Howliday Aloha Nature Friday

 

We thought with all the chilly weather and snow some of you across the world have had lately, it might be nice to warm up a bit. Hopefully these pictures we found in Mama's archives of the trip to Kauai, Hawaii in 2016 will help!

 

 

The sunrise over Kauai. 

Did you now Kauai is the oldest of the Hawaiian island at over 5.1 million years old. 

Wow!!

 

A beautiful Plumeria, Mama's most favorite flower, and scent too!

 

 

Here is an African Tulip tree Flower!

 

 

 

Kauai is nicknamed the Garden Island, the above flowers are only a small sampling of the beautiful flora and fauna that covers the island!

 

 Beautiful beaches.....

 

 ...and lava shelved blowholes were two of Mama's most favorite things about the island!

 

 

 I'm getting more Snta Paws points for this, right Mama??

OH, I mean ooooo, aaaaaaaawwww, so pretty!

 

This is the NeNe, Hawaii's State Bird

 

 

The locals call this guy the island bird because  they are EVERYWHERE!! 

 

We close out our little trip to Kauai with a beautiful sunset!

 

 

Thanks for  joining us for our little archive memory, and we hope it has warmed you up a bit!!

We hope you all have a chance to 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.

Backyard Nature Friday

 Sunny here guest hosting this week's Nature Friday!

 

This week, I want show you the rhododendron blooms we've had in our backyard through out Spring.

Believe it or not, they started blooming back in early April and we still have a few of our bushes still blooming!!  

 

Let's take a look!

 

 

It seems different shades of pink are the "in" color for Rhodies this year.

 

 

 

 Here we have a group of mostly white blooms, with very pale pink edges.

 

 

 

 I like the curly edging on these blooms, and the pretty polka dots on some of the petals.

 

 

 

 

 

When walking in your backyard, it's always good to look down, and not just to find flower petals and leaves to chew on!

 

 

 

Slugger, the banana slug, lives under the deck and comes out to visit on foggy mornings.

 

 

 

When have warmer weather we get visitors to like Lizzie, the (Shasta Alligator)Lizard who likes to lay in the grass when the sun is shining! Sally, the garden snake, will probably make an appearance soon, but we haven't seen her yet.

 

 

 

 

 He's not like a REAL alligator, right Mama?

No? Whew!

 

Anyway...let's get back to our rhododendrons

 

 Pretty bright pink rhodies with small blooms....

 

 

 

...and some bigger light pink blooms with curly edges!

 

 

 

 Little pink Rhody buds....

 

 

 

 Turn into pretty pink blooms!!

 

 

 

 Let's round off this rhododendron fest with this beautiful purple blooms!!

 

 

 

Thank you for joining me in the backyard this week, I really enjoyed showing you our

pretty rhododendrons and scary, I mean, interesting other creatures!

 

I hope every buddy a pawsome weekend full of 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.