what you see here is my first-ever furniture purchase from my first college apartment - the Bear Table. this thing has been to several places with me but ended up out at Pat and Cathy's place for many years. now that Cathy has decided to sell the place, went up there to pick up a load of various family heirlooms and whatnot and this was among them.

manus' reaction is the funniest thing. he normally just gives a cursory sniff to anything i bring in the door but he circled the table for several minutes trying to determine what it was. smells like furniture, looks like critter. he sniffed the bear's ears and its rear and he looked at it from every angle. he seems to have decided that it is not another pet after all.

something else in this load is the crib that Pat built for Tommy. it is actually a 3-in-1 so I'm going to set it up as a bed in the guest room once I get the adapter for making it a bed.