Adventures of the LLB Gang

7/16/26

Nine Rosy Rosies on Nature Friday

Welcome to Nature Friday where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. Only 3 more sleeps until my Ninth Birthday! Today's we are celebrating with Rosy Rosies from 2017, when I was born, until 2025. Mama says we can't pick one from 2026 yet, because I haven't started my 10th year yet.

Human Math is weird, isn't it??

This is a Camelia from my first ever post in September of 2017... It's not technically a rose, but it's close enough right??

A soft pink rose from 2018

A pretty wild rose from 2019

A pink edge rose from Sequoia Gardens in Northy North California in 2020

Another wild rose from the last year we were in NNC in 2021

It's funny, Mama and I thought we wouldn't see any pretty flowers after we left California, but the High Desert didn't disappoint. The roses are especially beautiful here in New Mexico!

A 2022 yellow rose from our current front yard.

A 2024 ABQ Botanical Garden pink rosy!

In 2024, Mama found these beautiful pink blooms.

Finally, in 2025, we have this pretty yellow rosy with pink edges!

The next time you see me, I will officially be 9 years old!

This weekend will be filled with morning walkies, lots of cookies and hopefully seeing some nature. Here's hoping your weekend is filled with all these things too!!

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.

7/15/26

Birthday Thankfuls

As I get closer to my 9th birthday, I realize I have so many reasons to be thankful. To start off, I am so thankful for all the friends I have met here in Blogville, both virtually and in the furs.

These friendships mean the world to me, Sunny and especially to Mama.

I'm thankful for all the places I've lived over the years. Utah, where I was born then the beautiful Northy North California Coast and now in the High Desert of New Mexico.

I'm thankful for all the angels that came before me. Bilbo and Dory for training the pawrents and my brothers Arty and Jakey for all the good times we had over the first few years of my life.

I'm thankful for Sunny. Although she can be trying at times, she has taught me patience (plus she is a good zoomie partner).

I am thankful for all the places I have visited. During my first few years I traveled from California to Texas to Missouri and a bunch of states in between. Lately, we have explored Arizona, Colorado and all round New Mexico.

I am thankful for my morning walkies. There is no better way to start the day than making sure the safety of the neighborhood is secured!

I am thankful for the big backyard we have and for all the room I have to chase the bunnies and evil squirrels away!

My biggest thankful is for my Daddy and Mama, I am so thankful I found them, and they found me!!

Thank you to Maxwell and Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop

7/14/26

BBW-with Guest Host Rosy

Only 4 1/2 more days until my birthday!!!

Sunny was nice enough to let me guest host this week's Backyard Wildlife Wednesday. Today, we have some footage our new "Hummer Cam" (aka TC 2) captured over the past few days:

Hummers mean joy and happiness in some cultures, the perfect bird to help celebrate my birthday week!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the

Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

7/13/26

Let the Celebrating Begin!!

What better way to start my Birthday Week than with a look back at my fun adventures! For something a little different I had Mama make movie from my adventures over the years:

I am so lucky to have had so many adventures and can't wait to see what adventures are in my future!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

7/12/26

I See You

It's very important to keep an eye on your pawrents....

Especially when they go in the kitchen...

We're also joining Comedy Plus for the

Awww Monday Blog Hop!

7/9/26

Northern Italy - Lakes Como and Maggiore

Welcome to Nature Friday where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. Mama is back in Italy this week for Nature Friday.

She promised me extra cheese this week for letting her borrow the blog.

I'm pretty sure I said, "I'm going to sneeze", but I'll see what I can do about the cheese, Rosy!

Today we're exploring the Lake Region of Northern Italy, just south of the Swiss Alps. I have gone light on the pictures because...you know, it's Friday. Buuuttttt, there are 2 full videos to watch at your leisure.

One of our excursions was a beautiful boat ride around Lake Como.

We saw so many beautiful houses nestled in the mountains. George Clooney and Madonna both have Villas on Lake Como...

Unfortunately, George was busy and didn't come and say hello ;-).

Lake Como is the deepest lake in Italy, with a maximum depth of 1,345 feet (410 meters). Regardless of how deep, this was probably the most beautiful lake I have seen!

Here is a video of both our time on Lake Como and a walk around the town Como:

After our morning in Como, we headed back to our hotel.

During our time in the lake region, we stayed in the small town of Baveno on the shore of Lake Maggiore.

The Grand Hotel Dino, where we stayed, was the most luxurious of all the hotels we visited.

They had gardens, waterfalls and even a few topiaries!

Our other lake excursion was to visit a beautiful palace along with its gardens. In the interest of time, and Rosy's birthday week, I am going to save that visit for later this Summer.

Here is the video of our stay at Lake Maggiore: