The Junkyard Alley Gang

Luke, Resus, Cleo, Bluey, Bingo, Luella, Six, Dixon and I are a junkyard gang exploring the streets of London and sometimes encountering Rex and his gang of motorcyclists.

Upside Down Peekaboo

Orko plays a cheeky game of peekaboo with baby Furaha, then he tries it by floating upside down.

Chip N Dale: Cupcakes

PANEL 1: INT. CUPCAKES 2 LOVE - DAY.

Pooh from The Book Of Pooh, Blue from Blue’s Room and Oswald the octopus are all sitting round the table enjoying a Mickey Mouse afternoon tea.

POOH: I do like these sorts of holidays with my friends. Just us, enjoying tea in this quaint little cafe.

BLUE: What’s quaint? Ah, no biggie. Still, these sausage rolls are delicious! And to think dog food was every dog’s baby food.

OSWALD: It’s nice being around my friends: me, you, Blue, Pooh Bear…ha, a little family reunion.

PANEL 2

Just then, a big red face with two huge eyes looks in through the window. It seems familiar to us.

CLIFFORD: You gonna leave room for me?

POOH/BLUE/OSWALD: (screaming) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

PANEL 3

Blue suddenly calms down, realising it’s only Clifford The Big Red Dog. Oswald and Pooh are confused.

BLUE: Ha ha ha ha! Oh, it’s only Clifford. False alarm, everyone!

PANEL 4: EXT. CUPCAKES 2 LOVE - CONTINUOUS. DAY.

Clifford is standing outside the building, which is as big as he is. Blue pokes her head through the door and calls:

BLUE: Oh Cli-fford! Are you coming to join us?

CLIFFORD: Sorry, but I think I’m too big to fit through the building.

THE END.

Spirit Of The Kangaroo

The kangaroo's spirit lives in all of us, especially Furaha and Orko. Raised by this bouncy species, they learn all about the Aboriginal outback world from their kindly kangaroo mother, while playing with the Joey's in their family and the nearby koala family.

Drongo

Furaha and Orko live in a primitive Aboriginal Australian world with their parents Kiburi and Ua and their dog Rocky. Although they live in a bright gold outback land, their parents allow them plenty of freedom to explore the rich Aussie land, including bouncing with kangaroos and swimming with friendly saltwater crocodiles.

Orko's Nest Bed

In order to make a rainy weekend a little more comfortable for Furaha, Orko uses his magic to conjure up a soft nest bed with cushiony edges and lots of downy white pillows shaped like eggs. Orko cuddles Furaha in his nest, and also brings her milk back to her nest, just like a real father bird.

Mountain Warmth

Furaha and Orko wander an icy, misty mountain. Tired and hungry, they are glad to find warmth and shelter in a snug little cave near a cliff on the mountain.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Lickables With Pokemon Toys

The Pokemon action continues outside of Cupcakes 2 Love! I just found this pretty article about Cadbury Dairy Milk Lickables - this mum reviewed how you can find a surprise Pokemon toy inside every single Lickable! It's a chocolate yogurt, but that's not the first time Pokemon appeared with Cadbury's - back then, when Pokemon was all the rage, they made it a part of their Caramilk bars alongside Digimon. So tell us, friends, which comes first? Pokemon, or Digimon?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Lickables & Pokemon

Cupcakes 2 Love

It's unlike any afternoon tea you've ever attended before - this is the most awesome restaurant in the UK! It's Cupcakes 2 Love, where there are loads of themed afternoon teas on hand to be served directly to you. From Pokemon to The Lion King and Mickey Mouse to The Muppets, there's always something for everyone. If I were to eat here, it'll be my favourite restaurant, and even everyone at Key and the One Stop Shop would enjoy it. Check out their website for more info:

Cupcakes 2 Love

And while you're here, meet this mum who ordered an ELECTRIFYING Pokemon afternoon tea with her little Pokemon trainers - a meal fit for Ash Ketchum and his friends! Shame we miss him though.

Pokemon Afternoon Tea!

10 Things I'll Talk About With My New Friends From Autism Initiatives Should I Visit The Velocity Cafe For The Coffee Group

10.A Weekend With Orko/Teatime.

