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Words, words, words
Pemberthy's Ponderings | June 10th 2008 by Sally
It's no secret that I love words. I like to write and create, and I also love learning new words.So, I was very excited when I found an online word game called Word Sandwich. This is an apparently simple game, but harder than it looks. You need to gu read more
Picture of wood anemone (nemorosa) flower with purple primula flo…
Photos from northern Norway | June 5th 2008 by Thomas Laupstad
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 31st 2008. Click image for larger view. In this picture I have photographed a wood anemone flower (anemone nemorosa) with some purple primula flowers as background. I loved the contrast with the sun shining read more
It's Raining, It's Pouring
Pemberthy's Ponderings | May 25th 2008 by Sally
It’s cold and rainy outside at the moment. My friend Sally tells me this is good, because it makes the farmers happy to have enough rain to make their crops grow. I know Sally is happy, too, because her garden is getting plenty of water and her bul read more
Shuffle!: Primura PVC Figure 1/8 Scale
Japan Toys | May 2nd 2008 by Admin
From erotic pc game and anime, Shuffle!, this is Primula (プリムラ Purimura) PVC Figure. Primula’s nickname is Rimu (リム), is a mysterious “being” from the Demon World who appeared in episode 2 looking for Rin in Shuffl read more
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
Pemberthy's Ponderings | March 17th 2008 by Sally
Happy Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you – or should that be Top of the Mornin’? Primula and I have decorated the toy room in green in honour of the special day. It looks like a troupe of leprechauns have paid us a call.You might have guessed by read more
Pemberthy's Word of the Day: Foible
Pemberthy's Ponderings | February 28th 2008 by Sally
Time for a new word of the day (perhaps, though, as I’ve said before I should call it word-of-the-random-timeperiod since it has never been a daily offering in my blog). Anyway, today’s word is: FOIBLEFoible (noun) a failing or weakness of charac read more
An Alphabet Story
Pemberthy's Ponderings | February 8th 2008 by Sally
I asked my friend Sally to give me a writing prompt to get my pen moving again, as I haven’t written much lately.She challenged me to write a story of 26 words, with each word starting with the next letter of the alphabet. This is my attempt:A beau read more
Edmund Bear
Pemberthy's Ponderings | February 4th 2008 by Sally
Zzzzzzzzz. Wha? Who? Where?Dearie me, I must have slept through January. It’s February already and here I am writing my first blog post for the year. I hope you haven’t missed me too much while I had a little post-Christmas hibernation.I was woke read more
Merry Christmas
Pemberthy's Ponderings | December 23rd 2007 by Sally
Christmas is coming and the toyroom is abuzz with the festive spirit. There is tinsel and baubles and angels and candy canes and EVERYTHING. Toys are carolling, toys are laughing and toys are scurrying around preparing Christmas surprises for each read more
Macro photo of pink primula flowers with water drops
Photos from northern Norway | December 6th 2007 by Thomas Laupstad
Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 3rd 2007. Click image for larger view. Time for a picture from the spring to remind ourselves of warmer times to come The Primula got it’s name from the Latin word Primus that means “the first read more
Seven Random Facts
Pemberthy's Ponderings | November 16th 2007 by Sally
I have been tagged by my dear friend (and official biographer) Sally at Scribblings. I’ve never been tagged before, but since I learned to come down from the shelf and sing, I’ve learnt that trying something new is usually a good thing. So, I’l read more
Story Time: Day 2
Pemberthy's Ponderings | August 20th 2007 by Sally
Day two of my story reading sessions, and the other toys were all eagerly sitting on the cushions before I’d clambered down from my shelf. They really do love being read to. I should do it more often.For today’s session, I’d chosen Hairy Maclar read more
Book Week - Story Time
Pemberthy's Ponderings | August 19th 2007 by Sally
Yay! It’s BookWeek! There is a great buzz here in the toyroom. Yesterday I downloaded the free colouring page from the CBCA site, and Primula and I set up a colouring corner for the other toys. Soon, everyone was busy with their textas and pencils read more
Toy Room Reading
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 23rd 2007 by Sally
What a quiet weekend it was here in the nursery. Primula managed to get hold of a copy of the Harry Potter book and spent the whole weekend engrossed in finding our what happens to Harry. I do love reading but found myself unable to read the Harry Po read more
Bear Songs
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 18th 2007 by Sally
Teddy bear, teddy bear,Turn around.Teddy bear, teddy bear,Touch the ground.Primula taught me this song this morning, and the other toys had fun joining in, even though most of them arent' bears. Primula said it didn't matter - she said people love th read more
My Favourite Things
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 17th 2007 by Sally
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… Primula taught me this song today, all about favourite things, as sung by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. And it got me thinking about my favourite things. So, I thought I’d share them.1. Primula read more
An Acrostic
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 15th 2007 by Sally
It's Sunday, so I thought I'd write more poetry. This one's an acrostic. It's sort of about me, but I don't roar much any more, not since I became a singing and blogging bear.BraveEnergeticAdventurousRoaringLike it? Primula does. Enjoy what's left of read more
New Poem: a Diamante
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 14th 2007 by Sally
I'm feeling poetic again and have written a new poem to share with you. This time, it's a diamante about me and my friend Primula. Here it is:BearGrumpy, gruffGrowling, groaning, moaningFur, fluff, ribbons, curlsSinging, dancing, rejoicingBeautiful, read more
Pemberthy's Word of the Day
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 14th 2007 by Sally
It's been a while since I've had a word for the day, and, like the last time I posted one, I wonder if I should retitle this segment word of the week, or word of the randomly generated time period, but neither of these has quite the right ring to it, read more
Bear Words
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 9th 2007 by Sally
Yesterday I used my dictionary to see how many words I could contain with the word 'bear' hidden in them. I found quite a list beginning with 'bear' (see below), but today I went looking for words with 'bear' in the middle or at the end. Being a web read more
Today I upset Primula. She was wanting a few quiet...
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 8th 2007 by Sally
Today I upset Primula. She was wanting a few quiet moments to herself and I kept getting in her space.'Look at me, Primula!''What are you doing, Primula?''Come and play with me, Prim!'That sort of stuff. Primula is pretty patient, but eventually she read more
Pemberthy's Word of the Day - Quidnunc
Pemberthy's Ponderings | July 4th 2007 by Sally
I do so enjoy finding new words - even though the headline 'word of the day' is a little misleading since I haven't been offering a new one everyday. Anyway, I grab my dictionary, close my eyes (which isn't easy when they're made of glass, let me tel read more
Be Happy!
Pemberthy's Ponderings | June 25th 2007 by Sally
The sun is shining today and the temperature has risen a degree or two. Yay! Primula has explained to me WHY I'm finding the cold so hard to deal with - 'Pemberthy, dear,' she said to me yesterday. 'You must understand that you are a bear, and bears read more
I Love Weekends
Pemberthy's Ponderings | June 16th 2007 by Sally
Ahh, the weekend. Don't you just love it? I woke early this morning, remembered it was Saturday and breathed a happy sigh.There wasn't much happening in the toy room, so this is how I spent my day.Slept.Sang.Slept again.Sang again.Got rudely woken by read more
Singing Loud and Singing Long
Pemberthy's Ponderings | June 15th 2007 by Sally
Ever since my life story has been published, people have been fascinated by the concept of me singing loud and singing long.Everywhere I go, people ask me: 'Pemberthy, what songs do you like to sing?''Good question,' I reply. Then I scratch my furry read more
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