Meet Gregory Bears First Mother! |
My Creator the Fabulous Carol-Lynn Rössel |
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| This wonderful painting of "Gregory's Tea" was sent to me from her !!! |
| Carol-Lynn told me that a friend of her living in Sweden told her about my website. |
| In her e-mail to me she says: |
| "How fascinating to see Gregory is having Swedish adventures! |
| Gregory is named for my brother, Carl Gregory Rössel and I designed him for Russ Berrie a dozen years ago. |
| He has been my most popular manufactured Teddy. |
| Once I was in the airport in Stockholm, on the way to Russia and I saw four Gregory Bears sitting on a shelf, each |
| wearing a Swedish sweater. I was so surprised to see my children there I screamed. |
| This made the nice ladies in the gift shop most concerned." |
Carol-Lynn also tells us that her grandparents came from Stockholm. Can you imagine, what a small world! |
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| Cousin Maria! |
| "Greg has a cousin named Maria and is a subject of a book called "Bear Making 101" by |
| Carol-Lynn.It is a story book, as well as a how-to book and tells about the rest of |
| Gregory's family and how to make them. |
| In this picture Maria is sitting on a "dala-horse" (a classic Swedish Souvenir). |
| Her grandfather and grandmother met at a park in Sigtuna, Sweden. It was love at first |
| sight. Since she was from Arkhangelsk, Russia and they might never have met again |
if they parted,
they married immediately. |
| Carol-Lynn says: This is a photo I took of Maria in Skansen, on the way back from |
her first trip to
Arkhangelsk, in |
| Russia 1997. She is wearing the sweater she glommed from the Gregory Bear I bought at |
the Stockholm airport". |
| Interview with Carol-Lynn Rössel (Opens in new window) |
| Interview found at Tashambra's Menagerie |