I say! No coffee group is complete without mentioning a gentle slice of life vignette about Furaha and Orko living in a London apartment with a love of jazz and piano music and cupcakes for afternoon tea. I admit it, it's based on Toonami UK's August 2003 He Man Weekend Marathon, but it was the landmark event that changed how viewers saw Toonami in the UK, and thinking of London and jazz music is better than when the people at Disney thought of jazz in Paris where the Aristocats lived.

9.Chip N Dale: Cupcakes and Round My Family Tree Auditions.

Yes, Round My Family Tree is an absolute earworm for me and various other Disneyphobians who watched The Tigger Movie as a kid, but want to know what happened when they casted the Tiggers who got a role in the sequence? In this comic, characters like Tony The Tiger, Shere Khan and Garfield try out for a role in the sequence, but are instantly rejected. Then in Cupcakes, which takes place at the Cupcakes 2 Love restaurant in Yorkshire, Pooh from The Book Of Pooh, Blue from Blue's Room, Oswald the octopus and Clifford The Big Red Dog all gather for afternoon tea at the BEST CUPCAKE RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD! Only, Clifford can't get in because he's too big. All for laughs, I suppose. It is the world of Chip N Dale of course!

8.Teddy Orko

One of my friends from a town near me always holds a doll wherever she goes. Whether it's her favourite Minnie Mouse doll or a Care Bear, you can be sure that no one calls her a big baby. She also has fantastic rainbow hair and wears Disney jumpers, like one with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy and Pluto. Well, in Teddy Orko, Orko pretends to be a big Trollan teddy bear, making squeaking and growling noises as Furaha hugs him tight. It's a nice, sweet little vignette that I may share with my new friends at the One Stop Shop - most of them carry teddies too!

7.Orko & The Deep Of Life

Nobody recognises the power of water in nature better than me. Orko is seen in this vignette swimming in deep water, encountering little fish and plant life deep under the incoming tide and relaxing on the top of the water. This is a life that's just right for a Trollan after crash landing on Earth, away from the abuse of Prince Adam/He Man and Cringer. And to bind this and the next one in my list together, here's something that may take you to paradise...

6.Three Best Friends In Paradise

This is an idea I almost forgot about, based on the poem 'Two Black Boys In Paradise' - except there's a lioness cub, a Trollan wizard and an Autobot leader enjoying themselves on a pure, safe, simple island, away from the dangers and harsh jobs of the real world - swimming in the ocean, relaxing on the beach and exploring the jungle. Outside today it's really cold with snow, but luckily the water and weather is warm in Paradise. Just where the One Stop Shop Coffee Crew would be when it's snowing and they can't go out for coffee.

5.Walking With Monsters

My support worker can't come and take me out this Friday, but luckily I bought myself a £3 DVD named Walking With Monsters to make up for it. The back of the DVD says the monsters in the series may look like something out of a fantasy nightmare, but are actually present before us humans were around. This series came out when I was 5, and now I'm happy to share it with my friends from the One Stop Shop - what I tell them will make them spit out their fruit filled vegan food in shock and disgust over things like:

HYNERPETONS THAT LOOK LIKE OMELETTES! (EEEEWW!)

GIANT SPIDERS! (EEEK!)

MONSTERS EATING EACH OTHER WITH BLOOD FLYING EVERYWHERE! (OH NO!)

THE FACT THAT 2 ENTERTAIN RELEASED THIS, THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE & AARDMAN'S DARKSIDE IN THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS! (OOOOOOOH!)

4.The Itchy Body Bug Inspector

And speaking of bugs (and rather grotesque prehistoric ones in fact), this Sybil & Friends story sees me wake up complaining about an itchy leg which I tried to scratch overnight, so my sister Cleo, Bluey's sister Bingo and Rex's roommate Vince play at being doctors to find out what's going on under my skin. Bingo uses a plastic toy butter knife to pretend to scrape at my skin, and to everyone's shock, they find a lot of pretend bugs under there, including a giant millipede (actually a toy green and purple centipede) that wants to eat my flesh away. Cleo, Bingo and Vince must chase it before it goes under someone else's skin. Will they do it? I guess the Coffee Crew will have to find out, won't they? Eh? EH?!

