Arty and a Rainy Nature Friday

 This week, on Nature Friday, we have a two part tail of both woe and joy!

We'll start today and wrap it up next week on 

YAM-Aunty's FFF.

(Click HERE to read more about Final Friday Fiction at YAM-Aunty's place)

 This story begins with a patient Shih Tzu listening to his Mama go on and on(and on and on) about the endless water falling from the sky! How was she ever going to come up with something to post for Nature Friday??

Finally,  to shush her up he comes up with a brilliant idea to cheer her up!

 MAMA!

Let's go for a ride in the Rogue Mobile and I will help you FIND some nature!! 

 I got Mama ready and loaded her and her camera stuff into the car.  By then, I was feeling a bit peckish! 

I asked Mama to stop by Magical Cookie Drive Thru Window for my "elevensies" cookie.  I even told her I would even get her a treat. But only if she was a good girl and stopped complaining about the rain! That put a smile on her face!

 Luckily, my most favorite cookie-rista was working!

She had my cookie(and Mama's treat) ready in no time!

 She always has a pretty smile for me. I think she may have a crush on me!

 (don't worry, I told her my heart belonged to another..the most beautiful Puggy Girl, Mabel)

 I slurped and gobbled quietly nibbled on my cookie while Mama drove. 

 After awhile I found a wonderful place with mine and Mama's favorite nature...

Can you guess where??

That's right...

MY OCEAN! 

The waves were churning and wild, plus, it was raining pretty heavily, so we couldn't go on my beach. But I did get out of the car! To prove it to Daddy,
Mama made a short video of a few clips of me walking around....In the rain!

You can also watch it HERE , on YouTube

It's amazing what a guy will do to cheer up his Mama!

Make sure to join me next week to hear the story of where we went next!

 Show us your nature! It can be a picture of your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a picture from a walkie! Any kind of nature picture will do(does not have to include a pet)!

Thankful for Friends and Howlidays!

 Today we are all so very thankful for our Gift Exchange furiends AND that the Howlidays are right around the weekend corner!

 Jakey and my package came from the Great White Northern country of Canada fom our furiends Hailey and Zaphod! We can't WAIT to open our pressies, right Jakey??

 I can't believe there is less than a week before Christmas Arty...Time will fly and before we know it, we'll be playing with our new pressies!! Thanks ahead of time Phod and Lee!!

 I don't think Rosy sees it the same way you do, Jakey...teeheehee

 The super Lady Shasta was my Santa Paws in the gift exchange this year! Thanks Lady Shasta!

I may have gotten a bit excited and opened the outside of the big envelope my pressies were in hoping I could steal them!

 OH DARN...I mean, thank goodness they were individually wrapped! 

How much longer do I have to wait before I can open them??

FIVE MORE DAYS??

*Les Sigh* 

Christmas is NEVER going to get here!!

 We are joining Brian for the 
Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

Sparkly in Pink

Tasty Tuesday #ChewyInfluencer

 

Welcome to Tasty Tuesday!! Today, as #chewyinfluencers, we get to tell you about our favorite kibble topper, Instinct by Nature's Variety Lamb  Raw Boost Mixers!!

We were given a bag Instict by Nature's Variety Lamb Raw Boost Mixers from Chewy.com in exchange for our(and maybe Mama's) honest to goodness, true blue opinion. We wouldn't mind Chewy.com putting in a good word for us with Santa Paws tho...especially Arty, cause he reeealllly needs a good word!

We can never say enough good things about Chewy.com! Their 24/7 customer service is always courteous and friendly. We really do get our deliveries within 48 to 72 hours and, as we get ready to enter our fifth year as Chewy.com customers, any problem we have ever had has been resolved instantly and with no hassle!

Now let's talk Rawboost Mixers! When we saw these in our monthly  #ChewyInfluencer Newsletter, we jumped at the chance to be able to tell you about them. We have been using these for the past year or so as a kibble topper. Mama originally got them to help us enjoy our dinner and add a little flavor and protein to our diets!

 

These morsels taste delicious! They are gently dehydrated, and crumble easily over our kibble. Made in the USA, Lamb is the very first ingredient! This is very important to Mama, along with the fact Rawboost mixers are made with all natural ingredients!

 

What's very important to US Mama is how good they taste!

How about we show everypawdy how they can be eaten, not just as a topper, but as a very special treat too!

Oh boy....we forgot how good these can be all by themselves!! We only get these as treats on very special occassions. Mostly we get them crumbled up and mixed with our breakfast and dinner.

Speaking of dinner...it's almost 5 o'clock Mama!!

Mama says she is very careful with the amount of foodies we get and makes sure to take into account the calories of the Rawboost Mixers so we don't get chubby.

We reaaallllly like the extra boost of flavor in our kibbles! Don't tell, but sometimes one of us(Rosy!) may try and scarf up the tender lamb Rawboost Mixers out of everyone's bowls!

Without a doubt we give Instinct by Nature's Variety Rawboost Mixers 12 paws and 3 tails up!! If you are looking for a little variety in your everyday meals make sure to give it a try!


Thanks so much to Koru Bear and Pawsitively Pets for hosting the #ChewyInfluencer Blog Hop!

Monday Moments with Arty

 

 It's that time of year again....

 

When I have to try and apologize to Santa for all the...ummmmm..."not so nice" things I may have done through out the past year. 

This year I have been accused of "Nippy-ness" and "Grumpy-ness"

 

 Some pawrents in the house might even call some of my acts

"Naughty"! 

Sheesh...I hope they know I have tried my very best to be a good boy!

Mama always tells me if I was as good at being nice, as I am at modeling, Santy Paws would bring me everything I want!

Do you think I might be able win Santy Paws over with my cuteness?? 

Paws crossed!


PeeEss...Murphy and Stanley have a Frankie and Ernie update posted HERE

Skies on Nature Friday

Rosy here today for Nature Friday to show you all some of the pretty skies I got to see while I was on my Texas Road Trip!

 

 Mama and I love watching the skies along our walkies. Here are some rain clouds blowing through in Arizona.

 A morning sky in New Mexico...

 Here are some happy skies Mama took pictures of from the car(when Daddy was driving)

Look at the white fluffy clouds

 Looks like these clouds might have had some rain in them!

 A few wind turbines line the bottom of this sky!

 There were a few dramattic sky pictures too!

 A distant storm cloud

Layered clouds...

 An evening Texas sky after a rainy day...

...and to close things out, a wispy evening sky!

I hope you enjoyed our sky collection today, Mother Nature sure does know how to decorate, doesn't she?!

 Show us your nature! It can be a picture of your current weather, a scene out of your window, or maybe a picture from a walkie! Any kind of nature picture will do(does not have to include a pet)!