Unfortunately, our Bear Hug was reduced more than considerably when we got the boat, and I hope that our bears all found good homes where they are loved and well cared for.
I wrote quite a few teddy bear stories , and we still have several ornamental bears on our shelf here together with a collection of hedgehogs and some other precious items which attract happy memories. I’d like to share some of these with you periodically.
Hubby and I have always liked the humble hedgehog, and when we bought our first house, had regular visitors.
There are various lists for gifts, and the one I found showed that the Fourth anniversary was BOOKS, not linen as shown above. I therefore bought him The Complete Hedgehog which seemed very apt at the time.
Apparently hedgehog numbers are in decline here, so we were glad to see several on the marina before winter and to pass the information on. Maggie was curious and got too close once which resulted in a surprised yelp so now she leaves them alone.
Over the years, I have tried to give Hubby a traditional gift as per our anniversary celebration, though in some instances, I’ve had to think outside the box to comply with the list.
For one in particular, we had similar ideas, and I’m still wearing mine (that’ll be the subject of another post) .
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I have a number of bears that belonged to my (late) sister. You cannot donate them here due to a perceived health risk so I am at a bit of a loss as to how to find them good homes. Ideas? 🙂
We gave most of ours to charity shops apart from one large bag which was given to a member of staff at the lock up in Lincolnshire. Would a children’s home/hospice or hospital accept them at all?
Apparently not. It is a health concern.
That is such a shame. Maybe you could find the name of a collector who may be interested?
My grown daughter has quite a collection from childhood, and all in very good shape, but finding them a place is nearly impossible. Shelters and hospitals will not take them and prefer new so there won’t be any allergy/dust problems. So they sit….needing arms to hold them. I cannot bear to toss them to a flea market. Hoping the island’s child emergency group/sheriff will consider them. What happened to hand-me-downs and still have a lot of useable wear? People who have nothing too snooty to take well cared for or second hand. A bit disgusting as well as disturbing.
Hedgehogs looks to interesting – we don’t have them here
Hedgehogs are so cute and surprisingly fast movers when they want to be. Shame about the fleas, but then you wouldn’t want to snuggle up to them at night!
that’s a heck of a lot of bears!
Indeed they were, and used to sit on top of our wardobe in the cottage. It would have been lovely to keep them all, but it was not meant to be. We had several sets of ceramics too, and they were all given away. 😦
Don’t you just want to hug each and every little bear? 🙂
A wonderful collection 🙂
Each had their ‘story’.
I’m sure 🙂