Pawfection on Nature FFF

 

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!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Pawfect Weekend

by Rosy

 

Mountains that rise way up to the sky,

Green valleys below, looking emerald to my eyes.

Infinite walkies along pretty trails,

I was so happy, see my wiggly tail?

 

Daddy and Mama and Me in the car,

took scenic rides that seemed very far.

We stopped and had lunch when Daddy got hungry

at a wonderful place that was pet friendly!

 

Sunny relaxed, and did really well,

No fights were had, and that sure was swell.

She doesn't like a whole bunch of schmoozing,

So she stayed in CeCe and caught up on her snoozing!

 

What a pawfect weekend and Birthday I had,

Everyone was happy and no one was sad.

"I'm so lucky", I thought on the drive back,

To be part of such a most wonderful Pack!!

  

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.

 

 

 

Seven is PAWESOME!

Today, I am thankful to all of you for all the wonderful Blogville Birthday wishes. 

 

I am also thankful for the action packed

Birthday CeCe trip. I don't think I stopped smiling all weekend long!

I had such a great time, whether I was doing walkies with Sunny at the RV Park...

or out exploring with Mama and Daddy.

 

I have a feeling Seven is going to be a PAWSOME year!!

Thank you Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

Backyard Wildlife Wednesday

 

 Mama is busy working on our Colorado pictures. Needless to say, we had a PAWSOME time!   In the meantime, we thought you might enjoy a video featuring the teenage Red Tail Hawk that TC captured earlier this month!

As always, please feel free to visit our YouTube Channel HERE

 

We are joining  Comedy Plus for the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop! Thanks to Sandee for hosting!

Happy to be Home

 

 

 We're happy to be home...and may just need a vacation from our vacation! Mama is going through pictures, emptying CeCe and doing Mount Laundry. We'll be back visiting everybuddy tomorrow!

  

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

 

On the Road Home

 

We're on our way home from the beautiful mountains of Southern Colorado! We had so much fun and can't wait to tell you all about it!

 

 

 

We're joining Comedy Plus for the

Awww Monday Blog Hop!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Rosy

 

 

Happy Birthday Rosy!

 

To commemorate her 7th year on earth, here are the top 7(of the 7 million) things that we love about our Rosy Girl.

 

7.  Every morning she makes us smile with her snuggly wake up call.

 

6. Her longer than long tongue. How could you not love long tongue, Rosy kisses

 

5. Her obsession with  her Daddy every weekend. She keeps her eye on him all day waiting for their special walkie time.

4. Evening snuggle sessions on the couch after Sunny goes to bed.

3. Her impromptu dance/kickie sessions she does when she's feeling playful(often accompanied by emptying her toy box).

2. Her love of the outdoors. Rosy would stay in the backyard all day if we let her (unless it's raining of  course).

and the top thing we think of when we think of Rosy?

 

1. Her endless patience with her sister. Without this patience, and her ability to give Sunny 2nd (3rd, 4th et al) chances, we wouldn't be the  happy pack we are today.

 

 

Happy Seventh Birthday Rosy, thanks so much for being such a special and happy girl!

 

Botanical Gardens Birthday Flowers

 

Welcome to Nature Friday, where we get to meet new friends and maybe share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. This week, we are going to look at what Summer looks like at the ABQ BioPark Botanical Gardens.

 

 

There are so many beautiful flowers of every color of the rainbow blooming right now. Above is one of Mama's favorite wildflowers, the blanket flower. These can be found everywhere during the Spring in Central Texas. The only place Mama has found them here is the Botanical Garden.

 

 

Here is some pretty pink Bee Balm

 

 

Another one of Mama's favorite,  Lantana

 

 

Here are a couple of Hollyhock flowers. The first year we lived here, we had a couple of Hollyhock plants in the front yard. They haven't bloomed since then though, Mama thinks they may have gotten some kind of bugs.

 

 

 

Blech...I hate bugs! 

(Unlike my silly sister who has been known to eat them) 

Anyway...back to the flowers

 

This is Prairie Night Bergamot, which is also in the Bee Balm family.

