That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 01, 2020

Mrs. Beaver to Mr. Beaver: Honey, I think that Bear is on the roof again.

Fish thinking that is a big beaver.

Bear and fish required to practice “social distancing” (much to the bear’s regret).

“Yo Bucky, it’s Smokey! You got a rod and reel in there by any chance?”

The ones that get away are always bigly HUGE, aren’t they?

♩bet your life your sweet wife will catch more fish than you…

♪♫“A fish won’t do anything, but swim in a brook

He can’t write his name or read a book

To fool the people is his only thought

And though he’s slippery, he still gets caught

But then if that sort of life is what you wish

You may grow up to be a fish" ♪♫

— “Swinging On a Star” by Heusen and Burke

Pooh had pooh-poohed honey as he grew older and shaggier, and he longed for filet of fish on which he was hooked. But the scales were tipped against him. Drat! He hated getting wet, so he just had to grin and bear it as he watched the trout (or was it a goldfish?—Pooh didn’t know) finish his dining dreams.

Shouldn’t Barry be spelled Beary?

Fish is thinking “Dam I’m horny”, but was blocked from the spawn, ironically enough by beavers.

I hope the bear keeps it in the woods.

This seen could have painted less than a half mile behind my home. There’s a huge beaver damn still under construction, there’s fish in the stream, and there are bears back there. Of course right now everything is under three feet of snow.

I like it! I was getting tired of musty, drab old paintings.

Looks like a badly colored racoon.

The beavers, a mated pair/were engaged in a heated affair/so in spite of the bear/lumb’ring‘round up there/ they proceeded without a care…

Damn beaver dam.

Trout Temptation: 

https://fran-brooks.pixels.com/featured/trout-temptation-fran-brooks.html 

has info about this jumbo envelope size painting.

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/fran-brooks?tab=about 

has info about this artist. This is the first work by her used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2417 (March 31, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

" I wonder if the water’s deep?… Is it too cold?… Is that the only fish in the pond or are there more? … Are there any bigger ones? … If I jump in can I catch a fish or just catch a cold? … Oh hell! I’ll just go raid the dumpster at McDonald’s. "

Okay, that took me a moment…good one!

Gulb, glub…“Help I can’t swim”, cried Jerry as he stepped in a hole. The Trout was free, but only momentarily.

So are we looking at things from a fisherman’s perspective – like “the Heck with the Grizzly standing there?” Or is Barry the bear?

Mrs. Beaver to Mr. Beaver; “John, that damn bear is on our roof again!”

I know exactly how this bear feels. I’ve had many a trout tease me too.

What wasn’t mentioned here is that since the bear couldn’t catch the trout, this was the artist’s very last painting.

So, Barry’s going to dam Fran’s Brook?

Saliva said good by to her fish friend as he headed out to the ocean, we will meet again in 3 years she called.fish was glad to go, spawning ahead he thought.

Thaddeus was proud to have the largest aquarium in that part of the country.

Boo! :D

From wiki P: Clifton Avon “Cliff” Edwards, nicknamed “Ukulele Ike”, was an American musician, singer and actor, who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with “Singin’ in the Rain” in 1929. Let me add: Edwards voiced the character ‘Pinocchio’ in the Disney movie. As well a singing “when you wish upon a star”.