Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

Walking hasn't been constant this week with the rain and humidity plus mom HATES the bugs and no matter what we do to try and prevent them - they somehow always find us.  

Behind me, the huge Hibiscus are blooming~

The pretty pink ones~

The beautiful white ones~

We see a lot of wild Yarrow along the way~

As we pass by our mailbox, we keep smelling something really fragrant.  Mom looked it up and it's Sweet Pepper Bush.

We have had activity on our Butterfly Bushes by the Swallowtail~

And by the Hummingbird Clearwing too!

I have to show you what mom found on Amazon.   Who does he remind you of?  

The shower curtain is hanging in our bathroom and it looks fabulous but because our bathroom is so narrow, trying to get a picture of it with me in it is next to impossible.   

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Almost Wordless Wednesday

 

Mom and I watched the movie that just came out on Netflix.    It's called Arthur the King and it has a dog in it and believe it or not - I like movies with animals in them. I don't watch the entire movie like she does but I check in now and again while I'm playing with my toys!   Arthur the King was a GREAT movie!

Happy Wednesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Monday Fun Day

 Finally, after 4-5 days of not walking due to the extreme heat and bugs, this morning was much cooler and mom told me that we were walking☺

There was so much that I had missed!

The Impatiens were still blooming away~

The Rose of Sharon's are still stunning!

Life is GRAND!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Sunday Selfie

 I have a new squeaky piggy and boy, is he ever a loud one!

I can't tell you how many times mom tells me to shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Dukey.  I can't hear the TV over you!

Happy Sunday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

Are these Lilies not the most gorgeous flowers that you have ever seen?!

The same yard had beautiful cone flowers blooming too!

Chipper alert!

We found Balloon Flowers that escaped from their garden and were blooming along the street~

Look what I found!

When we walked by the next day, the non-squeaky no fun hard plastic ball was still there!

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordy Wednesday

 National Airedale Rescue recently had an auction on FB to raise $$ for Airedales in need.   Mom will donate but she can't buy anymore Airedale items for obvious reasons.    Look what she found for me!   It was the only thing that she could purchase and the harness is my size!  It's not really a summer color so she says that she will put it away until Autumn or Winter. 

On another note -   

A very good friend gifted mom this beautiful National Parks puzzle for her birthday.  It was NOT an easy puzzle to work but she got it done and had fun working it☺ 

Mom sure does love her jigsaw puzzles!

Happy Wednesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Our Exciting Weekend on Monday

 We no sooner left our driveway when we spotted a mom and her fawn playing in Farmer Will's rows of tomato plants!  The fawn was a distance from us at this point.  

The fawn soon realized that she was alone and that her mom was no longer in front of her but her mom hadn't left her.   You can see how high the tomato plants are and she can't see over the tops of them.  

The fawn was moving towards us and thank goodness that this was a weekend and the traffic is lighter and almost non-existent! Mom was yelling for her mom to please help out!   We didn't know if the fawn would stop coming at us or not and then her mom came rushing by and thankfully, the fawn followed her and they went off into the woods.

Do you think the fawn will appear again, mom?

Sadly, I was onleash, as always, and couldn't join in the fun!

Across the street was a beautiful white Rose of Sharon flower~

She asked me to sit for a pretty picture with the Phlox and she didn't realize at the time that my hiney was seated on a large rock☺

What a fun walk we had despite the fact that it was very hot and muggy out and the irritating bugs were out of control~

And guess what else exciting happened?     I got a bath!    Don't worry - I love my bath!

Happy Monday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Silent Saturday Art

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining the LLB gang for Nature Friday this week~~

We had rain Wednesday and Thursday so we didn't get out for our walk~

When mom takes me outside for business, I search for anything to eat.   I am ALWAYS hungry!   One of the things that always catches my attention are the mushrooms.   Mom found a website that identifies mushrooms that tells you if they are edible or not - not that she wants me to eat them- she wants to make sure that it won't make me sick or kill me!

This mushroom is in our front yard and looks so tasty and buttery and it's edible!

This mushroom is also in our front yard and it is also edible~

A couple of days ago, when we were walking, mom snagged this mushroom picture~

It is poisonous so beware!

We also found Indian Pipes!   Mom loves to see them as they are so unusual.  They are not poisonous but they could make me sick and it's not a good idea for me to eat them.  

Yesterday, when mom was collecting the trash can, she saw Mrs Deer.  She was coming from the direction of our apple tree☺

Our Caladium is growing and getting more beautiful every day!

Happy Friday and the last day of July~

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordy Wednesday

 Mom got a Duke hat!

It has my name on the side!

Here we are on our walk~

She asked AI to make something special and they sure did!

Happy Wednesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke