BRRRRRRR!

Things are cooling DOWN in Sydney!  I am amazed every year - which is a bit silly for a winter creature like me.

Thought I might share this timely recipe for one of my favourite soups ever.  Sodden weather scrumptious And easy as A B C (badda boom).

Imagine - you (and your favourite bootee) on the couch, snug in your Ugs with a steamy mug of alphabet soup.  Winter doesn't get cosier than that!

Loubootees?

I spent a few hours today doing one of my favourite things in the world, scouring the internet for glorious boots and (naturally) I came across the Christian Louboutin website, which led me to Louboutin World.  A mish mash of glorious shoe madness!  Jesters, fortune tellers, studs, sparkles and superhero shoes. If you have a few spare minutes, do check it out, it will put a smile on the face of any shoe lover.

And did I find my dream boots?  You bet I did.  A Bootee can dream can't he?

xxCharlie

A run for my money

A short post today, since things have been quite busy in Bootees world!  But I thought I might celebrate the start of Autumn with this cute little fella in his gumboots.  I hate to say it but he's giving Bootees a bit of a run for their money for the cutest thing around in boots!

xx charlie

Daim, that's good!

Now I know anything related to IKEA shouldn't whip me into a blog frenzy but AS I have devoted myself to blogging about all things genius I feel an obligation to spread the word about this scrumptious candy choc treat!  I'd love to say it has been a long love affair but as I'm 2 years old that's a big call....  But in my experience there's nothing much better than shuffling through that great big box of IKEA and through the checkout to Daim heaven.

I got googling and found some amazing looking recipes I'd love to get my hands into.  But since I don't acutally have any hands I have posted some pictures here for your drooling pleasure. YUM!

If you haven't tried this salty sweet almond brittle and chocolate candy bar, get thee to an IKEA quick, where you can snap up a family bag of Swedish goodness for $8.99.  Unfortunately between myself and the Bootees family, these don't last too long.

xx Charlie

Heat hallucinations

Bizaaaaare...  I was just on my way to the fridge for a paddlepop and I looked down and saw this chip in the paint on the floor.  Maybe it's just the summer heat getting to me but it totally looks like a monkey face (I put some 20c coins down as ears so you know what I'm on about).

Good grief.  I think I need to sit down and have a paddlepop.

xoxo charlie

Sloth+Bear+Giant?!?

 someone needs a hug!

nick trying to sneak up on the Giant Sloth.  don't worry, its not a real one : \

As you know, Bootees is a sponsor of the Free the Bears Fund. Check out our last post on the Free the Bears Fund here.  The Free The Bears team rescue a lot of Sloth Bears in India (where they are used as dancing bears).  I'd never heard of a sloth bear before so I found it super interesting when we came across this Sloth Bear cave in Chile.  It's a gigantic cave where the remains of an ancient Giant Sloth Bear was found - where he had apparently lived thousands of years ago in an exciting time when Giant Sloth Bears roamed the Earth.

Well.. I thought it was fascinating.

Just as interesting, here is a photo of inside the cave - there wasn't a square centimetre that wasn't covered in sandy footprints.  To go where no bootprints have gone before will have to wait another day....

xxcharlie

Bear Love

mokiyup, our sponsor Moon Bear

Bootees is a proud sponsor of the Free the Bears Fund, which is an Australian organisation that rescues bears in dreadful situations in countries such as Laos, Cambodia, India and Vietnam.

Mokiyup is a very special Moon Bear that we are sponsoring in Cambodia.  Sadly, Mokiyup was rescued as an exotic pet, stunted and starved from a young age and near death. We recently received an update from FTB on how he is doing at the FTB sanctuary and it is super to hear that he has been putting on lots of weight and will be moved into an enclosure with more playful young bears (he apparently is a bit shy of the older ones he is living with at the moment).

If you have 3 spare seconds to learn more about this wonderful organisation, please click here.

love

charlie