Adventures of the LLB Gang

9/7/17

Seeing Beautiful Color on Flower Friday

Thanks so much to Miss Ann at Zoolatry for this thoughtful badge

Please take a moment to cross paws and send your pawsitive thoughts and POTP to those effected by Hurricane Irma.

In addition to those in the path of Irma, please remember to keep those recovering from Harvey along with those in the Northwest and Western states evacuating due to wildfires and heavy smoke in your thoughts and prayers.

Happy Flower Friday!

Arty and Jakey asked for today off so I, Mama Beth, here Seeing Beautiful color at Sequoia Gardens.

Is it just me, or has this summer flown right on by?
The blooms at Sequoia Gardens are starting to slow down and I am thinking that this may be the last dahlia hurrah for 2017.

We'll start with a trio of beautiful Autumn colored dahlias. I love the dark brown leaves and buds of the plant.

You can see the tree in the background starting to don its beautiful, burgandy fall colors.

I was holding out for a "non-smoky" sunny day to come out and do my garden shooting but, with the threat of rain moving in, I settled for this foggy drizzly morning(these were taken earlier this week).
This shot was taken from the very back of the garden, you can get an idea how thick the fog is, the smoke was just about as thick last weekend.

Although some of the flowers are looking a bit ragged, there are still so many beautiful flowers to be found.

The bees are doing their best to collect everything they can before the end of the season!

There was even a bit of hydrangea to be found!

Feel free To See Beautiful through this short video I put together of the blooms I saw along my journey.
You may also view HERE on YouTube

There is so much Beautiful to be found in nature, we hope everyone gets a chance to explore the beauty in there this weekend.

Today we are also joining our friends

Koru Bear and {This Moment} See Beautiful and others for the

{This Moment} See Beautiful Blog Hop

9/6/17

Thankful Thursday - Warm Snuggles

Jakey here!! Today, for Brian's Thankful Thursday, I wanted to say how very thankful I am for warm snuggles....

...and the Daddies that give them!!!

We are joining Brian for the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop this week!

9/5/17

Wordless Wednesday - Breezy

What's so funny???

(thanks to M&S's Mama for the shot of Arty!)

We are joining BlogPaws for Wordless Wednesday this week!

9/4/17

Travel Tuesday - Oregon or Bust!

Jakey here today to tell you about the first leg of our Mini BAR experience!

"The cooler is full of our food and treats, right Jakey?"

It all started with Mama and Daddy packing ~~us in the car like sardines~~ the car up. They made sure to bring everything they thought we would need ~~along with the kitchen sink~~.
Then we hit the road for Grants Pass, OR!!

We stopped halfway to stretch our legs at the historical Randolph Collier Tunnel!

While Daddy was going potty Mama decided a short photo session would be fun...Since she forgot the treats, we got to have most of the fun BOL!

Unfortunately, there were(and still are) a bunch of forest fires in Northy North California and all over Oregon. So the skies are pretty smoky. This meant we went for a short walkie then all hopped back in the car and hit the road again!

We drove a bit longer...

Sometimes car travel can be pretty boring....

...but we finally got to our room!
They must have known Mayor Arty was coming, the nice lady at the desk upgraded us to the Victorian Suite!! It had a fancy four poster bed...and some coolio pieces of Victorian type art!

We ate some dinner....

...and took another little walkie around the hotel before it got dark.

Arty decided we should head to bed so we could hit the road bright and early!

We woke up to a beautiful morning, Mama and Daddy packed up the ~~Sardine Ca~~n car.

Arty was a little upset to be leaving our great big hotel room and being squeezed into his itty bitty space in the car.

But I was SOOOOOO excited to be on the road to pick up....

OUR WEEKEND WHEELIE HOUSE!!

Now...just one more short drive until I get to meet these two Doodz!!

Make sure to stop by next Tuesday to see what happens next!!

Make sure to join Blogville next Tuesday to let us know how you spent your Summer vacation(or how you WOULD have spent it if your peeps would have let you)!

9/3/17

Labor Day Monday Minders!

Happy Labor Day to all those celebrating today...and a very Happy Monday to effuryone!!

Today we want to remind you about some fun things coming up in Blogville this month!!

First, next Tuesday make sure to let us know what you have been up to this Summer(or Winter) and then hop aboard the How I Spent my Summer Vacation Blog Hop!

Mama will be setting up the Blog Hop later today of those of you who may be away and are scheduling posts!

Next, make sure to get your picnic baskets ready for the Blogville Picnic!

Join us for a day of fun in the Blogville sun!

Abby Lab will be preparing some delicious snacks and Ruby will be making the rounds with her Margarita Truck!

Have you thought of a fun event you might like to host?

It can be a traditional picnic game like a potato sack race or a relay race OR it can be something unique and original! You know, a farting contest or maybe a fishy eating contest to see who can eat the most in one sitting!!

Click HERE to read more about how you can host an event!

Just look at the events we have so far!

Chef Abby Lab - Caterer

Ruby - Margarita Truck

Blogville Barn Dance - Mabel and Arty Dead Lion for pictures 9/18

Puzzling - YAM Aunty

Blanket Volleyball - Madi Dead Lion September 18th 5pm EST

Pie Eating Contest - Wyatt and Tegan

Bounce Houses - Jessie(and Casey) Dead Lion - September 8th

Treasure Hunt - DaPhenny

After a fun picnic day, we'll be boot scootin' across the dance floor at the Blogville Barn Dance!
Send your pictures to Mama at
bethblog(at)ebchristians(dot)com by September 18th!

Wrapping up the Month will be Oreo's Demolition Derby on September 30th. Make sure to visit Oreo HERE to find out how you can be part of this fun Bash 'em Smash 'Em Blogville event!!