Fofurree Central

I hear songs in the wind,
As if all of the forest was reaching out
To talk to me.
Pausing, I stop awhile and listen.
The song is good.

Beneath my feet soft pine needles,
I paw the ground for more
So sweet the smell.
This, is where I sing.
And the song is good.

Lie back now on soft earth,
Listen with eyes closed to the land
Seeping into me.
Sound, smell and touch.
This is the song within me.

Bilbo

Spring comes again,
And all the promise that renewal brings
Lies before me.
But I have seen so many seasons,
And I am old.

I have no regret,
I have known the love that friendship brings
And I am thankful.
But the years have had their toll,
And I am old.

If summer warms me,
And I can drink some fine wine once more
I am content.
And if you hold me tight, tonight,
I may not feel so old.

Bilbo

The time has come around once more
In winter’s middle part
To say to all your friends out there
I love you, from the heart

I tell you all, that Valentine
On romance was quite mute
And no-one’s sure he cared at all
Or even gave a hoot

But saying this takes not away
From what I want to say
And that is ‘Love to all bear friends’
On this most special day

So find someone to give a hug
Be sure you do not miss
This chance to give someone you love
A great big sloppy kiss

heh heh
jb

three weeks until the launch of our new fashion magazine.
for a sneak peek of the spring/summer cover you are welcome to see
www.fauxgue.com
thanks to jed for the wonderful job he did on the cover.

Hi Everyone,
As some of you may know, Jed and I got this great idea to do a magazine last year. We had a few busy spells and were unable to complete it in time for Spring 2009. We are however, planning to complete it by March 1, 2010.
If anyone has ideas or wants to submit articles (yes some of you have already done so), please email me at snuffy@bearmani.com
Thanks for all your help
Snuffy
too busy for my fur

Worc flew out yesterday to check on JB. He is with Great Mother bear. They are preparing for Halloween. A bunch of the bears are going to dress up as hums to go trick or treating.

My life's a journey, Bilbo dude,
And I must wander free,
To take the woodland paths untrod,
Is now the goal for me.

But worry not my beary friends,
My travels they will bring,
Much news about our woodland friends,
I'll share with you in Spring.

Heh Heh

It has been a long time since I blogged. Busy and sad days for us here. JB has decided after his last trek that home is really with Great Mother Bear in the forest. He has therefore packed his things today and headed off to the woods. We are all feeling a little sad here as we know we will miss him. We wish him well.
Bilbo

Hey ffb, in order to slow down the hordes of spammers, we've had to change how people sign up for an account. Now, when you register, you will get an email. You have to validate the email, and then wait for the admin (that's me and sometimes test bear) to approve you. We still want fofurrees to join us, but we've had to make it more complicated so spammers stay away. If you are having problems with the site, the best way to contact Bella is via a private message. I sometimes don't look at my message board for weeks on end. You can also contact Raeb, Myster, or Scott on Facebook/Myspace/Twitter etc.

None of this should effect your accounts that have already been activated. If there are any problems, let me know.

Squash, Squash, Squash!!!!

I've done a complete site upgrade/update and as of Sunday 23:00 GMT, I don't see any bugs. I've pretty much spent the entire weekend fixing bugs. Tired of bugs. There are quite a few extra features and there will be a few more in the coming weeks. Here's a list of the things that are a bit different.

1. Artfolio Widget. There is noting I can do to get this going. It crashes the entire site when I activate it. I apologise to anyone who used this regularly. You can use the files widget/toolbar to post pictures. If you have any questions, mail me about it.

2. Activity toolbar, widget. Your "Friends Activity" widget doesn't work anymore, however, there is a replacement. The new "Activity" widget is used for both friends and your own activity. Place two copies on your desktop or profile page. Select "edit" in the top right of the widget. You can select either "mine" for your own activity or "friends" for your friends activity. The widget defaults to "mine".

3. Members. There is a cool new little toolbar for members. There is a list of everyone on the site, a list for the most popular people on the site, and a list for recently active.

4. The Wire. It's sort of like a site-wide twitter. Play around with it, you'll get the idea pretty soon.

5. Twitter. You can now post your twitter comments. Unfortunately, it's very basic, but I am working on an upgrade in the very near future. I'll let everyone get used to the new site.

6. The front page. You'll notice that there is a different design to the front page. If you like it, let me know. If you want the old one back (well, almost like the old one) I can change it back. Let me know either way.

Hopefully this upgrade, update will make the site function better. I hope it'll work for you. If you have any problems, let me know.

XXXOOO
Bella