Thankful for Backyard Bunnies!!

 

 Have I told you lately how thankful I am for our backyard bunnies? Well maybe not the actual bunnies, but I sure love to hunt those furry little beasts!

 

 

 

 There are so many bunnies in New Mexico, they have artwork of them on the highways!

 

 

 

I have made a vow to keep those bunnies out of our yard!!

 

 

 Whether they are big bunnies....

 

 ....or baby bunnies, I will be vigilant and have Rosy by my side and chase every bunny we see!

Here is a movie Mama made of some of the bunnies we may not have noticed

(probably because we were busy sleeping or eating)

You can also watch it HERE, on You Tube

 

 

 

Although it looks like I may to cut back on the sleeping and eating,

I am thankful for all the backyard bunnies who keep me on my toes!

 

 

Thank you Brian for hosting the

Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

Wings on Wednesday - Bath Time

 

 

 Bath time...yucky, right??? I totally agree....but did you know, birdies actually LIKE baths?? Not only that, they drink the same water they take a bath in BLECK!

Here is some video proof!

You can Watch it HERE, on YouTube

 

 

 

 

 Wow Sunny, you're right...they actually LIKE to take baths!!

 

 

Just another reason we think birds are silly!!!

 

 

 

 

Happy Little Train Village

 

WooWoo...Chugga Chugga Chugga

CHOO CHOO!

...OH, hi there! I have my serious Train Engineer face on for today's 

Travel Tuesday as we take a look at the Happy Little Trains at ABQ Botanic Gardens!  

 

 

 

This beautiful Model Train set up has been maintained by the New Mexico Garden Railroad Club since 1999 and do a wonderful job. Mama has seen their "Engineers" out on multiple occasions fixing the tracks.

 

 They have multiple trains running on any given day, and the train garden runs down the side of the whole park.

 

 

 The  multiple suspension bridges are Mama's favorite....

 The flowers in the Railway garden, along with the railways, are maintained year round.

We know because Mama went their all through the winter BOL!

 

 Along with the trains and the bridges, the coolest little villages

are located throughout the Railway Garden!

 

 

 

 Little towns fashioned after New Mexico towns!

 

 

 

 Most of them have their own little train stations...

 

 

 

 There are industrial areas...

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, there is even some wreckage! 

 

 

 

 

But mostly, it's just a happy little Railway Park!

If you have a couple of minutes, feel free to take a ride on the 

Happy Little Train around the park....

You can watch it HERE, on YouTube

 

 Thanks for joining us on our visit to The Railway Gardens, 

Rosy and Mama will be back Friday with a fairy tail from the 

ABQ Botanic Garden!

 

 

We are joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for the 

Happy Tuesday Blog Hop this week!

 

 

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!

 

 

We're joining Comedy Plus for the

Awww Monday Blog Hop!

 

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!!