Tag Archives: Augie Bear

Waking Augie Bear Cat

September 14, 2022animals, blogs, boxes, cats, curiosity, family memorabilia, fun, travelAugie Bear, bear, bedding, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paper, photos, red tabby cat, sit, toysteenyperk

Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 6:15 pm — Perkins … “Hey, Augie Bear … it’s spring! … time to wake up from hibernation in the box of family photos … Remember your funtastical 2017 Eclipse Adventure in eastern Oregon?!” …

Night Watchman Cats

November 2, 2021animals, blogs, boxes, cats, family memorabilia, sleepAugie Bear, bedding, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, photos, red tabby cat, toys, tuxedo catteenyperk

Monday, August 2, 2021, 12:48 am — Teeny Tuxedo and Perkins sleep … while Augie the Adventure Bear guards family photos that have been scanned … See Augie’s 2017 Eclipse Adventure! …

Paper Declaration Cat

September 9, 2021animals, boxes, cats, curiosity, funAugie Bear, bear, bedding, cat face, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paper, photos, red tabby cat, toysteenyperk

Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 2:52 pm — Perkins … Paper! … I’m there! … Outta my way, Iceberg Augie! … (box of scanned family photos) …

… funny face! …

Into the Present Phone Cat

November 17, 2020animals, blogs, cats, computer, family memorabilia, funAugie Bear, ginger cat, me, orange tabby cat, paper, phone, photos, red tabby cat, toysteenyperk

Friday, September 18, 2020, 2:08 pm — New speakerphone! … doing its job magnificently … no more holding the receiver for ages while on hold … especially those hour-long waits with PEBB* … amber light, speaker’s on … and I can do other stuff! … staying with landline … dismal cell phone reception …

… Perkins and Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear … 1980s Trimline phone … Waitin’ for the Phone, Sept. 1, 2020 …

* PEBB, Public Employees Benefits Board; Washington State Health Care Authority

Waitin’ for the Phone Cat

October 20, 2020animals, blogs, boxes, cats, curiosity, family memorabilia, funAugie Bear, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, phone, photos, red tabby cat, retro, toysteenyperk

Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 10:18 pm — Perkins and Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear … a new phone? … did we hear you’re getting a NEW phone?! … no more clunky 1980s Trimline phone? … a new phone with a SPEAKER?! … wahoo! … it can’t get here soon enough! …

More about the vintage beige ring-a-ding phone … Antiques Roadshow Cat, Dec. 19, 2019

Before Sunrise Cats

November 8, 2019cats, computer, curiosity, horsesAugie Bear, bedding, cat face, Fell Pony, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paws, photos, red tabby cat, tuxedo cat, walkteenyperk

Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 5:29 am — Teeny Tuxedo … under the comforter …

… Perkins … from scanner desk to computer desk … Augie Bear in the corner …

Room to Snooze Cats

March 28, 2019blogs, cats, family, family memorabilia, Finland, Finnish, sleep, travel, weatherAugie Bear, ginger cat, Marimekko bedding, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, tuxedo cat, walkteenyperk

Saturday, March 16, 2019, 10:06 pm — As soon as the weather warmed up … 62° … opened the front bedroom door … Teeny Tuxedo made herself at home for an out-of-the way evening snooze … Mom’s bed …

Sunday, March 17, 2019, 8:14 pm … the next day … 72° … Perkins …

… Teeny Tuxedo …

… on Great-Grandma Michelson’s console table … she and Great-Grandpa came to the U.S. from Finland, separately, in 1882 and 1883 …

Monday, March 18, 2019, 1:57 am …

Vintage 1979 Marimekko Finnish design sheet … by Dan River, made in USA … bought summer 2017, eBay … 2 flat sheets, pillowcases … percale … Russ used them when here for our total eclipse trip, August 2017, with Iceberg Augie Bear

New Year’s Day Cats

January 2, 2019animals, birds, cats, curiosity, fun, grooming, holiday, sleep, stretch, yawnAugie Bear, bedding, duck, favorites, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, tails, tongue, toys, tuxedo catteenyperk

Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 8:22 pm — New Year’s Day is almost over … Teeny Tuxedo told Perky, “Hey … you better wake up … company will be here soon …”

… it’s Augie Bear and Rob R. Duck! …

… pardon my yawn … I stayed up WAY past midnight …

... make yourselves at home … I’ll just tidy up a bit … hope you’re ready for …

… an extra-special New Year’s Day … slumber party! … ready, set … Z-Z-Z-Z-Z! …

Unflappable Bear Cat

July 5, 2018cats, fun, scratchingAugie Bear, bedding, cat face, ginger cat, orange tabby cat, red tabby cat, toysteenyperk

