Happy Red Rosy Day

 

 Happy Red Rosy Day!!

Today, we don't really celebrate me (Mama says we do that everyday anyway)....

 

 

 We celebrate the beautiful red rose!

 

 

The two roses above are from our yard. All the rain sure did

help our roses thrive this year.

 

Make sure to stop, smell and admire a red Rosy, today!

 

 

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Cool Clouds on Nature Friday

 

Is it us, or are Fridays going faster than fast?

We sure hope things slow down a little bit or it's going to be the Howlidays next week!

 

This week, we are wrapping up our trip to Colorado with a look up. Well, let's rephrase that, Mama did the looking up while we snoozed in our beds but hey, we get to see the pictures, so it's all good right??

 

 

Before we start, we want to let you know Mama took all these pictures from Colorado, during a 5 1/2 hour drive which covered 257 miles.

 

When we left Len's Mini Acres, it was a beautiful day with big puffy clouds in the sky.

We took a different route on the way home, so we headed west a little bit and saw some bigger cloud formations.

As we made the turn south, the skies started getting darker, and we drove through some rain.

Then...the skies cleared up again!

In case you haven't guessed by now...the weather can be crazy here in New Mexico, but it does make for some beautiful skies!

As we turned back towards the east the clouds began to move in again....

The clouds had some beautiful textures.

Mama looked this pattern up and these are called "mammatus clouds"

This was the scene just as we entered the outskirts of Albuquerque. Mama said it was a little spooky, but luckily, the sun followed them home!

 

 Thanks for joining us for a look at some of the cool clouds we(Mama) saw on our way home. The whole family sure did enjoy our getaway to Colorado. For this trip it really was all about the journey, but the destination was pretty pawsome too!

We hope you all 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.

 

 

 

Backyard Thankfuls - Blooming Yuccas

 

 

This week in our backyard, we want to say how thankful we are for our  backyard Yuccas!

Our Soapweed Yucca had a wonderful group of blooms this year!

The petals are so very delicate and the birds really like 

to pick at the seeds in the center!

Our Texas Yucca is also thriving this year!

We love the pop of yellow inside the little pink blooms.

The hummingbirds also enjoy them and can be found perching on the flower stems!

We are so thankful our Yuccas are still thriving, not just for making our backyard beautiful but also giving the birdies

a place to rest and grab a snack!

Thank you Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

Wings on Wednesday - Ollie the Oriole

 

 

 Birdy watching has become a big past time here at the LLB household. So popular, that Mama has installed a Birdy Spy Cam...OH, I mean "trail camera"...to record some of the

bird drama we don't get to see in person. We told Mama we didn't mind if she shared some of those videos(and drama) as we join YAM Aunty for Wings on Wednesday!

 

 

To kick off our version of wings on Wednesday, we spied, I mean watched, the skittish Oriole, Ollie!

Watch it HERE on YouTube too.
 

 

I don't know about you, but I think birds can be pretty silly!!

Signs make Mama Happy!

 

It was really nice having the whole family together in Cece for our last trip.....well, except for one little thing. When Mama isn't driving, she is constantly looking for "road trip gems". These can be anything from big rocks jutting out of the dirt like we saw last Friday....to the big skies we'll show this Friday.

 

What she really likes though are old signs.

Don't get me wrong, she likes all big signs even newer ones like this.

But boy does she get excited when she sees older signs in small towns.  Like the ones we saw in Cuba, NM.

This is about as excited as I get when Mama squeals about things when we are on the road....

Not Mama, her imagination goes crazy wondering what it must have been like on the roads when these businesses were booming businesses. 

All  humans must have really enjoyed their road trips back then, not just our humans.

We all know that "When Mama's Happy, Every Puppy is Happy".  I sure hope she keeps her squees to a minimum on the next family road trip though, so I can get some sleep!

 

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

Hot Air Balloon Aaaws!

Happy Hot Air Balloon Day! 

The day we(well Mama) celebrate the first manned flight of a hot air balloon in 1783! As you may have guessed, Mama is a bit obsessed with these big bouncy balls in the sky. I don't mind sitting outside and watching them with Mama...but Rosy would rather stay inside and bark their arrival(and departure). 

Here is a short video of  a few balloons we have seen from our very own yard! 

You can also watch it HERE on YouTube.

Have a pawsome Hot Air Balloon Monday!!

 

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New Mexico Rocks on Nature Friday

Happy first Nature Friday in June!! 

Today, we're going to look at some rock formations we passed during our last road trip!

On the way to Lin's Mini Acres, we drove through mountains like this one....

...or ones like this with flat tops.

...and cool curly-q rocks like this!

Mama took this picture because she liked the flag and cross on the top of the hill. When she looked at it later though, she saw the table top like rocks in the foreground!

When we were on the way home from Lin's Mini Acres, we drove a different route, on the west side of New Mexico. Wow, the rocks look different out there!

They just sprout out of the ground!

We would be driving along, snoozing away, when we would here Mama squeel about another rock!

Daddy told her that the volcanic activity back in the olden days....

...helped to "grow" these big rocks!

I don't know how they all were made, but they sure are pretty!!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                        

I hope you enjoyed seeing the different kind of rocks in New Mexico, we sure had fun looking at them!

We hope you all 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.