C & M's Bear Hugs
News Bulletins 2006
| 5th November 2006 |
Well still later than promised here is a partial update,
I still have some bear photos to put up but I have no details for these so I
am waiting for Maria to help me. New Editions: Humphrey, Champagne, Carter, Derwent, Inca, Flutter, Fellini, Marmalade, Nutella and Saki Adopted before appearing on this site: Melody No longer available: Stripe, Matilda, Caramac, Cha, Latte, Cashmere, Zeigfeld, Aran, Tardy, Jessie, Opal and Bournville |
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| 17th October 2006 |
Maria and Wilbeary are travelling (with John!) for the
next couple of weeks. The studio will be closed until Sunday 29th October.
However Claire will be in the studio on Saturday 21st October. You can keep
track of their travels on Wilbeary's blog. John has promised to do a proper update for the web site with all the new bears Maria has made over the next couple of days. |
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| 17th August 2006 |
Here are the remaining four bears, also I forgot that
Thistle and Satsuma were no longer available. New Editions: Goliath, Sprite, Malibu and Powder Puff No longer available: Thistle and Satsuma |
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| 16th August 2006 |
I've been travelling quite a bit recently and on Monday I
really got tied up in Heathrow, however I'm now in India sitting in an
office updating this website. Maria has made a number of new bears, most of
which I am posting today the remaining four are newer and I have yet to
process the photographs - I will post them tomorrow. Preparations are well
underway for the Bear Fair on the Bank Holiday, Maria and Claire look
forward to seeing you there. New Editions: Rose Bud, Peony, Dusk, Cha, Cerise, Cashmere, Caramac, Buzz and Bournville Adopted before appearing on this site: Cranbeary Jnr No longer available: Andrew, Pebbles and Scruff |
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| 17th July 2006 |
I've managed to get the new bears that Maria has made up
on the site. New Editions: Jack of Spades, Vodka, Warren, Satsuma, Thistle, Curry, Bertha, Latte, Scruff, Mocha and Yasmine Adopted before appearing on this site: Pelirrojo |
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| 15th July 2006 |
  The studio move is complete and Maria is now
settled into her new studio. What a lot of stuff she had accumulated!! It
took ages to move everything, sort out the furniture etc. There is slightly
less display space but much more storage space available. Today we took the
opportunity to do a stock take and to reconcile the web site to the stock in
the studio, this also takes into account a number of bears adopted in the
past 4 weeks. Maria also retired some editions as she no longer has enough
of the fur to finish them. We also found a couple of bears that we thought
had been adopted!Maria has also made a number of new bears which I photographed today. I will post them tomorrow. Previously marked as not available - now available: Pecan and Dottie Available but not yet made: Babe, Cuthbert, Kettle and Sven Retired: Abigail, Edward, Havacska, Katz, Leon, Mustard, Pom-pom, Scraggy, Sprouts, Teal and Vanya No Longer Available: Cranbeary Cookie, Crumble, Donatell, Donatella, Franklin, Freckle, Gaelic Coffee, Henry Junior, Hoboken, Moth, Mulbeary, Polka, Shamrock, Tea lady, Velvet and Wisteria Adopted by Maria: Rockefeller |
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| 17th June 2006 |
After a very successful festival we are ready for a rest.
Next week we are going to the
Nottingham Open
and the following week we are moving studio - not far just to the other side
of the Farmhouse. The studio will be closed from Monday 19th June to
Saturday 1st July. We will re-open on Sunday 2nd July. New Editions: Velvet, Matilda, Gaelic Coffee and Nettle Adopted before appearing on this site: Tilly and Gary No longer available: Penn, Parker, Pecan, Alistair and Pringle |
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| 17th June 2006 |
  News
of the blue tits - they successfully reared 6 chicks and have flown the
nest. The picture on the left shows them shortly before they flew, as you
can see they have grown and are almost the size of their parents. On the
right is a picture of (most of) the studio artists holding the helium
balloons that we put out each day of the festival. From left to right they
are Lora, Claire, Mandy, Maria, Tas and Jo. |
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| 8th June 2006 |
The Festival today was very busy, we put up helium
balloons to guide people to the Studio Artists and found that many more
people than normal came down the the visitor centre. Claire has been taking photos of the Blue Tits and you can follow their progress on her blog Claire's blog. |
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29th May 2006 Post 2 |
  And these pictures
were taken today, as you can see she has chicks! We can still see one
un-hatched egg, but the chicks are difficult to count - I have definitely
seen six and possibly eight. The picture on the right is the male bringing
food (caterpillars) which the female mashes before giving to the chicks. The
next update will appear on the evening of 8th June (internet permitting).New Edition: Hyacinth No longer available: Pavlov and Annette |
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29th May 2006 Post 1 |
  Well
I couldn't get onto the net last week so here are the pictures I took then -
this is the female sitting on the eggs (note how much the nest has built up) and a picture of the eggs. As you can
see we have ten eggs in all. These pictures were taken on Sunday 21st May. |
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| 20th May 2006 |
Finally got round to updating the site. I'll post some
nest box pictures on Monday - we've got 10 eggs and are expecting them to
hatch any minute. New Editions: Dixie, Elgar, Felix and Hydrangea Adopted before appearing on this site: Jasmin No longer available: Everard, Guggenheim, Napoleon, Chinook, Clumber and Chelsea |
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| 26th February 2006 |
At last another update! Maria has been doing a lot of
travelling, we went to Budapest for the Christmas market in December, Galway
to visit Claire in January and Budapest again in February.We are now looking
forward to Easter and the Nottingham Bear Fair.  Last
year we set up a nest box camera and had a pair of bluetits nest and lay
eggs, unfortunately they abandoned the nest before the eggs hatched,
we do not know what happened to them. This weekend we had a pair examine the
box closely - hopefully they will nest. New Editions: Cranbeary Sauce, Worcester, Rufford and Clumber Adopted before appearing on this site: Buxton No longer available: Sparkler, Dottie, Macy, Flitter, Wesley and Silver |
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