Thursday, July 5, 2018, 11:37 pm — Perkins … “What is it with Augie Bear? … He just sits there … never says a word …” …

“Can’t even make him laugh at my scratching …”

“I give up …”

Travel Photos Cats

July 5, 2018cats, curiosity, family memorabilia, Finland, sleep, travelAugie Bear, bedding, British, claws, favorites, Fell Pony, ginger cat, me, orange tabby cat, paper, paws, photos, red tabby cat, Scotland, toys, tuxedo cat, UKteenyperk

Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 11:10 pm — Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo … getting photos organized for scanning … July-August 1999 … home exchanges … Kirkintilloch, Scotland … Durham City, England … week in between, Mikkeli, Finland … Cumbria, England several times, Fell pony research, Prince Phillip, Queen Elizabeth! …

11:48 pm … 30 minutes later … Teeny Tuxedo and Perk have conked out … Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear, stands guard …

Bearly There Cats

July 1, 2018blogs, cats, computer, fun, grooming, sleep, windowAugie Bear, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, orange tabby cat, paws, red tabby cat, tongue, tuxedo catteenyperk

Sunday, July 1, 2018, 3:29 pm — Teeny Tuxedo (what a nice girl!) and Perkins … Look who’s on the far left side of the computer … Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear! …

Augie with Perkins in previous post, Bear and Cat Chat, Sept. 1, 2017
Don’t forget Augies’s blog … Augie Bear’s Eclipse Adventure – August 2017

Ponderin’, Ponderin’ Bear

April 29, 2018animals, blogs, cats, fun, shadows, sleepAugie Bear, favorites, toysteenyperk

Saturday, March 3, 2018, 4:03 pm — Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear … touched by the afternoon sun … While Perk and Teeny catnap, he ponders his next adventure …

See what he’s been up to, in Augie Bear’s Eclipse Adventure!

Eclipse Adventure Bear

April 29, 2018animals, blogs, computer, family, fun, mirror, travelAugie Bear, favorites, sky, toysteenyperk

Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 2:00 pm — Six months ago … August 21, 2017 … Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear, journeyed on the back roads of eastern Oregon to view an historical solar eclipse ..

First total eclipse to sweep across the entire country since 1918!
First on the mainland since 1979 … eclipse2017.org

Below are excerpts from Augie Bear’s Eclipse Adventure …

Sunday, August 20, 2017, 12:41 pm — Russ flew in from Minneapolis (my home town!) and helped me plot the perfect location for total eclipse viewing …

Today’s pre-Eclipse Day travel reports … check …

Monday, August 21, 2017, 6:43 am — Eclipse Day!! … Wahooooo! … Glad I’m not driving … I can stick my head out of the window any time I feel like it! … Wahooooo! … Taking 207 south from Umatilla to Spray …

10:06 am — Right here! … far from the madding crowd … an unpaved road south of Spray, Oregon … directly in the path of totality …

10:28 am — This is it! … getting dark …

… darker …

10:32 am — I salute you, Old King Sol, with my Eclipse gum …

See the Augie’s complete journey at Augie Bear’s Eclipse Adventure!

Red Photo Album Cat

April 9, 20181930s, 1940s, animals, cats, dogs, family, family memorabilia, shadows, sleepAugie Bear, bedding, favorites, flowers, ginger cat, Hockinson - WA, orange tabby cat, photos, red tabby cat, sheep, toys, Washingtonteenyperk

Saturday, January 13, 2018, 12:54 pm — Perkins naps … Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear, supervises scanning of Mom’s red photo album … a Christmas gift from Aunt Ida and Uncle Zack Sakrison, 1936 … Hockinson, WA …

Uncle Robert Ahola feeding Pandy Lamb … Ida and Zack’s two-story house in upper left (northeast) …

Bigboy and Pandy Lamb … north of house (that became garage), looking east …

See more of Augie’s exploits in Augie Bear’s Eclipse Adventure!

Photos and Noir Cats

April 3, 2018animals, blogs, cats, computer, curiosity, fun, mirror, movies, tv, windowAugie Bear, bird feeder, cat face, ears, flowers, ginger cat, Kitty Sills, litter, orange tabby cat, photos, red tabby cat, toys, Turner Classic Movies, tuxedo catteenyperk

Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 5:05 pm — Perkins doesn’t know she’s the star of blog photo editing … which turned into Litter Box Acrobat Cat, April 3, 2017 …

11:47 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … noir-ishly watching Turner Classic Movies in the mirror by the computer … Iceberg Augie, Adventure Bear, in the background …