Happiness is.....

 FLUTTERBY SEASON!!!

That's right,  not only is the infamous Sunny-bee been sighted, but other flutterbies have been see both in the backyard and on Mama's recent Botanical Garden visit!

Lilacs at the Botanical Garden are also blooming, this big lilac bush attracted lots of flutterbies, including this Painted Lady Butterfly!

She also shot this short video:

It was nice of her to turn around for Mama, don't you think??

Flutterbies sure make Mama happy....and a happy Mama gives out more cookies, right?

Needless to say, flutterbies make us happy too!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

Springtime Aaaws

Easter is right around the corner and Spring in full swing here in the high desert. To celebrate, we have a bunch of Springtime fun in store this week!

 Today, in addition to cute Sunny Aaaws....

We have some Lilac aaaws....

We sure wish we had smell-a-vision, because the backyard smells SO good!!!

....and, of course, let's not forget some adorable Rosy aaaws too!!

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Awww Monday Blog Hop!

Cactus Cutie on NFFF

 

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!! 

 

Today, we are looking at some of the Cacti found in the ABQ Botanical Gardens! It is amazing how well most cactus grow here in the dry high desert climate!

Although I do know better than to touch them, I think the barrel cactus is pretty cool looking....

Here is one of the bigger barrel cacti

Mama likes this cool cactus that is growing out of control. 

These specialized cacti are kept in a big terrarium so they can keep them warm in the wintertime.

We see these everywhere when we drive through Arizona, they are the Seguaro Cacti, usually they have "arms" sticking out.  

They also have this cool looking flower cactus...well, Mama says it's a succulent.

This is a Rosa de Pedra, or Rose of Stone, succulent plant.

It's such a pretty color, don't you think?? I think this might be my most favorite cactus, flower, succulent plant!

Thanks for joining us for a look at some of the Cacti found at the ABQ Botanical Garden!!

We hope all our friends get out and see 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.

Thankful for a Fun Weekend with Nanny K!

Today we want to say how thankful we are 

that the pawrents found us a new, pawesome nanny to play with while they go away. As we mentioned last week, Nanny K came for a sleepover while the pawrents went camping last weekend. What fun we had! First and foremost, Nanny K took as many photos of us as Mama does (Nanny K took all the photos in this post) and she sent them over to Mama and Daddy so they knew we were doing ok!

There was a lot of playing. Here I, Sunny, am having a blast playing tuggy with Nanny K.

Since it was so nice outside, we spent time playing while Nanny K. watched.

We made sure to check on her and make sure she was enjoying her outside time too!

Of course there was snuggle time too, here I am getting snuggles.

[Just a note that I was MOSTLY well behaved while the pawrents were gone, but I did get a bit bossy with Rosy and had to go to my room for a bit. Mama was very pleased that Nanny K handled the situation so well. ]

We think we are going to be just fine with Nanny K while the pawrents head over the big pond to Italy. 

She may be the best sitter we have had so far!!

Thank you to Maxwell and Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop

Flicker-tude

 

Before Fatty took over Birdy Circus, the Northern Flickers had become a bit territorial and thought they ran the circus. 

Take a look at some of the silly antics TC caught: 

We always thought they Flickers were skittish...but it seems like, all this time, they have really been bossing every other bird around.

Just another reason why I think birds are silly! 

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Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

Happiness is the Start of....

Squirrel Hunting Season!!

That's right, after taking the Winter off, Fatty and his friends need to know my backyard is of limits!  I am lucky to have TC to help me with Squirrel Surveillance!

Here is just a snippet of what Fatty has been up to: 

To protect the birds, deter the bunnies and starve

hopefully not give Fatty any reason to stay, Mama says the Birdy Circus will be closing for the season. Of course, TC took a LOT of footage so there will be videos galore!

I will happily do whatever it takes to keep Fatty out of our backyard!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

Sunny Bug Aaaws

 

Mama, what do you mean 

"Smile"? 

Modeling is serious work!

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Awww Monday Blog Hop!