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From One Dumpster Fire to the Next

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It’s 2026, MoFos! Bite me!

The first day of the New Year dawned gray and foggy and if that’s not some kind of metaphor, I don’t know what is! NYC has a young, progressive mayor. The pandas formerly known as the DC Pandas are living in China, but one thing Pandyland has, is suspension of reality and really high speed public intercontinental transportation! So you just never know where any one of the pandas will pop up. Even pandas (and cats) who have allegedly departed the temporal plane!

The younger generation of pandas now living in DC and Pandiego are getting ready to make their mark on Panda Satire. Will they get help from good pandas or will they take the council of…um…Six and Sebben.

Ya pays yer cuppycakes, you take yer chances!!!

Yes, yes, Crispmoss is over, but time has no meaning here in Pandyland. Before you know it, the Lunar New year will roll around and then there will be the Winter Panda Olympics, and there have been quite a number of bears in the NooZ, on which Frank and Mikey may have a lot to say!

As always, I’m so glad you all are here! I think it’s going to be a crazy year, here in the US and we are going to need to support each other through this. I’ll bring the Panda Satire. You bring the cuppycakes and whippy cream, and somehow, we might just get through this.

Panda on in 2026
Bob T rabbit rabbit Panda

It’s New Year’s Eve EVE!

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I’m working on some new ‘toons, but in the meantime, I did some freehand (no pre-drawing) pandas with this ink brush that I’ve been playing with and want to get better at, so I drew some pandas. I also thought it would be fun to post my favorite New Year’s Eve ‘toon!

And of course, the classic, New Year’s Eve with The Panda Kindergarten!

The panda kindergarten at their best…or is that worst?

I’d like to think that next year will be better, but I have no evidence that will be the case. Even if I fail on timely productions of new ‘toons this week, I’ll still be posting stuff from the archives, of which there are about 15 years worth. Wow! How did that happen?

Anyway, I hope we continue to survive!

Be the Bear
Bob T will not be staying up till midnight Panda

And a Pinky in a Hemlock Tree!

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Back by popular demand (okay, one person) we return with this holiday classic!!! You know you wanted this!

Everyone sing along!

feel free to sing along.

I can’t hear anyone singing…..

I swear, I had nothing to do with Pinky’s let night sit in.

four pandas sneaking…

…and a Pinky in a Hemlock tree!

FIIIIIVE cuppycakes!

whew!

HOW many more days are there?

whew!

Oh no! Not again!

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

No WONDER I didn’t get any presents!

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

OOOOO! Pinky is a star!

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

Okay…we are going to skip ahead here!

On the twelfth day of Crisp-Moss, My Panda cam Did See….

MX: no, Pinky, you may NOT have a Bamboo-tini!

I can’t hear you….

F-F-F-FI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VE Cuppycaaaaaaakes!

whew!

And…

Everybody sing!

Are you happy now?

Be the Bear
Bob T I’m writing my resolutions Panda

Maybe we’ll have an encore presentation of Beary Poppins later this week!

Encore Presentations for the Holidaze!

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Between power outages last week, an overwhelming urge to get some deep cleaning and weeding out of stuff done, I have not made any new ‘toons these last two weeks. But the archives are full of holiday favorites, so I am going to share them with you this week and maybe next week, well, we’ll see about next week.

Who can forget the first time Pinky got to play in the snow?

And it was ever thus….

And when the Meihems came to visit…

Meihem, not Mayhem.

Or Pinky’s first appearance in the Panda-lympics games?

I keep hearing the song “bears on the Run” going through my head…the ski run, that is!

Well, this next one isn’t particularly winter themed, but it is one of my all time favorites, and Bob IS wearing his winter scarf!

See? I told you it was broken!

I hope your holiday celebrations are everything you wish them to be. Me? I’ll be home tending to this, that, and the others, and singing along to your favorite holiday song!

‘Toon in Thursday for our annual replay of the 12 days of Crispmoss! I hope everyone is ready to sing along with Pinky!

Be the Bear!
Bob T Pass the Cookies Panda

It’s Day 4 of our Encore Presentation of Beary Poppins, and the Grand Finale!

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Bikkie has his Bikkiesaurus outfit, Beary Poppins has “escaped” (with mommee Mei’s help) from the clutches of Six and Sebben…what else could possibly go wrong????

Let’s find out, shall we?

Bikkie loves Beary Poppins! Also Rory the Dinosaur by Liz Climo
I think Biscuit and Beary Poppins are forming a real bond!
It wasn’t me!
A promise is a promise, even among grizzly bears!
Let’s go fly a kite…

Let’s go fly a kite…
Nope, nothing to see here!

uh oh.
I was afraid there would be yelling…so much yelling!
Silly old bears!

