Beary busy at Portland Bill.

Things at the cottage have been busy even though there have been no posts from the cottage lately.

 We had unexpected Easter visitors..

 We've been out and about on beaches.

 Out and about on cliffs over looking Lyme Regis in Dorset (Jason and Tilly May).

At Portland Bill with Karina and the mob yesterday.

Beautiful views even on a wind swept day. 

Even saw a pony on the hill side.

Views from Portland looking over Weymouth Bay are stunning on a clear day.

We've been over to Jamaica Inn with Karina.

We haven't been lazy.

We  have really enjoyed our daughter's visit to the cottage.
Tilly May is pleased to see her mum after a week, so fair is fair, it's time to give Karina back.

Many thanks to Jake,

Kiann, Tilly May and Jason for sharing.

Many thanks to all that wished Karina well last time Soggibottom made a blog post.
She is making great progress after her last operation. Now looking ahead to the next operation which will be on her foot. 
Thanks again guys for all your good wishes and understanding why Soggibottom's had a blog break.

Freya as usual is over at CAT FLAP CAVALIER.
With more photo's than I can manage in one Cat Flap Cavalier post.

See you all very soon.
:-) x x x

Beary Happy Ending.

We love happy endings here at Soggibottom, a photo of Patrica's bear back home where she belongs.

Wish we could say the same about Freya's friend Puff. He is losing his BITS rapidly, he is so loved. Bear maker or no bear maker, Puff would need a miracle to restore him.  Before anyone suggests it , not even the kiss of life on his beak. Freya loves him. dearly so that's all that matters.

Everyone needs to see a happy ending. With or without a fairy God Mother.
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Here are three of our girls, Kiann, Tilly May and Karina.

Thank you for all your good thoughts for Karina last week.
We have been waiting to be able to to post something really good and say she is fine.
Unfortunately after one week after coming out of hospital, Karina is back in there tonight.

Soggibottom will post updates, but at the moment we are going to have a small blogging break.

Freya will still be over at her blog CAT FLAP CAVALIER.... she is in a giving mood at the moment, but as normal only has one thing on her mind... 

Lots of love and thanks for all your good wishes. x x x

Patricia's bear and the pier at Teignmouth.

Brilliant when a plan comes together.

Better still when a box of bits becomes a teddy bear again.

This little bear you saw a couple of posts ago. She came over the bridge to be repaired. I must say she  wasn't an easy project.
It wasn't a case of bundling bits in and sewing everything up again.  She will be going home with everything she came with and a little more. Eye's too.
It must be every repairer's nightmare when something you are repairing falls to bits in your hands.
You might remember this photo.

Frankie de tabby kept a good eye on all the repairs.

Working on the bear, Frank demanded attention at every critical moment, always when I had managed to glue my fingers together. I so love my cat.

I love a happy ending.

Happy days, after all the rain, the sun has returned.

Temperatures are up and Magnolia tree's are in bloom.

It was low tide on the beach this morning, giving everyone the chance to walk onto the sandbanks that are normally under water. 

It also gave everyone a better view of the pier.  It was built in 1865. The last Winter storm just about finished it off.

It's all closed off at the moment, no entry, it would be a good thought it can be repaired.
What is a seaside town without it's pier ?

Or without a sandy beach to dig in, eh, Freya.

Lots of love to our daughter Karina who with luck should be out of hospital tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a great week and the sun keeps shining.

Scarlett's bear

Scarlett's Soggibottom teddy bear has been tracked by us all weekend.

Four days from Matilda bear making her way over our little bridge, she arrived in Texas.

Many thanks to Robin and Scarlett for sending such happy photo's.
One Soggibottom teddy bear who is going to be so well looked after.
Best of all it's great to know you have made someone smile.

We have been out and about on the Atlantic side of our coast this week.

So much digging sand for Freya, she didn't know where to start her first dig hole.

We even found some company while we were eating lunch.

 Meet Ollie.

After helping us with our lunch he then decided to go and try his luck again further along the beach. Perseverance pays off.

Freya is over at Cat Flap Cavalier.
Many thanks again to Robin and Scarlett for sharing such beautiful photo's. x x x

Soggibottom Teddy Bear Hospital - Devon

As one bear travels to her new home.

Another comes over our little bridge.

If your squeamish, look away NOW.

This little bear has been in a dog fight. Looking at her I can see there is no way am I going to be able to put back what must now reside in the dogs stomach.

Emailing her owner today, it was hard to find words to say, that as soon as I touched the little bear I found bits came away in my hand.
Because of the bear's distress she was delicately handled before she came to Soggibottom anyway.
If I am to put this little bear together again, I need to explore and take things apart.

One side of her is better than the other, her head caused me a problem.
Which makes me think she has been lovingly stored away, but with her head showing and possibly her left side being covered.  Her right not covered at all.

Little bear is in safe hands. Doing the normal RIGHT things to a distressed bear, well, there is no such thing as normal. 

She lost her head.

Limbs, she only lost two this week. The idea being not to change the bear, but to repair what can be repaired.

Cotter pin joints. They were put back only three new pins needed. As much of the original bear needs to be saved.

Her head fell to bits as I tried to sew, no way could I put safety eye's in her. I tried, failed. 

The problem being that this little bear is made of sheepskin. The actual skin is paper thin and at a touch falls to bits.

This repair, is so NOT EASY !
I won't say what part of the little bear this is. I hope her owner will forgive me.

She will however look better when she can see.. head back on, and in one piece only an ear missing now.

Here she is at the moment :-) LOADS to do..... but, coming along.
She will look better at the next update. She will have eye's.
Little bear will be fine. GLORIOUS SUNNY DAY, little bear needed time on her own to recover anyway. 

The sand digger and headless wonder can be found over at CAT FLAP CAVALIER as usual. Have a good weekend guys.