I have two new friends I want you to meet:

They have some pretty hilarious little adventures, like this one, called “Collision“

One of my favorites is the time they tried out a Seesaw:

I was a little horrified by this one, because I don’t know why anyone would want to smash perfectly good Cadbury Creme Eggs. But Mrs. Polar Bear had her reasons.

I was intrigued by these little stories, so I got in touch with Mr. Fox (Tom) and Mrs. Polar Bear (Emily) to learn a little more about them.

“Emily and I met on our first day of University,” Tom told me. “We both went to Imperial College in London and lived in the same halls next to the Royal Albert Hall. On one of our first ‘dates’ we went to Hamleys (the most famous toy shop in the UK). Mr. Fox just caught our eye – we picked him up and couldn’t put him back – so he’s been with us since November 2003.”

Next came Mr. Bear, then Mr. Wolf, and then finally Mrs. P.B. arrived (all from Hamleys).

“I used to take Mr. Fox home with me at Christmas, and then Emily started to take Mrs P.B. back with her. It was one of those Christmases that Mrs P.B. began to develop a personality and she and Mr. Fox became a twosome.”

During a walking holiday along the Welsh-English border in 2007  they started taking photos of Mr. Fox and Mrs. P.B.  They uploaded them to Flickr when they got back from the trip, with the idea of turning it into a 365 day project. But 365 days has since turned into a daily upload – now with an audio version – of charming short stories and photos for three years.

I, for one, am glad they kept going on Day 366. So are Elena and Rosa. The other night, we sat on the couch and listened to many of the stories and looked at a lot of the pictures. They kept saying, “Click on this one” and “Now click on this one.”

We laughed at the photos, like this one from the “Races,” in which we learn that “after an incident involving a fork, a royal flush, and someone’s paw, gambling for beans was actually banned in the Land of the Bed.”

And we fell madly in love with Mr. Fox and Mrs. Polar Bear in photo after photo.

How could you not?

Tom, who works for a software company by day, and Emily, who is a tax consultant, are working on a website for Mr. Fox and Mrs. P.B., and they hope to write a book one day. Let’s hope that they do. In the meantime, you can follow Mr. Fox and Mrs. Polar Bear on Twitter. And you can also become their fan on Facebook.

Thanks so much to Tom, Emily, Mr. Fox and Mrs. Polar Bear for letting me share their photos and story here today. And thanks to Robert of Mahar Drygoods, who pointed them out in the first place.

Happy weekend to you all!