I hope you enjoyed this Encore Presentation of our Holiday Classic, Beary Poppins. It was so much fun for me to remember what a Little Miracle our Bikkie was in that year when we needed him so much.

There is a lot of terrible things happening right now and I know it is hard to be brave. But the only way out of this is through it and we have to be brave a while longer.

Making art and panda ‘toons is what allows me to be brave and keep going. Right now, the wind is howling, literally as well as metaphorically. I will keep keeping on as long as I can, and I hope you’ll be here with me. Let’s keep the magic of this season alive.

Be the Bear
Bob T I believe in little miracles Panda

Beary Poppins! Our story continues on Day 3!

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Got your snacks?
Got your blankie?

Let’s GOOOOOOO

Why DIDN’T I eat all the cookies?
Don’t you just LOVE six and Sebben?
Gosh I really hate to leave you on this cliffhanger for the weekend, but…
Bikkie has a name!!!!
Once upon a time…

I’d forgotten that it was during Beary Poppins that Bikkie got his dinosaur outfit! Beary Poppins is the gift that keeps on giving!

Be the Bear
Bob T will ‘toon in tomorrow Panda

Day 2 of our Encore Presentation of Beary Poppins!

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Cuppycakes? Check!
Poppycorn? Check!
Hot cocoa with whippy cream and liddle marshymallows? Check!

Let’s get this show on the road!

This hat doesn’t make me look…um…too fluffy does it?
Frank is off on a new adventure!
Beary Poppins has arrived! Is there any cake? It’s been a long flight!
I wonder why no one else applied for the job!
I just love Mei’s little chats with her sister Lun Lun.

Uh oh…The Mayhems and Six and Sebben are about to enter the chat. What could possibly go wrong? I guess we’ll fine out tomorrow!

Be the Bear!
Bob T I wonder what happens next Panda

In Honor of Dick Van Dyke’s 100th Birthday…

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It’s time for …

Beary Poppins!!!!!

As a special treat, for the next 5 days, we’ll be sharing the Encore Presentation of Beary Poppins! Yes! That’s right! EVERY DAY we’ll share 4-5 episodes of this beloved Holiday Classic starring Frank in the title role, and the pandas of the DC Panda House (Pinky: I thought I was da star!!!)

So here we go!!!

Oh boy! Oh boy! A NEW story!!!!
I can hardly stand the suspense! Who will play Beary Poppins???
A spoonful of frosting makes the medicine go down, the medicine go down, medicine go down!
The ad is mailed, but Mittens is up to some dirty tricks….But wait! Look who found the mail box!!!
Bears are VERY curious!

Oh my! What do you think is going to happen???
See you TOMORROW!

Be the Bear!
Bob T is making it up as we go along! Panda

Don’t forget to check out the Panda Chronicles books and stuff on Redbubble for your holiday shopping!

Christmas is Sneaking Up On Me…

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…much faster than I expected. As such, I think it’s time to run a couple of my holiday classics this week and next, in the hopes I’ll have a little time and space to write a NEW Christmas Classic™️ before the actual week of Christmas. The idea just popped into my head, as all the best ideas do. Well, I guess we’ll see, won’t we?

Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this encore presentation 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!
You won’t like this, Mr Wu!
Those darn cats!
Repeat after me, “It’s a story” ‘kay?
Everytime a bell rings, a panda gets a cuppycake.
Yay! The heartwarming schmoopy ending!
A bear and his mom…together forever?

I had so much fun re-reading this story and I hope you did too! This was one of my favorite stories to make a Panda Parody. Maybe because I’ve seen the original so many times…

and remember…

EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS, A PANDA GETS A CUPPY CAKE!!!

Be the Bear
Bob T it’s beginning to look a lot like Crispness…Panda

PostScript: in case you were wondering, despite the fact that much of Western Washington State is currently suffering severe flooding, Whidbey Island is high and..well, damp, but not under water. We do have the possibility of power outages with the softened ground from all the rain, not to mention some of the bluff areas are probably going to slide. But we are not under evacuation orders and suffering the destruction of the raging rivers over on the mainland. So far we are okay on the island. I hope my western WA readers are safe. check in, okay?

Departed Pandas Are Never Forgotten

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Whether they head to China or take the long walk over the Rainbow Bridge, we never forget the pandas that have meant so much to us, and given us so many hours of joy. It seems only natural that the departed Mehitabel should interview the departed Gao Gao, and then of course, other ghosts of the Panda Chronicles should show up.

That Nixon’s Ghost is such a joker, right?

Be the Bear
Bob T here to keep our spirits up Panda