Another sweltering hot afternoon in the All Bear workroom... So hot in fact, I pulled the window blind down (I let it up for a moment to t...

  Back in the early 1980's, my sister knitted a Jean Greenhowe scarecrow for my daughter as a gift. 'Crowman' as he became known...

  Hibearnation So far, January has been mostly a cold, muddy, grey month here in my little corner of Kent. We missed the excitement of the h...

For those of you who read my previous post, I am happy to say my little Grandson seems to be settling happily into his new school life. I ...

Time is a funny old thing isn't it ... I was hunting through some old photographs for pictures of my biggest bears and came across thi...

Being a maker of teddy bears can be a very sedentary and isolating job ... in fact, I don't recall how I  stayed sane before this daft...

I've been working on a big teddy bear for a collector in the US ... ' I'll leave it up to you Paula ' she said, when asked...

I have never have had a head for heights, regrettably failing to inherent my mother's daredevil gene ... (she has bungee'd, whit...

Rodney found his climbing legs this week and his favourite lookout is now perched high in our plum tree. At five months of age, th...

Yesterday was General Election Day here in the UK and to be honest, I hadn't a clear view of which party I felt could safely lead the ...

As regular readers will know, Stuart and I began this year by fixing the date for our wedding. Two years after losing my Dad so very unexpe...

Oh dear, I'm such a party pooper!  It's an undeniable fact of life that me and New Year's Eve don't sit well with one anothe...

So, it will be New Year's Eve on Saturday and then thankfully, I can wave 2011 goodbye.  I'm not usually so lacking in enthusiasm fo...

There's a definite nip in the air here in Kent and already there are early signs of Autumn ... Woodland brambles are bearing j...

My little boy turned 26 yesterday.  I guess at six foot three, working regularly overseas and with a mortgage in his own right now, it'...