3.Cheese, Orko & Cringer Stay Up

This is another Sybil & Friends story based on the Bluey episode 'Fairytale' that thankfully isn't grotesque or disgusting. In this '80s-set story which is set on the Eternia '80s kids seem to know and love, Prince Adam leaves Orko to look after Cringer and Cheese while he, Teela and Man At Arms go out to an important banquet for the night. The moment our three heroes leave, Cheese and his friends plan to stay up all night, stealing chocolate cake from the palace kitchens, drinking all of Man At Arms' beer and telling scary stories. I know, beer was mentioned in The Tiger Who Came To Tea but it's nice to have a kids' character, especially a tough one like Man At Arms, drink it. I don't want to see him smash it over Orko's head, though. Poor thing.

2.Orko & Optimus: Bag Of Tricks

In this comic, Orko is tired of having only a minor role in the He Man episode 'The Last Stand'. He goes to bed that night and has a dream about having a much bigger role in the episode, talking with Prince Adam about the things produced from his sleeve and revealing what he uses the white sticky porridge, flower, ball, vault and three eyed goldfish for - feeding babies, doing magic and...*GASPS IN HORROR* STORING MONEY?! This angers Adam so much that Orko produces another ball from his sleeve and throws it into Adam's face, throwing him off the cliff and causing the little wizard to earn a definitive ovation from the producers and crew as filming finishes, and he wakes up triumphant he'll stop Prince Adam from stealing his thunder once and for all. If Orko can be the true star of the show, you can too! And so will the Coffee Crew.

1.Orko's Ears

No Coffee Crew list would be complete without the inclusion of a much lighter vignette of Orko's eternal stay on Earth with his lion family. It features a usual scenario of Orko relaxing on the sofa, not a care in the world. Then Furaha sneaks up to him and begins to fiddle with his ears. Orko begins giggling over the ticklish feeling, but then once it stops he hears giggling and asks who did that. Furaha appears, and Orko pounces onto her and tickles her. This inspired by me fiddling the ears of my own pets, such as Mushroom and currently my dog Mylo, who is being a bit of a naughty today as he stole both sound remotes at once.

10 Ideas To Celebrate Winnie The Pooh Day

10.Read the original Winnie The Pooh books by A A Milne.

9.Watch a variety of Winnie The Pooh films and specials, including Seasons Of Giving, Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, Tigger & Pooh & A Musical Too and Winnie The Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year.

8.Inspired by The Tigger Movie, draw all the Tiggers that are present in Tigger's family tree, plus those that would be in his friends' family trees too. While you're at it, you should try the 'How To Make Your Family Tree' featurette if you own The Tigger Movie on DVD.

7.Make drawings for your scrapbook inspired by happy memories of people, places and things you did, inspired by Piglet's Big Movie.

6.Head to the swimming pool and play like Roo and Lumpy did with your kids in Pooh's Heffalump Movie.

5.Print out colouring pages of Pooh and his friends and colour away.

4.Make a Winnie The Pooh scrapbook inspired by old Winnie The Pooh magazines and scrapbooking material from the 2018 Christopher Robin film.

3.Explore places which inspired the Winnie The Pooh series online or where you live.

2.Watch The Book Of Pooh on Disney+.

1.And of course, no Winnie The Pooh Day is complete without watching the original and best The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh.

A Weekend With Orko: Teatime

When Orko and Furaha got home that afternoon, it was already three o’clock. And that meant it was time for tea and cake. Orko would put on a record and wait for Furaha to head back into the living room with a plate of cupcakes and cucumber sandwiches. The record at the moment was playing Nat King Cole, mostly starting from Furaha’s favourite song by that artist, ‘Deed I Do’.

Furaha sang and danced about the kitchen like a bear in the jungle whilst getting tea ready. She made the sandwiches with white bread and fresh cucumbers and cheese and cut them into rectangular slices. Then she got out four of her favourite chocolate cupcakes with pink icing and placed them on the tray beside the sandwiches. She next got out her favourite yellow teapot and teacups and poured some nice delicious hot chocolate - a good exchange for tea if it tastes sour to taste buds - and added small pink and white marshmallows to it.

Back in the living room, Rocky, their dog, was lazily looking out the window at all the cars and buses and lorries passing by. He was the sort of dog who liked to watch everything that went on. I guess you could call him a ‘watchdog’! Ha, I can hear Orko already laughing from that joke. “I know, Rocky, I know, you’ll get your tea soon.” Rocky quickly turned round with a wild houndy smile on his face. His favourite - a nice juicy dog bowl full of sausages! Drool dripped from his tongue, and he barked happily.

