Can't stop thinking about

  Please Somebody Buy Me This F--ing Bear Sleeping Bag

Perfect for cub naps

and work naps.

And general warmth-during-the-winter-months naps.

Thank you, Buzzfeed.

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 A few months ago I was shopping for a friend's baby shower 

and for my nephew's Christmas present.

Someone let me loose in a Babies R Us.

I displayed heretofore unexpected self-restraint.

 [I did not purchase the above-pictured bear suit.]

 Because it is impractical

and unnecessary.

I refrained.

Praise be.

~~~

So then my mom sends me this little beaut

  and I had this wonderful and terrible realization

that we totally missed the matching bear suit boat.

Go ahead,

picture a full-grown hominid bear

with that baby cub on its hip.

What. a. dream.

Now if only the grown-human sized bear suit costed a pretty penny less,

(many many pretty pennies)

we'd be well on our way.

That is all.

An Ode to an Alleyway

This door lived in the otherwise unassuming alley behind my building.  It was probably the only notable thing about it until one day...

... I noticed this little friend hiding away back there.

Milford Sound

I have tried to write about fiordland but can't seem to do it justice.

Eventually, eventually.

For now, photos.