6/17/21

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.
 

 

6/16/21

Thankful for Jakey

 
 Every now and then we realize that we take our big brother Jakey for granted so today we want to say how very thankful we are to have him around!
 
 
 
 
 

 
 He is a true gentledog, and is always there is we need someone to play tuggy with. He never gets angry or upset if we want to play with him, even if he isn't in the mood or doesn't feel well. 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 So thanks Jakey, for being the best biggest brother ever!!
 
 



Thank you Brian for hosting the
Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!


 

6/14/21

Travel Tuesday - Friends in Carmel!



 This week we are reporting on the most fun day of our last trip, we spent the day in Carmel!! We spent some time walking around town...
 
 
 
 and some Strollin' around town too!
 

 
 

 We stopped by for a visit with Aunty Laurie, owner of The Sand Dollar Dog Company, and the creator of all our beautimous bandanas! We are standing in front of just a fraction of the fabric she has in stock.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 From the SDDC we went to a beautiful Carmel House so Mama and Daddy could visit with Miss Laurie for a bit....they had a real lemon tree!!
 
 
 
 
 and the most beautiful flowers. 
 
 
But the bestest thing they had was.....
 
 
Quinlan and Emma!!!
 
 
 

 Quinlan is my new best friend! He totally gets that I am a big dog in a small body!
 
 
 
 

 Rosy tried telling Quin that I was HER best friend....but instead of keeping him away, Quin became infatuated with Rosy!

 
 

 I  have to admit, I had a little crush on Emma too, isn't she a beautiful girl?!
 
 
 
We asked Mama to put the pictures(and video) of our visit to Carmel into the movie 
 below:
 
You can also watch it HERE on YouTube

 
 
 
What a pawsome day, and I slept like a baby when we got back to CeCe!
 
 
I have to say, I am really enjoying our CeCe trips! In fact, Rosy says we are headed out again this weekend for Napa and my most favorite winery!

We are joining Sandee at  Comedy Plus for the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

6/13/21

Happy Flag Day

 
 Happy Flag Day Everybuddy!  This is a day the US honors our National Flag. The Stars and Stripes flag design was approved on this date back in 1777!

 

 The need for a national flag came after the Declaration of Independence was signed, before then each colony had its own flag.
 
 
 
 One of the first national flag designs had the stars shaped in a circle to represent all 13 colonies as equals.
 
 
 
Enjoy the red, white and blue today!!



We're joining Comedy Plus for the
Awww Monday Blog Hop!
 

6/10/21

Nature Friday From MY Ocean!!

 
On our last camping trip,while staying at the Santa Cruz/Monterey KOA, we took a day trip to Greyhound Rock County Park and spent some time admiring MY ocean(aka the Pacific Ocean)! Greyhound Rock is just north of Davenport California, and is named after the big flat rock in the photo above...although we're not sure why.
 
 
 There is a GIANT mountain we had to climb down to get there,but WOW,was it worth it!!
 
 
 On one side, was this beautiful inlet surrounded by cliffs....
 
 
Isn't it beautiful??
 
 
 On the other side there were pretty tide pools!
 
 
These two seagulls kept their eyes open for crabbies, but we didn't see them catch anything.
 
 
 We had a great time playing in the sand!
 

 We also saw some cool Ice Plant flowers, there was this pretty yellow one....
 
 
 and this beautiful purple flower with the yellow middle!!
 
 
Here is a picture of Daddy  and Rosy as we walked back up the hill in front of a hill of ice plants(and  flowers)!
 

 There were also bunches of yellow lupine flowers!!
 
 
 Both the ice plant flowers and the lupine looked especially beautiful in front of my ocean!

 

 
I have to say there is nothing quite like a day at the ocean to make me smile!!
 
 
 
We hope you  all see some nature that makes you smile 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.