Lee's bear

My partner of 31 years has always had a thing for bear statues. I could probably post a picture of him posing with a bear for every year that we've been married and then some.

So when our daughter, Suzanna, and my sister, Jeanine, came across a very shabby little bear statue among a neighbour's garbage, waiting to be picked up and hauled to the dump, they rescued him.

Suzanna did a wee repair job, applied new paint, and voila. The perfect Father's Day present.

Lee finally has his own bear, who, like Shadow-pup, awaits him every day at our back door -- a good reminder, when our garden is wet, to wipe my paws.

No offense to those who prefer garden gnomes... I enjoy them too!