Rainy Season Skies on Nature Friday

 

 Rainy season has settled in here in the Northwest corner of California. Time for raincoats, wet walks and for some pretty cool looking skies!!

 

You see, during rain season it can go from rainy skies to blue skies and back to rainy skies in a matter of hours(and sometimes minutes!).

 

 

 

 Mama calls these things squall lines and she loves to hop in the car and go take pictures of the changing skies.

 

 

 Sometimes she heads to Arty's ocean...

 

 

 Don't worry, we won't tell Arty Mama. Just give us a few more of those nommy cookies and we'll keep quiet!

 

 

 This time of year, she doesn't go near the water anyway. It can be pretty dangerous!

 

 

 

She doesn't need to be close to the water though, the clouds paint pretty pictures

where ever they are!

 

 

 We hope you enjoyed a look at some of the pretty rainy season skies today. We hope you get out and see some pretty skies 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.

 

 

Nature Friday at the Marsh

 

 This is the look I gave Mama earlier this week after a few days of cloudy/wet weather in a row. I have to say, going potty in the rain gets old real quick and for some reason Mama and Daddy have this "no potty in the house" policy they INSIST we stick to....

 

But I digress, when the sun came out on Tuesday I was thrilled when Mama suggested a Mama and Me hike at Arcata Marsh!

 

 

 It was a beautiful day, and the morning sun even made the browns look cheerful!!

 

 I have to admit, there was a spring in my step and flop to my ears as we hit the trail!

 

 

 As usual, the birds were amazing!!

From the ducks.....

 

 To the shorebirds!

 

Plus, we also had a very cool sighting of a...

 

 

Red tailed hawk!!! 

Looks like he had a rough 2020 too, doesn't it??

 

 These three ducks look pretty comfy as they enjoy nice nap in the sun don't they?

 

 The rains have fooled some of the flowers into blooming. I'm hoping this means we'll see an early Spring.

 

 

 But Mama says I shouldn't get too excited because most of the scenery still

 looks like Winter (Winter in California anyway BOL).

 

 Unfortunately, California Winters mean mud.

 

 As much as I enjoyed my morning walk through the Arcata Marsh....

 

 I don't know if I can say the same about the bath I got when we got home. But being outside and feeling the sunshine on my furs as I hiked with Mama was totally worth it!!! 

 

We hope you get some sunshine in your part of Blogville 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.