Some bears climb trees ...

The little Skagen bear who lives in Teddy's house is always out and about. Today he wants to show you a special tree near his house.

Den lille Skagens Bamse vil gerne vise hans
favorit klatre-træ. Den er som en hemmelig træ-hule.

Can you see from the leaves what sort of tree it is? It is also a super climbing tree with low strong branches. Very, very carefully the little bear and his friends climbed onto a comfortable branch. Even though people walked passed, nobody saw them, as leaves hung down around the whole tree like curtains. A secret tree-cave.

Kan du se hvilken slags træ den er? Se på bladene. Grenene
er lav og stærk og behagelige at sidde på.

Answer: Sycamore/Ahorn

Little Teddy goes for a summer romp in the sunshine ...

... and checks out all the fresh summer greenery. First the yellow Welsh poppies then the sunflower seedlings Big Teddy has planted. They will grow into Teddy Bear sunflowers, Big Teddy grows those every year. Then the little Skagen bear climbs a couple of trees - can you see what the trees are by looking at the leaves? (Answers right at the bottom of the page.)

Lille Skagens bamse med walisk-valmuer i haven.

Disse små planter bliver til store Teddy Bjørn solskikker.

Hvilket slags træ klatrer den lille bamse i? Kig på bladerne.

Og hvilket træ et det her?

Svar: Beech/bøg, oak/eg.

Teddy dogs!!

In our family not all "teddies" are bears. There are also 3 lovable "teddy" dogs - 2 vintage and 1 modern. Today, the 1st May and sunny, we went out into the garden.

Steiff bulldog (produceret 1927-36, Tyskland) - med gyldenlak.

Jonna (Bukowski, Sverige) - med Lunaria.

Vintage Scotty og de andre - benytter nylig udsat udendørs møbler.

Montre på Skagens Bamsemuseum med deres egen Steiff "Bully"

Teddy is glad to see signs of spring

Today was a cold but sunny day. Teddy put on a warm knitted hat and went into the garden to look for spring flowers. Teddy picked a few snowdrops and put them in pretty little vase on the dining room table.

Teddy Bjørn ud i forårshaven, plukker vintergækker til spisebordet.

In the kitchen on a cold winter's day!

Even though the bears are covered in fur, on really cold winter days they enjoy being in a warm kitchen. They just love hot porridge - made with oats and milk (1 cup oats : 2 cups mini- or skimmed milk) and served with honey and blueberries!

Bamserne nyder varm havregrød serveret med honning og blåbær
på en kold vinter morgen

Havregrød med blåbær og honning ... nam-nam!
Skålen kommer fra Bamsemuseets butik

Teddy visits ARoS

Yesterday Teddy visited ARoS - art museum in Aarhus - there was something in particular the bear wanted to see - The Carnie - an installation made by Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller. He also wanted to see the annual Christmas exhibition in ARoS Junior that the teddies from Skagen set up every December. 2014 is the 10th year.

During December we will show some photos from past exhibitions - organised by Jonna Thyggesen (Skagens Teddy Bear Museum), Vivi-Ann Lennartz (teddy bear artist), and Liz Hempel-Jørgensen (maker of things).

The Carnie / Janet Cardiff & Georges Bures Miller

Teddy Bears' Carnie / Liz Hempel

Teddy is back after a break ...

Even little bears can become ill - but after lots of good care Teddy is now back in form and ready to blog again.

Teddy har været syg - men blev passet så fint på sygehuset og er
frisk igen og klar til at blogge ...

The weather has now turned very cold in Denmark and in the last days we have hearing about a very cold place in the news - Greenland - where it is much, much colder.Perhaps these bears are travelling to the polling booths by kayak and sledge!