Adventures of the LLB Gang

7/29/26

Thankful Thursday

Today I (Mama Beth) an thankful for documenting so many wonderful shark week memories. As I was looking back through these posts, I fondly remembered one of Sunny's first Shark Week posts with Jakey:

Why you gots a shark on your head Jakey???

Well Sunny, this time every year there is this silly Mama tradition. A TV channel has a #SHARKWEEK and they play shark shows on TV for a whole week!! For some reason, Mama feels like she needs to celebrate all these sharks by dressing us up in silly shark clothes, hats and bandanas.

There are a couple of perks though. First, there is always lots of snuggling in front of the TV at night while Mama and Daddy watch the sharks, AND there are LOTS of treats involved for posing too!!

A little later..... Just one treat???

Jakey said you would gimme LOTS of treats, Mama!!!

Thank you to Maxwell and Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop

7/28/26

(Not really our) Backyard Wildlife Wednesday

This week, to celebrate Shark Week, I wanted to show you our Man Eating (well, bird eating) raccoon from our very own backyard! Unfortunately, Mama axed that idea (she said it was not appropriate for public viewing). Instead, we have some video footage Mama took from the ABQ Aquarium earlier this week mixed in with some of her underwater adventures over the years:

OK, that was a nice video Mama....

but I still think the Killer Raccoon would have been more fun!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the

Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

7/27/26

Time Flies...When You're a Shark

From little, baby Sharks....

to Cool, grown up sharkies...

Time sure does fly by when you're having fun!!!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

7/26/26

Shark Week Aaawws

Happy Shark Week!!!

The one week of the year we let Mama put those shark hats that try to eat our ears on our heads!

We're also joining Comedy Plus for the

Awww Monday Blog Hop!

7/23/26

Flower Friday, Italy Style

Welcome to Nature Friday where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. This time of year, nature colors turn to browns and grays here in New Mexico. In order to find a bit of color, I searched Mama's Italy pictures on her phone and found some pretty pictures of a garden she and Daddy visited.

Mama says it is the garden of some palace she tell everyone about in a later post. For now, I will just show you the flowers.

OH, and this duck. I am pretty sure he ran the place!

They had ponds with pretty water lilies

Mama says these are called "Bitter Oranges" and are

used to make orange marmalade.

But the bestest flowers of all were, of course, the rosy roses!!

Look as this wall of colorful blooms!

Mama says they smelled sooooo good!

This one is my favorite. It is the perfect mix of pink and red!

A storm had just moved through before Mama's visit, so the roses were a little soggy, but they were still beautiful!

Thanks for stopping by to see some of the Italian flowers Mama found. I'll keep my eyes open to see what other nature she has been hiding on her phone.

Here's to a nature filled 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.