31 Days of Pandas and Fabulous Furry Friday are here to spread a little holiday cheer, during what has proved to be an otherwise grim end to the year. (There are those opinion thingies again!) Anywho, what better time of year than to rerun one of our holiday classics, It’s a Wunderful Life, starring, of course, Mr. Wu! Plus to start, one of my favorite ‘toons, wherein, Mehitabel makes a gingerbread house for a local competition, which is…um…modified by the panda kindergarten! Huzzah!
And of course, we start with today’s #TravelsofMiniBob*
*editor’s note: Yesterday, I had to rotate the picture from my mePhone so that it would appear in the right direction, and while it appears correctly on the website on the computer, it appears sideways on both my iPand and in the email. I don’t know how to fix that, so I won’t.
Mini Bob at the Marianne North House at Kew Gardens
This is one of my favorite things about Kew: The Marianne North House. North was a Victorian era woman, of considerable means. Her father died when she was still a relatively young woman, so she took her fortunes and her interest in painting and traveled all over the world, painting landscapes and botanical studies. She bequeathed her entire collection, as well as the funds to build this little cottage, to Kew Gardens. As you can see, her paintings are installed cheek by jowl, floor to ceiling. Some are even on the ceiling. It is a magical place, and if you are ever in London, you should go there immediately. The gardens are pretty nice too, but watch out for the goose poo in some areas.
And now, on with the pandas!
You left the panda kindergarten alone with my house?
And now, Part 1 of It’s a WUnderful Life!
Thank goodness Bee the Bear still has her magical wand from the last adventure.
Wu is a good bear at heart….
Bee the bear tells it like it is
What part of “you don’t exist” didn’t you get? Ha ha! I love that line!
Wait…you’re going to stop here? Why, yes, I am! Tune in next Friday for the exciting conclusion of It’s a Wunderful Life! (starring the Wu Self!) In the meantime, buy stuff with pandas! or Here!
Panda On!
Bob T Panda
I love “It’s a Wunderful Life” with Mr. Wu!
Thank you! It is one of my favorite stories too. I try to watch the real It’s a Wonderful Life once a year. It’s so corny, but such a great message! And who doesn’t love Jimmy Stewart?
Oh! I can imagine how awesome Mehitabel’s gingerbread house would have been. I can also imagine how tasty it would have been too 🙂
She was most upset! But it was tasty. Um…not that I had DIRECT knowledge of that, Some people were saying…