition, but until I watch Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take the oath of office, I am somewhat apprehensive that Mittens will manage to yank the rug out from under us yet again. Suffice to say, Pinky is taking the results fairly well (for Pinky) but I’m not expecting that to hold necessarily. As she said to me, “it’s been kind of hard to be my normal, outrageous self, when mittens is so outrageous on his own in real life. dis is beary unfairs to pinky. ”
Wise words from a small panda.
In addition to the twice weekly new ‘toons, 31 Days of Pandas will feature Holiday Encore Presentations from the Panda Chronicle Archives. And…maybe a commercial or two from the Buy Stuff With Pandas pages. On Tuesday I will reveal the latest addition to the Felty Panda Pantheon (which according to my laptop dictionary can mean: a group of particularly respected, famous, or important people: the pantheon of the all-time greats.) I assume that goes for pandas too!
A reminder that PDXWildlife Auction ends today (November 29th) and that felty pandas bought during the months of November and December will trigger a small donation to PDXWildlife!
Now! On to 2020, the Year That Was…
January brings us one of the more reprehensible creatures that abide in the land of pandas…
This makes perfect sense to me!
In February, the Impeachment saga went on, while unbeknownst to (almost) everyone (everyone but Mittens and some Senators who coincidentally traded stocks that were about to tank) a global pandemic was brewing.
What did Mr. Bun Know and when did he know it?
March: Later in the year, we lost our beloved icon, Ruth Bader Ginsberg. But earlier in the year, she was still kicking butt and taking names, despite her battle with cancer. She lives on in our hearts.
Meet Ruth Panda Ginsbear
April: The pandemic took hold for real, and while Mittens and his evil spawn tried to figure out how they could ignore it while making a buck off of it, governors (mostly in states led by Democrats) enacted quarantines and mask requirements to try to buy some time for hospitals that were being overwhelmed by COVID19 patients.
You can’t get more socially distant than sending everyone to their room!
Well, bless her heart!
May: Speaking of trying to make a buck off of the pandemic…
Wait…we get paid?
June: The pandemic raged on. Closed and deserted National Parks made room for the native wildlife. The Democratic field had narrowed to Joe Biden, and Mittens was aiming his propaganda machine at Biden, while continuing to mismanage the pandemic. Thank goodness Frank and Mikey were on the job to report on happenings at Yosemite National Park!
Be a wild thing!
Wild thing, I think I love you!
July: The Democratic Party stages a virtual Convention that a was surprisingly moving, and despite a few technical glitches, was both watchable and inspiring. Shortly before the convention, Biden chose Kamala Harris as his running mate. HUZZAH!!! Mittens produced a cringeworthy convention, at least partially on the grounds of the WH, which as it is a government property, I’m pretty sure was illegal. One of his lesser crimes, I guess. I’ve lost count.
Well, it IS rather easy to understand…
Personally, I think the voice of Pinky is much more soothing than that of You Know Who!
August: We learned of the death of one of the guiding lights of the Twitter Panda Community. She loved pandas and NASCAR and was a force for connection within the panda community. It was not coronavirus, but who knows if her heart condition would have gotten more scrutiny if not for the overwhelming strain that coronavirus placed on hospitals.
Meanwhile, despite a slight dip in cases in May and June, the unwillingness of some states to institute mask requirements and event restrictions, the pandemic comes roaring back. Just when toilet paper supplies began to normalize.
But late in august (the 21st, to be exact) we had some GREAT news!
Who will win? Six and Sebben battle it out on the track!
Mommee Mei has an eagle eye!
A new cubby! The possibilities are endless!
September: Ping learns he can stay forever, and Frank and Mikey become Felties!
Mommee Mei always knows the right thing to do and say!
Is that a donut I see before me?
October: Frank applies for a new job!
Frank is off on a new adventure!
And now here we are! November! Mittens Removal Day!
Mittens Removal Day!
Be the very brave Bear!
Bob T Panda
Get ready for 31 Days of Pandas!!!!
A Day for Thanks, Another episode of Beary Poppins!
Today is a national holiday. I hope you have resisted the siren song to gather with friends and family far and wide, because more than any time during this pandemic, it is not safe to do so. I just learned of another friend to pandas who has contracted COVID-19 and I really don’t want anyone else to get it.
It is just. not. safe.
But with all that, I am thankful for so many things.
I am thankful that neither I, nor anyone in my closest circles have become ill.
Of those friends and acquaintances who have contracted COVID 19, I am thankful you are recovering, and my deepest hope is that you recover completely.
I am thankful for those of you who read my ‘toons.
I am thankful when you tell me something I have written has touched your heart.
I am thankful that so many of you have chosen to support my various Kickstarter projects, and especially my felty panda project! it continues to give me great joy and comfort through these hard and increasingly desperate times.
I am thankful that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be our leaders in the new year. With every announcement of cabinet picks, I am reminded of how far we have fallen, and how gradual and yet all at once, what we once took for granted crumbled before our eyes.
I am thankful for the realization that even if I can’t gather with friends today, that I can skip the turkey and gravy and just eat an entire pie by myself, which follows a dinner of stuffing and cranberry relish.
I am thankful that we have a new baby cubby in DC and like the little miracle that he is, was named Xiao Qi Ji, as such.
And now, let us be thankful for large, soft bears, with stories to tell, and small bears to hear them.
Once upon a time…
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Princess Pinky says, she is thankful for cuppycakes and da panda kindygarten and her magical wand!
Hey I just got word of a site wide 20% of sale over at Abundant Earth Fiber! Friday 11/27 ~ Monday 11/30
As you may know, this is where I get the majority of my wool fibers to make my felties, and it is beautiful stuff. They mill all of the fibers and yarn they sell, as well as do the dyeing in beautiful, rich, earthy colors. Not only do they make beautiful yarn, they are lovely, kind people. Since closing their retail location, they have been including US shipping at no additional cost to you. For the yarn lover in your life, this is a great opportunity to support a wonderful small business and get some great yarn at a great price!