Author: aloysius-bear

There was a submission opportunity recently for a photo story with the title: Optimistic Apocalypse. Mine was rejected, but that’s okay, because now I can post it here! Nothing to do, nowhere to go, everything seems restricted and hopeless: But we can still go outside and enjoy the sunshine, and the trees are in bloom:…

In the conclusion to my Center Parcs series, I took lots of photos of various activities we actually engaged in at the park – we didn’t just eat, hang out and play games we brought – though that would have been fine! We did also play miniature golf: The course had lots of different wooden…

Our week at Center Parcs was very convivial. We enjoyed each other’s company a lot: We shared music and games: My primary human and I played lots of games we’d never played before, one of which included ants: We also drank a very large amount of tea: And we ate a lot of really excellent…

While we were at Center Parcs, some of the humans took the opportunity to paint some pottery: There were lots of colours to choose from: And a funky colour wheel to spin around on – um, I mean find the right colour: Brush at the ready! Let’s begin! It actually required a lot of concentration…

During our week at Center Parcs, we managed to get out and about in the park quite a bit. One of the humans was particularly fond of feeding the many, many, many ducks: They were apparently expecting very out-sized humans to want to relax on the beach: There was a tree sculpture that had lots…

As the world slowly fell apart around us last week, the humans and I went on holiday with some friends to Center Parcs! As ever, we packed way too much stuff: It was a tight fit getting everything into the car: On arrival, Stanley laid claim to the best chair in the place: But he…

A few weeks ago, my primary human and I went on our second reading retreat of the year, near Gunton. The house used to be a B&B, which you could tell from the way it was arranged:   Another great book selection and another great goodie bag: The reading room was beautiful – spacious, airy,…

My primary human and I took a very self-indulgent trip to Thorpeness last weekend, for an extra reading retreat to start 2020 off right. We were at a house we’ve been to before, but there are some features of it I apparently didn’t include last time I posted about it. First of all, the books…

We had a convivial Christmas with the family down on the south coast. There was an enthusiastic welcome from all our Rustington friends: It was Santa hats all round: Christmas crackers at lunch provided new hat opportunities and way too much food: Later, there was a sing-a-long with Stanley on guitar: There was also plenty…

For our eighth reading retreat, and the two year anniversary of our first, my primary human and I returned to Thorpeness, but to a different house from the one we visited there before. Waiting for us in our room was a new tiger friend, who lived at the house, and some excellent Totoro-themed goodies: My…