“Orko! Teatime!” called Furaha from the kitchen as she grooved in carrying the whole tray of sandwiches, cakes and hot chocolate. “Oh boy! Our favourite tea!” cheered Orko. Furaha was not just an excellent jazz musician and piano player, but also a good cook, and when she presented the tea for Orko to admire, he was already licking his shadowed chops with a visible tongue, which you saw during the horrible time he was forced to perform at Prince Adam’s birthday party. We can’t talk about THAT now, can we?

As Furaha and Orko enjoyed their tea, Furaha busily said, “Ah, weekends are good, aren’t they? Free time to play the piano any time and nobody to force us into those strict English boarding schools.” “Furaha…we don’t go to school.” said Orko. “Oh.” munched Furaha. “By the way, did you hear about the Penguin Summer Competition they’re hosting?” “Oh, a competition where they host a penguin that’s best dressed for the Summer?” asked Orko. Furaha almost choked on her sandwich, giggling at the thought. “No, I meant a competition hosted by those little chocolate bars with penguins on the wrappers. We have some in the fridge. They’re hosting it at the funfair today.” “Chocolate bars can’t just stand on two legs and give away prizes with their arms and hands.” joked Orko. “No, they can’t,” laughed Furaha, “But what they can do is wait to get eaten.” “Like those sandwiches you make, they’re great!” chomped Orko, taking another sandwich from the tray, “Mmmm, you should make some of these more often.” “I already have,” said Furaha, “And I feel plenty with all those sandwiches on my pallet.” “But you’re not full up yet!” “I know. Tell you what - after tea, we should dance to piano music playing on the gramophone. How does that sound?” “Would I ever!” said Orko, “It’s the best weekend ever!”

So after tea, Furaha put on some groovy swing piano music and she and Orko got up and danced away to work off their sandwiches and cakes. Rocky danced with them, bouncing around them like a hyena on too much sugar. They waltzed, tangoed, and even danced crazily around the living room, as the jazzy overtones of Wynton Marsarlis bounced off the walls of the living room. Orko was clumsy for a few moments and knocked some vinyl records over, but Furaha cleaned it all up using her tail.

As the sun was setting, to wind down, Furaha got to her piano and played some chilled out, sometimes emotional music. Orko sat next to her, quite content, hearing this soulful, tearful music fill up the room. Rocky lounged on the sofa, his paw hanging off the edge as he fell asleep. “This is the best music I’ve ever heard,” smiled Orko under his shadowed face. “Hey, while we’re on the subject, can we go to Cupcakes 2 Love next weekend? It’s just down the road. I hear they make lovely afternoon teas. And then, once we’ve done that, we could go swimming with Claudia and Ginger again. Got that?” “Mmmm,” agreed Furaha, and her music played longingly until 9PM, when it was time for both of them to go to bed.

Arctic Wonderland: Sliding Downhill

Orko, Optimus and I climbed over the huge, snowy hill and looked into the distance. We could see the whole Arctic laden out before us, like a 3D module of a plan an ice builder would make. The icebergs and hills and seas around were shrouded in a cottony mist, and Orko’s ears flapped in the wind. My ears and fur flapped too. “Wow…” I gasped. “This is our world?” Optimus nodded gently. “We care for the ice, nourish its creatures and protect its beauty. As long as we stay together, nothing will ever happen to our land. And guess what?” “What?” Orko and I both asked together.

In response, Optimus playfully pushed us down the hill. We began tumbling down, squealing and laughing in joy, as Optimus leapt onto the edge of the hill and began sliding down on his metallic back. “Wheeeeeeee!!” Orko and I cried out in joy as we slid all the way downhill, Optimus following behind. It was as if he wanted to be a young Autobot again. I felt such thrill and ecstasy that I wanted to do it all over again once I reached the bottom.

So we did, and we continued laughing and shouting like crazy as we tumbled down the snowy hill, sliding on the ice like it was a slippery silver water slide. Except that it was all snow. Once we reached the bottom again, we all started laughing in joy, and Orko and I cuddled each other to keep ourselves warm from the cold.

Then, we felt someone sweep us up in his giant arms. Optimus Prime, of course, hugged and cuddled us, keeping us safe and warm even outside our cosy cave. Optimus lay there with us in his arms, protecting us like he was our father. A father who could let us play in the snow forever.