Wednesday 30 January 2019

Teddy

Pipistrello's Teddy 
Dear Reader, it has been a little while since I sent you a missive, but this is just a quick hello today. Cro over at Magnon's Meanderings was talking about Teddy Bears yesterday and I thought to bring mine out of the wardrobe to introduce him to you. His name, of course, is Teddy and he is precisely one year younger than your correspondent.

He once was barely out of sight or reach of the rather much smaller version of myself, as can be seen by the well-loved condition of his wooly coat. I don't remember what his nose looked like before it rubbed back to the hide as I seem only to know it in its present state and his right paw is rather worse for wear after a close encounter with a Labrador about twenty years ago, when he was already pretty fragile. And yes, it is a bit of stuffing that peeks out of his belly.

All his loose bits are kept safely tucked inside the dust cover he reclines upon, my old Library Bag, which is itself only a few years younger, and he lives out his mature years in the wardrobe now. He and I have sort of kept pace with one another over the years - a bit less hair, some rubbed and worn conditioning to our respective coverings, little bits of stuffing missing from our innards, but I'm happy to say I haven't been in the jaws of an animal much larger than myself, so all my digits are still accounted for.

Teddy also seems to have shrunk!

Love at first sight!

13 comments:

  1. He's a classic. A very well loved boy!

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    1. Positively adored and had no rivals for my affections. Thank you for admiring him, Cro!

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  2. What a sweet comfortable looking bear. No wonder he is still with you.

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    1. Thank you, potty! Made all the more "seasoned" with love by his sheepskin coat, which meant he couldn't get a bath. But I always took great care of him, in spite of how he looks today.

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  3. YOU willNOT BELIEVE THIS!I had the same BEAR IN PINK........STILL DO!HIs name was PINKY!
    I must find him and send you and TEDDY his PHOTO!
    It's good to go down memory LANE!!!!!!XO

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    1. Oh, they're siblings then! Who'd have thunk it? I've never seen one like mine before. Contessa, I'd love to see your Pinky!! xx

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    2. Remind me next week.........Off for a short trip tomorrow!XX

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  4. This is an extremely cute bear --- which makes my (long gone) teddy seem quite masculine by comparison. I'm not sure the Vicks Vaporub treatment helped Mr Teddy,nor hanging bim by the ears on the hills hoist to dry. Thanks for triggering that memory Mrs Pipistrello!

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    1. Oh dear, stringfingers, your tender ministrations were a little misplaced it seems for Mr Teddy!! Sorry to hear he doesn't keep you company any more, but glad you had a chance to remember him today.

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  5. I love your Teddy ...... he looks as if he has been well loved. My teddy was also called Teddy ( or Ted for short ) I’d show a photograph of him but I think that he is in the depths of the loft !!! XXXX

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    1. Oh, thank you, Jackie! For a teddy who looks so far from the ideal Steiff-form to seem more wooly gingerbread man than bear, he is getting many admirers ... Ha, in true "Antiques Roadshow" style, of course your treasures would be in the loft!! xx

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