 

Here is a pretty Coneflower

 

 

 

 and some lacy Oak Leaf Hydrangea

 

Last, but not least is a nice Rosy Rose for my birthday.

 Thanks Mama!!

 

 

 I hope you enjoyed the Summer flowers at the Botanical Garden, aren't they colorful?

We are "disconnecting" today through Tuesday while we are glamping in CeCe. Mama has some posts scheduled, but we won't be around to comment again until next Wednesday. 

We sure hope you all get out to 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.

 

 

Rosy's Sibling Thankfuls

 

 As my birthday gets closer, I am reflecting how thankful I am to have had such great siblings.

 

 

  

My first 4 years in my furrever home I was lucky to have the 2 bestest big brothers all to myself.

 

 

 

 Jakey taught me all about sibling snuggling and pawrent snuggling. He was such a patient and loving boy and I miss him every day.

 

 

Arty was my best friend and travel buddy. He taught me all about keeping my independence and how to not be scared on road trips. 

 

I don't think that boy was scared of anything!

 

 

 After being the little sister to a couple of boys, I have to say it's nice to be the big sister to another girl dog. There something to be said about having someone else to dress up in pink and watch the sun come up with.

All and all I am so very thankful to have so many good memories of times spent with such wonderful and unique siblings!

Thank you Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorful Wildlife Wednesday

 

 The beautiful Western Tanager visit us mostly in the Spring, although we've had a few sticking around through the Summer. These TC videos were recorded during "dating season" when the boy tanagers are the most colorful! 

 

 

As always, please feel free to visit our YouTube Channel HERE

 

 

Do you see these pretty birds in your corner of Blogville?

 

 

 

We are joining  Comedy Plus for the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop! Thanks to Sandee for hosting!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tasty Tuesday Surprise

   

Chef Sunny here today to show you the surprise I am making for Rosy. We haven't had birthday cake in a long time so I decided this year, as my present to Rosy, I would make her a cake! I found a cool cake mix and cake pan over at Chewy.com and asked Mama for the use of her opposable thumbs and we got to work!

  

We put mixed the ingredients together(the cake  mix, oil, water and an egg) and Mama mixed it up with the mixer....

I may have given the mixer a bark or 2 for being so loud.

 

 

Mama offered me a taste, of course

 

Mama used her thumbs and fingers to pour the batter into the silicone pan and popped it into the oven for 20 minutes.

 

While it baked, I took my morning nap.

 

  

After 20 minutes, Mama took it out of the oven and let it sit on the counter to cool for a little bit in the pan

  

Then Mama took it out of the pan to cool completely 

 

After it was cooled, Mama made the frosting and 

TADA!!

 

 

 Rosy's Birthday Cake!!

Mama will be cutting it up and freezing pieces for us to have while we're glamping this 

weekend!

 

 

Oh, what happened to me???

 I slept and slept....

Mixing up cake batter is hard work!!

  

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

It's My Birthday Week!!

 

Only five more sleeps until I turn SEVEN! My birthday is exciting, but even MORE exciting is I'll be spending my birthday in the mountains of COLORADO.

It doesn't get much better than having a Campside Birthday Pawty, right??

I sure hope the week goes by fast!

 

We're joining Comedy Plus for the

Awww Monday Blog Hop!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nature Friday at the ABQ Aquarium

 

  Welcome to Nature Friday, where we get to meet new friends and maybe share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. This week on Nature Friday we are wrapping up Shark Week with a some video Mama took on a recent visit to the ABQ Aquarium. My favorite part of the video are the sharks!!

 

 

 It's nice to swim with the sharks....

 

  

....without actually having to get wet!

Here is the first video Mama has of some of the fish life...

I suppose it is pretty cool to be a shark, but....

 

 ...my favorite part of the videos are the jellyfish

 

 

 I like the way the float through the water!

Here is the second video Mama took that include some jellies!

 Of course you can also watch the videos over on our YouTube Channel HERE

 

 Did you see the otters?? Mama has a TON of additional otter footage that we'll feature soon!

Thanks so much for joining us as we celebrated sharks and the underwater world. We hope you get out this weekend to see some nature!

  

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.