Feeling Ducky

A whirlwind tour of Italy including, Rome, Pompeii, Positano, Sorrento, Capri, Assisi, Verona, Venice, Milan, Lake Maggiore, Lake Como, Pisa, Florence and San Gimingnano. 13 days of walking around taking everything in and looking a lot like this duck.  Next Tuesday, I'll start off a Travel Tuesday series with our time in Rome following every week with more Italian adventures (interrupted by the occasional ArCee camping trip, of course).  

For now though, I leave you with with a happy, ducky picture of Rosy!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

 
 

Back to Routine Awwws

 

WAHOO!!! 

Mama and Daddy are back safe and sound from their travels and

Sunny and I are ready to get back to our normal routines. Like snuggling in the big bed.....

....and, of course, fulfilling all our demands!!

(Mama will be taking over Tuesdays, starting next week,  to tell everyone about her and Daddy's travels)

We're also joining Comedy Plus for the 

Awww Monday Blog Hop!

Nature Friday Fishies

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 stopped by the ABQ Aquarium awhile ago to visit the fishies. She was surprised to see they were working on renovating the front rooms of the Aquarium, unfortunately, that's where her Otter friends live. She was disappointed she couldn't see the silly Otters, but happy their home was getting an upgrade. They did have a few of the exhibits open so at least Mama could get her fishy fix!

She found Nemo (the Clown Fishy)....

Saw a couple of French Angel Fishies

She also took some video so you could see the fishies better. 

It was pretty dark for taking pictures in the aquarium:

She had to get a picture of this big ole Hogfishy

There weren't many, but Mama does love

 to see the jelly fishies too!

Thank you for joining us for a look at some of the fishies in the Aquarium. Mama can't wait until they finish the renovations and she can visit the Otters again!

We hope all of our friends get to experience some Nature this weekend. 

We are looking forward to seeing our pawrents tomorrow and we bet Mama is going to have 87 million pictures and lots of video to share! We will be back to our regular posting on Monday.

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.

Raccoon Mischief!

 

Guess who is back at the fountain?? If you guessed Rocky Raccoon, you would be right! Unfortunately, all his his digging for froggies caused a bit of trouble with the fountain. Luckily, after moving a few rocks around, the pawrents figured out a way to keep him from getting his paws where they didn't belong. 

Now, we have TC has been keeping a close eye on him:

He may be full of mischief, but he sure is a cutie!

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We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

Spring Rosy Roses at the ABQ BG

 

Welcome to Nature Friday where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. Here in New Mexico it's Spring blooming season for Rosy Roses.  Mama took a ride over to the Botanical Garden before she left for Italy and she saw a whole bunch of rosy rose blooms!!!

Faded pink roses

Orange roses

Yellowy pink roses

Shadowy roses

Roses with raindrops(from the sprinklers)

But wait, there's more!

A red, red Rosy for Aunty C

A pink and orange rosy basking in the sun

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A lone pink rose found along a trail

"Raindrops on Roses" really are one of Mama's favorite things

We'll wrap the rosy rose picture part of the post up with this beauty.

BUT that's not all, Mama made a slide show to preserve the rest of the roses she saw:

There might be lots of Rosy Roses out there, but there is only one Rosy Girl!!

We hope all our friends get out and see some Nature this weekend.

We left the comments on, let us know how your week went!

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.

Fountain Quails

As you might be able to tell, I am not happy about having to post about the Quails that have been visiting our fountain. Believe it or not, I am usually a friend to most of our backyard animals but Quails just annoy me. In fact, they are the only bird I actually will chase away. That little top feather of theirs makes me crazy!

Anyways, lately these crazy Quail have been exploring the fountain, something they hardly ever do. Mama says it may be because it hasn't rained in like forever. I sure hope it rains soon so they stop stealing our water!

TC caught them sneaking drinks of water:

We probably won't see them at the fountain again...because I'll be watching for them from now on!!!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

(Comments are off today, because you 

know, no computer password :-)

This and That Nature Friday (and an Announcement)

Welcome to Nature Friday where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. Happy May Day!!  To celebrate, we have a few leftover Spring "this's and that's"!

This is a blooming hedgehog cacti (aka claret cup cactus)

That is a close up of one of the pretty orange blooms

This is a lilac bloom Mama found at the ABQ Zoo...

That is a California Poppy also found at the Zoo.

ANNOUNCEMENT

We want to let you know that the next couple of weeks that pawrents are taking off for their vacation across the pond. Through the magic of technology, we will have Backyard Wildlife Wednesday posts, along with Nature Friday Blog Hop posts(the hop links can be found on our hoppity page). 

Unfortunately, Mama is NOT leaving us her computer password (because she is mean), so we won't be able to comment on your posts. We will probably be busy playing with Nanny K and making sure she gives us lots of treats anyways. 

We will be back to regular posting Monday, May 18th.

Now, back to our post....

This is a cute Wood duck Mama saw at the Botanical Gardens this week.....

....and that is a cool looking snail.

Let's wrap things up with THIS Canadian Goose couple THAT has a gaggle of adorable gosslings!

We hope you enjoyed all the this's and that's on today's Nature Friday, and we hope  all our friends get to experience some 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.