We were so happy to see Homer the Hawk out at the fountain a couple of weeks ago. We hadn't seen him for most of the Spring and, although the doves and little birds were happy not to see him, we were getting worried something may have happened to him! Here is some video TC captured:
Thanks for stopping by Homer, maybe come back in the Fall?!
Thank you for joining me as I re-cap our trip to Italy. This week, we are taking a look around Florence, the final big stop along our "Best of Italy" tour.
Whether you call the city Florence, Firenze or the Birthplace of Renaissance, I dare you not to fall in love with its beauty, history and, of course, its architecture!
Florence's streets were among the first in Italy to be paved...
The Florence Duomo has largest brick dome ever built...
...and the Florence Cathedral was only one of the beautifully detailed buildings we admired while wandering the city.
Here is a short video of some of the streets and architecture views we saw during our walk around the city:
But wait, there's more!
The Town Hall of Florence is also a museum, the Palazzo Vecchio.
The Medici Family, who have been credited for transforming Florence from a medieval village to a renaissance capital, are depicted throughout the Palazzo Vecchio.
Here is a video of some of the beautiful artwork of the Palazzo, and some sculptures and fountains we experienced in Florence:
Last, but definitely not least:
The light fixtures, doors and door knockers in Florence were some of the most detailed I saw during our tour (and I admired many a door and light fixture lol)!
Here are a few doors, windows and door knobs/knockers I admired around Florence:
Thanks for tagging along for our tour around Florence. This will be the last "regularly scheduled" Italy post. After Florence, we headed back to Rome where we spent a day catching up on sleep and enjoying some relaxation before heading home.
There will be at least two more posts before the end of the Summer from my point of view. I've also seen the girls looking at my pictures while pretending to snuggle, so I have a feeling they may have a few Italy posts they are planning too.
To answer my good friend C's question, I took over 3000 pictures and videos (both on my phone and camera). Thank yous go out to everyone for reading, commenting, and giving me a corner to record our travels!
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This week we're Flashing Back to 2020 and one of our favorite
Shark Week stories!
To wrap up Shark Week 2020, we thought it would be nice to take you on a little walk/swim through a Coral Reef. Mama and Daddy say being under the ocean can be sooooo relaxing, we thought we should give it a try!
OK, so MOST of us thought it would be relaxing....
Looks like Jacob is hanging out with a Trumpet Fish. Did you now they like to hang upside down to blend in with the soft corals..Cool huh?
Arty must be looking for the shark he was talking to the other day. Looks like the White Spotted Filefish may know where she is!
Oops! I'm so sorry Miss Queen Angel, I didn't know you lived here.
Oh look, Arty found his shark friend. It doesn't look like she's too interested in being set up though, does she!
SUNNY!!!!! Oh well, shark pups will be shark pups!
Thanks for joining us for another fun Shark Week.
It's always fun getting lots of treats making Mama happy by dressing up!
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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
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!
