Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Sandy the Bearbnb Cleaner

 Hello! It's me! Today was a turnover day for my Bearbnb which means... laundry... a LOT of laundry!

We work the washing machine hard and... as you may have noticed... I need to supervise my cleaning team beary carefully.

Today we are also washing throw blankets. They are beary snuggly and fluffy and great to curl up in while watching TV. Right now... my favourite show is the Bridgertons! But... waiting for Season 3 (May and June) is torture...

One thing this little bear has learned as a Bearbnb host is... oxi-clean is your friend... OMG... for stain removal... for whitening and brightening... best stuff ever. And no... this is not a paid advertisement. Seriously, this stuff has saved soooo many towels and sets of sheets!

Right... here's some of the first load, the coloured stuff... this will get hung up on the drying rack. Colours don't like to be run through the dryer tooooo much.

Which means we can start the next load for towels...


Seee... drying rack... so much better for the environment but it does take longer.

Alrightee!!! While the laundry is going... we will start making the beds with the spare sets of sheets.

Yep, this little bear recommends having 3 sets of sheets for each bed... one in the laundry, one on the go and one as a back-up. Hard-won experience speaking here!


 Next time... how this little bear rolls fancy towels!

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Another Hike and a Mystery Ship

Hullo! I am doing another hike today as part of the Virtual Pacific Crest Trail... today we are going down to the river estuary to see what we can see...

The bushes are putting out leaf buds! (This was February 9...) It seems a tad early...

Do you see that white thing right above my head... it is a big ship... beary strange... 

It's not a ferry... and it's not a cruise ship... let's zoom in...

Huh... beary strange! We did a quick internet search and...


It is a Floatel (floating hotel) for workers who will be working in Squamish on the woodfibre LNG plant.

The ship is called the MV Isabelle and used to house refugees in Estonia before it got bought by a Vancouver company. It's going to be hanging out here for a few months before heading over to Squamish. Interseting. Wonder if they will do tours...


It's beary pretty down here at the estuary and the tide is in so the river is high.

One of my friend asked what the "Hike" button means... it was part of a three-set of pins that I got for Christmas... part of a geocaching set! The full set is: Hide, Seek, Play... I can't wear them all at once or I will tip over!

More leaf buds!

We are along the edge of an old railway embankment here and the black stuff behind me is coal detritus...

It's kind of neat here because...

There is a carving on the rock over there!

Oooh... and over there... on the log...

Is a great blue heron! Or Great Blue Heron... if you are into capitalization.

This looks like it might be a good swimming spot... 

We came here once... further down towards the mouth of the river in the summer... for the Summer Stuffie Olympics and... the tide was out and the river was low and it was a weed fest... but this spot looks nice.

I poked around the old ruins here for a bit... they always look so intriquing.

With stairs to nowhere...

This, I think, is some old grating that used to cover a crawl space window/opening...

Windows to nowhere too...

And yes... we are beary green for early February (when these pics were taken)...

We had all that snow but it's all melted and the trails are a bit murky.

With big puddles to navigate...

But this little bear is beary careful not to fall into the murkiness!

We also found this sad dumping ground. A bunch of old mattress springs and general garbage. So sad that people do this...

Even sadder was this dilapidated stuffie! Rest In Peace little guy...

Don't dump in the woods!!!! 

It is beary pretty here... and a nice place to catch the sunrise.

The marsh is also beary full of water, which is nice to see. Lots of ducks and other waterfowl.

Now... if I was hiking the "real" Pacific Crest Trail... I would be looking for a place to pitch my tent and...

I think this place would be prefect! It has a fire pit and an ocean view! Need to get myself a tent...


Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Spring has Sprung!

 Hullo! It is officially the first day of spring and...

The garden is in full bloom, well maybe not all of it... but the plum tree is for sure!

And you know what spring also means??

Lawn mowing!! It was almost 6 inches tall in spots! And I know some stuffies (Hello, Jerry & Ben) might still be up to their bearpits in snow but... here... we have greenery!

The hyacinths are just about ready to pop.

And the hydrangeas are putting out leaves.

Tulips are out of the ground too...

Ah-hah! Here we have... ummm... what's it called again? Hell's a Bore? Noooo... Hellebore! (Close enough!). They are beary pretty!

And our very own heritage primroses which come in 3 fetching shades of pink.

They are soooo hardy and start blooming in February!

And the plum treeeeee!!!! Guess what... I saw beeeeessss on the plum blossoms!

Let's see... what else... well the garlic is poking up.

The crocuses are on their final days.

The grape hyacinth are just starting. Did you know that Hyacinth in the Bridgerton series is named after Grape Hyacinths? Good thing they didn't call her "Grape Hyacinth"!

And the snow drops are long done.

Nothing happening in the greenhouse yet except some rogue foxgloves that need to get dug up.

But tomatoes will be coming!

So in the veggie section... really... we have garlic and... chives! Lots and lots of chives....

Oooh... do you see it? Up in the sky?

There... those little black spots...

Here... 30x zoom! There were two bald eagles (you can tell my their white heads and tails).

Right then... the weather is supposed to turn a bit cooler again but...

That is a perfect time to have a campfire!