sunday bear: marcel proust

“Cousin Sylvia” by Nona Pebworth (mohair, wearing her 1930’s dime store watch from occupied Japan).

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust

♥ Your weekly bear hug is brought to you by the charming Mr. Cornelius, who is always on time and wants you to send him a chocolate pie.

(((((((((YOU)))))))))

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Copyright © 2012 Cornelius Rattigan of Jama’s Alphabet Soup. All rights reserved.

sunday bear: richard zera

Spanky by Linda Spiegel (camel acrylic with slingshot, 1989)

 

 

 Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath. ~ Richard Zera

♥ Your weekly bear hug is brought to you by a thin and suddenly cleaner Cornelius and a tub full of soap suds.

((YOU)) ((YOU)) ((YOU))

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sunday bear: jeannine atkins

“Rose” by Brenda Dewey (German mohair, antique lace collar, 1986)

 

Love’s language is imprecise,
fits more like mittens than gloves.

~ Jeannine Atkins (Borrowed Names: Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madame C.J. Walker, Marie Curie and Their Daughters)

♥ Your weekly bear hug is brought to you, as always, by the dashing Mr. Cornelius, who has a not-so-secret crush on Ms. Atkins. Have a good week!

(((YOU)))

((Jeannine))

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sunday bear: charles dickens

“Old Timer” by Barbara Whisnant (West German curly mohair, 1988)

 

 

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. ~ Charles Dickens

♥ Your weekly bear hug is brought to you by Cornelius, who wears his heart on his sleeve.

((YOU))

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Copyright © 2012 Cornelius Rattigan of Jama’s Alphabet Soup. All rights reserved.

sunday bear: denise levertov

Let me walk through the fields of paper touching with my wand dry stems and stunted butterflies. (Denise Levertov, A Walk Through the Notebooks)

♥ Your weekly bear hug is brought to you by Cornelius, who would not object if you’d like to send him a snickerdoodle.

((YOU))

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