Sasebo Gardens, A Year of Beauty!

Welcome to Nature Friday, where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. Can you believe Mama visited the Sasebo Gardens all throughout 2025 and we didn't get to go with her once? We sure wish they allowed dogs to visit. Anyways, we thought it would be nice to show you the Sasebo Waterfall through out 2025 to show you the subtle changes it goes through during the seasons!

Early February, leftover leaves from 2024 and some ice covering the rocks.

March.

No more ice and the ducks are starting to enjoy the pond.

April brought budding trees

May has the waterfall looking ready for the warmer months

June and

Summer has arrived

July

The Summer months all look about the same at the Sasebo Garden Waterfall, lots of shady green. But there was a lot of color to be found in the garden, here is a little video of June-September colors at Sasebo:

August

September

October.

Things are cooling down and the trees are getting ready for their Autumn display

...and Mama's favorite month at Sasebo, November! The trees are dressed in beautiful reds, golds and oranges to celebrate a beautiful year!

December brings beautiful decorations and colors to Sasebo at night.  Mama and Daddy went to enjoy the "River of Lights" last weekend. The downside of this is the park looks a bit "meh" during the day, so Mama hasn't visited yet. We'll have more on the pretty holiday light show, later in the month.

Thanks for tagging along as we visited the Botanic Garden all year. Sasebo sure looked beautiful in 2025 and I'm sure we'll see more of it in 2026. BUT, we are hoping Mama finds a place to visit monthly next year that includes US pups too!

We hope everyone gets a chance to get out and enjoy 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 Howliday Decorations - Outside

 

This time of year, I am thankful for all the fun decorations. This week, I wanted to give a special thank you to Daddy who made the outside festive!

It's hard to get all out friends to stay upright in the windy desert, but Daddy always goes the extra mile to make sure they don't fly away and we, and the neighbors, are very thankful to him for that!

Thank you to Maxwell and Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop

Backyard Blackbirds

 

This Winter has brought a BUNCH of blackbirds to our yard. They are loud and eat like little piggies at the bird feeders. Rosy and I like to chase them off, but these thug birds always come back with reinforcements. Mama says most of them are Grackles and some are Red Winged Blackbirds, we think they all should be called "Annoying Birds"! As you might be able to tell, they are not our favorite feathered friends BOL.

Today, for Backyard Wildlife Wednesday, we have some video TC took of these bossy birds taking over the fountain:

Luckily, these loud birdies usually only stay for the Winter and then head to their Summer homes although we hope to chase them away a bit early this year!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

Happy Christmas Card Day!!

Today, is Christmas Card Day. We have been busy helping Mama get all our cards in the mail and are happy to report we dropped them all off at the post office this past weekend!!

Here is our official 2025 Howliday Card!

Howliday cards always make us happy.

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

Happy Birthday Mama!

🎂 A Paw-some Birthday Poem for Mama 🎉    

By Rosy & Sunny (with help from CoPilot)
Today’s your day, our favorite one, a time for cake and loads of fun! We wore our hats and dressed up bright, To bark your name with pure delight.
We wag our tails, we lick your face, You fill our hearts with love and grace. From morning snuggles to evening cheer, You’re the best Mama, that’s crystal clear!
So here’s a wish with all our might, For belly rubs and dreams at night. We love you more than treats and toys— Your little girls, your birthday joys! 💕

We're also joining Comedy Plus for the 

Awww Monday Blog Hop! 

Summer Leftovers

Welcome to Nature Friday, where we get to meet new friends and share a picture or two of what nature looks like around Blogville. This week's post is a little ironic. You see, we had our first snow of the year on Wednesday night, a whole inch of snow fell!  Mama thought we would go out and take pictures of us doing snow zoomies Thursday morning. This would make a fun NF post for the week.

To our dismay, the snow must have turned to rain overnight. When Mama took us out Thursday morning, all the snow was gone!! Sooooooo, instead of a chilly snow post, we have a warm Botanical Garden Summer leftover post for your enjoyment today.

Aaaawwww, it seems like just yesterday everything was green

Here is a tall water lily bud reaching for the sky.

Here is another one, starting to bloom.

These warm weather pictures are nice Mama.....but Howliday time means snow, doesn't it??? 

Look! A pretty snowflo..I mean Sunflower.

Here is a pretty boy Wood Duck....

...and his girlfriend  posed for Mama too.

Let's wrap up this post with a pretty water lily

Summer is nice and all, but I REALLY wanted to play in the snow. 

Maybe next time Mama won't wait to to let us do snow zoomies!

We hope all our friends get to enjoy some nature (and maybe even some SNOW) 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.

Advent Calendar Yummies!

 

Today, on Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday, we are VERY thankful for Advent Calendar Yummies! This year, Mama went to Trader Joe's and picked up Advent Calendars for each of us! 

Annual Advent Calendars are always a gamble because we are kinda picky when it comes to treats.....

As you can see, Mama made a great choice this year, we snarfed those pieces of dehydrated chicken up in no time flat.

Trader Joe's makes some really yummy Advent Calendar treats and we are soooo thankful Mama got them for us!!

Thank you to Maxwell and Angel Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop

Visiting Scrub Jay

 

Every Autumn, we have a cute little Scrub Jay that stops by for a few days.  TC caught some cute video of him this year:

Safe travels on the rest of your journey Mr. Scrub Jay, we'll see you next year!

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop this week!

Happy Little Gingerbread Sunny

Adding a little cartoon sparkle to our Gingerbread Sunny!

Ptthtwaaaap! 

Seriously Mama, just say NO to AI!  The real 

Gingerbread Sunny is so much cuter don't you think??

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

 

Pawliday Vibes

Mama, I think there may be a bit too much snow in the living room!

This is what happens when you let Mama talk to that Artificial Intelligent dude without supervision!

 

We're also joining Comedy Plus for the 

Awww Monday Blog Hop!

Nature FFF - A Beautiful November Hike

 

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!! 

We totally missed Take A Hike Day this year, but today I wanted to say how very thankful we are for our local hikes. Last week I went on a special Mama, Daddy and me hike along the Rio Grande River. It is a very pretty trail about 15 minutes from home.

It was a beautiful day and the Rio Grande was pretty full because of the rains we had in October.

We had a beautiful view of the Sandia Mountains along part of our walk.

The trail was surrounded by beautiful Cottonwoods wearing their lovliest Autumn gold leaves.

As you can imagine, I was all smiles, mostly because I got to stop and smell EVERYTHING! 

Daddy and I make good walking buddies because we both like to walk and he makes sure to stop whenever I want to stop and smell something.  Mama, well she likes to "meander" look for the "perfect shot" for the blog like the artsy one above of me and Daddy under the leaf. 

 I really think this was the most beautiful hike we had all year. 

I am so happy and thankful to have so many hiking trails less than 30 minutes from home!

I hope all our friends get 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.