A Beary Intense Stare - a photo on Flickriver

            Growly Bear, a big yellow bear with a somewhat stern face, was bought for my maternal Grandmother from Hamley's Toy Shop in London in 1922.  He is covered in mohair and has amber glass eyes, has reticulated arms, legs and a head, and was named Growly Bear because he used to growl when you turned him upside down.  He was still growling when my Mother was a child.  My Uncle, born three years after my Mother, christened him The Big One, because he was the biggest teddy bear in the nursery.  When he came to me as a child, I amalgamated the two names and called him, Big Growly Bear.  

Big Growly Bear is doing very well for being just a year away from his one hundredth birthday.  He is very patient and sits quietly and with dignity, waiting for a cuddle from me, or a photo opportunity.  He tends to receive the former more so than the latter, which tends to go to younger and more energetic members of my teddy bear family, as anyone who follows my photostream will know.

The theme for “Smile on Saturday” this week is “profile portrait”.  The profile was to have been a person, however we have been in another Coronavirus lockdown where I live, and as such, I only have my partner to photgraph, and he doesn't like having his photo taken at the best of times and was not willing to sit for me.  I also have no pets, so I am stuck for living creatures.  I’m hoping that my maternal Grandmother’s bear, old Big Growly Bear, will be acceptable.  Like the Duke of Edinburgh, he is just shy of his one hundredth birthday and still has a noble profile, even at his advanced age.

Taken on: February 18, 2021

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/2.8, 1/15 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.067 sec (1/15)
Focal Length:	6.2mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384
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