Thursday 7 August 2014

Stanley

Meet Stanley.


An evidently much loved …
… and much hugged bear.
In fact, loved completely bare.


Only the teeniest, tiniest smidgen of yellow fur remaining …
... in the crease of his left ear …


… to show his original colour …
… and fur status.
Oh! the stories he could tell!

I bought him from the Portscatho Fair at the weekend …
… where I had a stall.
Stanley was bought from Cowboys and Custard …
… whose stall was opposite mine …
… with their vintage toys displayed enticingly in front of me.


Stanley was sat in a trailer …
… passing the time of day with a cloth bunny in red dungarees.

* the bunny in red dungarees *

Stanley’s eyes and threadbareness called beseechingly to me ...
… between the handmade card display …
… and the vintage child's sewing machine …
… until I could no longer resist.


He now sits in a wicker chair enjoying the sunbeams …
... between gently snoozing …
… and gazing out into the garden.
Reminiscing ...
... and settling very nicely into his new life here …
… at the cottage.
(The wound under the plaster healing very nicely thank you)


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A few more of the Portscatho goodies that was on offer.

* I do have a soft spot for a dog on wheels *

* beautiful linen purses from La Lilly Bea  ...

... and her bunnies *

* vintage goodies at The Sea Garden*

* hand made candles from The Peagreen Furniture Co *

... and finally ...


Minnie from Cowboys and Custard enjoying a cuddle with her Dad.

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5 comments:

  1. Looks a lovely fair and he is just the cutest bear ... so glad he has found a forever home.

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  2. what a lot of lovely treasures ...I understand how you could not resist the bear !! have a nice weekend...Gail x

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  3. oh poor Stanley....bless him, he still looks very huggable though even without the hair.......ahhhh.
    Love him x

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  4. Be still my heart! And you didn't get the bunny as well? I imagine being a stall holder at these wondrous events is fraught with all kinds of furry temptation.

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    1. It took tremendous will power to walk away from the bunnie .... the doggie on wheels ..... the red wooden fire engine ... bad enough to see such stalls at the same fair but to be placed opposite one with those eyes burning into you ... you can imagine.

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