I love it when Mei Xiang and her southern belle sister Lun Lun get on the phone together!
Summer is coming and the living is easy!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Sometimes it’s hard to know what’s real.
Meanwhile, back at the real SNZ, Bikkie seems to be taking the throngs of real life visitors in stride, or at least in cubby trot! So just remember, when real life gets too surreal, there is always the panda cam!
Be the Bear
Bob T Panda
Yet again, Mei Xiang has given the world a little miracle! Xiao Qi Ji (which means little miracle) was born last August, completing Mei Xiang’s August trifecta. (I believe Tai Shan, her first was born in July)
Of course, Xiao Qi Ji (aka Bikkie in the Panda Chronicles) has been breaking the internet, not to mention the Cute-O-Meter, since his birth last August. Normally, the cubs have made their public debut in the late winter, but due to the pandemic closing, Bikkie did not make his public debut until mid-May of 2021. He was apparently unfazed by seeing his fans in person.
I hope everyone had an inspiring weekend!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
By popular request….
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
To be continued? What else could POSSIBLY go wrong?
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Yes, we are all chomping at the bit to get back to real life with real people (or maybe not! Some of us have realized that not interacting in person is not all bad!) But why should people have all the Zooms? A Czech zoo decided to give it’s inhabitants a treat. And what penguin wouldn’t want to get a little culture?
Zoom you later!
Be the Bear!
Bob T Panda
Well, here we are, waiting for the other shoe to drop, hoping against hope that all will be well, or at least well as to the successful completion of President Biden and Vice President Harris’ inauguration.
I thought I might take this opportunity to thank you all once again, for these last 11 years of Fun with Pandas. I decided not to do a January Kickstarter project, as right now I don’t seem to have the required energy. However, a project came across my Twitter feed that I thought some of you might be interested in.
I follow a lot of other writers, cartoonists and illustrators on Twidder, and Jennifer L Meyer is one of my favorites because BUNNIES!!! I love her drawing style. She has teamed up with Nate Cosby and Ariana Maher to create The Effervescent Adventures of Fight Bunny.
Because I can’t leave well enough alone, and because I like supporting other artists when I can, I made them an offer I was pretty sure they couldn’t refuse. If you’ve been following along here, you can probably guess what it is, so you might want to head over there first thing Monday morning to check it out. At the very least, you might decide that your home library won’t be complete without your own copy of The Effervescent Adventures of Fight Bunny
and that’s what it’s all about!
Get ready…….
Says Babette de Panda: “It’s all about MOI` “
Put your paws together for the panda kindergarten!
I thought mommee hid Pinky’s magical wand!
We’re off!
Think of the next couple weeks like NPR and their pledge drives!
Be the bear! (Or maybe today it should be Be the Bun!)
Bob T Panda
Don’t forget to check out The Effervescent Adventures of Fight Bunny!!!
Bob was the first panda here to have a name, at least until Babette de Panda arrived on the scene. Then sometime later, the real Wu Self came on the scene and I started to recognize the value of having actual live pandas to inspire the stories that you read here. Even all of my stuffed pandas were named Bob, with some kind of qualifying addition to the name, like Loud Bob and Shy Bob, Vampire Bob, Mini Bob, etc. That shows some imagination, doesn’t it?
Do you smell smoke?
Bob still likes to get out in the field once in a while.
Bob and the magic slipper….
Always read the directions…
The cake abides….
What’s that stuff getting all over my paws? Oh…it’s frosting!
It was dark…there were men in masks….
Be the Bob!
Bob T Panda
So what else is new? Am I really supposed to spend all my days trying to write stories that are all about Pinky all the time? I thought as a writer that I had at least a little bit of free will and discretion about what my stories are about. And really, Pinky, if you think that my stories are making you look bad, you could…oh, I don’t know…maybe behave a little better and not tease your brother so much?
Commence propeller spin…now!
By the way, if you haven’t seen it yet, pop over to the Froggwell Blog and check out my post about creating…um…forgeries of my other favorite bear!
Panda On!!
Bob T Panda
Oh my! What a dramatic ending after a wild ride! Do not mess with pandas! You will be sorry. Pandas are not joking around (or so I’ve heard.)
What a lovely day for the 3 pandas to relax at home!
If you want to read all of the KittySue and the Three Pandas story from the beginning, start here!
I want to give you, my long suffering most loyal fans a heads up. In barely a months time I will be launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise some of the money for a trip to China, that has been in the… what if…should we,… hey, do you want to… stages of planning for going on about 2 years. Yes, Bob T Panda is going to go to China and frolic with toddler pandas.
This will be both a fine art and panda satire expotition, and besides frolicking with baby pandas, I will be busy sketching and photographing not only pandas, but also the landscape, architecture and people of China. I generally come back from a trip like this with renewed creativity, and a barrel full of source material.
Stay tuned for project launch news! I’m expecting to be ready to launch the project by June 7th.
One of my traveling companions having lunch with a friend. Picture me, Bob T, doing this very thing! Thanks Cami!
Panda On!
Bob T Panda