Nature Friday - November Autumn Series

Welcome to Nature Friday where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville.  Today we are kicking off our November Autumn Nature Friday series. We will have some pictures each Friday this month showing what Fall has been looking like around our corner of Blogville!

Starting this week with a look some colorful leaves!

From beautiful reds

to greens and orange

Even the cottonwood leaves have turned a vibrant yellow

For awhile there, we didn't think we would get any color.  We had a dry summer followed by record breaking rains in October.

Japanese maples turning red...

Look at the pretty dark yellow veins in this leaf!

Leaf peeping may be one of Mama's favorite things about Autumn!

We'll wrap things up with this artsy picture Mama took.

Thank you for joining us for a look at the different leaves we have been seeing in our corner of Blogville.

Are the leaves changing colors where you live??

We hope all our friends get to experience some kind of nature this weekend!

Show us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see a link below, click HERE  to go to our Hoppity Page.

Thankful Thursday - Happy Landings

During the Balloon Fiesta this year, one of the coolest balloons was a cluster of helium balloons designed by balloon pilot, Jonathon Trappe.

Trappe wanted to recreate the type of balloon cluster that they

had in the 2009 Pixar movie, Up.

Volunteers started showing up at 1:30am the night before to fill the 94 helium balloons needed for the 9am take off. 

Because the balloons were already blown up, they controlled how high they went by throwing out sandbags, and when they were ready to land they had to pop balloons!  Click the picture above to see a short video of ballon cluster.

Mama was a little worried about the balloon landing safely, and was so thankful to hear they landed safely (the next morning) south of Show Low, Arizona. They sure went a long way, Show Low is over 200 miles southwest of Albuquerque!

Here is a short video of the balloons in flight:

You can read more about this cool adventure

HERE

Thank you to Maxwell and Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop 

Backyard Wildlife Wednesday - Beep, Beep!

 

This guy was caught roaming around the backyard...It is pretty rare, but TC caught some footage of him along the BFH (aka the back fence highway):

I sure hope he didn't make a wrong turn in Albuquerque!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

Happy Balloon Tuesday - Special Shapes

Happy first Tuesday of November! Today, we have some pictures and video of some of the fun special shapes the pawrents say at the Balloon Fiesta.

Humpty Dumpty

Smokey the Bear

Wally the Walrus

Spooky the Penguin

Tropsy, the Baby Triceratops

...and this silly guy that flew over ArCee!

Here is a video Mama put together of some of her favorite shapes:

We'll wrap up our Special Shape fun with a big bear hug! 
 

Thank you for joining us for a look at some the 2026 special shaped balloons. We hope it helps make your Happy Tuesday a bit happier!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week! 

Cozy Rosy Aaaws

Can you bring me breakfast in bed, Mama?

After a busy weekend of costumes and time changes, I think I'll spend a cozy Monday on the couch. 

We're also joining Comedy Plus for the 

Awww Monday Blog Hop! 

Happy Halloween!

 

BOO!

Happy Halloween!

Nature FFF - 2026 Balloon Fun for All!

 

Welcome to the wonderful Friday each month where Nature Friday comes together with YAM Aunty's FFF!!  Make sure to visit YAM Aunty HERE to get the Rulez and join the FFF fun!

We may be stretching the "nature" part of this Friday but, winds blow hot air balloons around and wind is a part of nature so, VOILA, hot air balloons must be part of nature, right??

This year's Balloon Fiesta brought fun for all of us. Mama and Daddy took ArCee to the Balloon Fiesta RV Park to watch the balloons this year and Sunny and I got to stay home with Nanny K in peace and enjoy the fact that the balloon parade went the other direction because of the winds!

We do get to enjoy the millions of pictures and video Mama captured. We swear she as many pictures in the 3 days at the Balloon Fiesta than she took during her 2 weeks in Italy! She has already warned us there will be a few more balloon posts in the next month or so.

We know this balloon cluster has its own heart warming post coming up next week.

Plus, of course, there will be all the usual fun balloon posts.

You'll see a few old balloon friends, like Airabelle the cow.....

....and some new friends, like Willy the Constable! 

Below is a sneak peek video at some of the balloon fun:

Thanks for joining us for FFF "Nature" Friday and a look at some of the fun balloons Mama and Daddy got to see, Thank goodness we didn't have to listen to all that hot air blowing!

We hope all out friends get to experience some real nature this weekend! 

Show us your nature! It can be flowers, your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a picture from a vacation, walk or other journey! Any kind of nature picture will do! If you don't see a link below, click HERE  to go to our Hoppity Page.