Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn among the star, shining through thin clouds and smoke.
A Jake-In-The-Box
Lizard
Western Bluebirds of happiness
Iris
Blue Iris
Mother’s Day roses: Neil Diamond looks like Scentimental. Anna’s Promise, and Vavoom.
Ketchup & Mustard and Vavoom.
Beaker
Søren
Ring around the moon
It’s half the moon it used to be!
Off Center & Not Even 
Oh wow, it’s a smorgasbord of beauty. Sky’s fabulous, I want to take Jake home with me. You can keep the box. I would like a parrot to please.
Everyone wants to take Jake home. He’s a really good dog. We are trying to find a female, preferably a Great Pyrenees, to breed him with so we can have little Jakes, but no luck so far. If you know any unaltered bitches (dogs that is) let me know. Have dog will travel. The parrots are fun but they are like having perpetual three and five year olds. Thanks, Holly.
A Great Pyrenees eh? He looks like a Golden to me. I’ll keep an ear out for any unaltered lady dogs. He’s a cutie for sure
He’s Golden/Great Pyrinees cross. He was white and fluffy until he was two years old.
A sweet dog. 🐾🐾
To market
To matket we go
Without a second thought
Jake steals the show.
The skies are beautiful with Jupiter, Saturn and Venus in view.
What would mother’s day be without rosy
Although this year come to think of it….mmmm
Hoe wonderful then to have a garden filled with roses like these.
Thanks, abvr.
You are most welcome Timothy
Another beautiful selection of photos, Tim. It is good to see Beaker and Søren again, too. Jake is cute!
Beaker is camera shy, but Søren is a bit of a ham. Thanks, Lavinia.
Jake looks like he’s learning from the cats. 😂 so photogenic.!! You sure have a mirage of animals along with the flower kingdom. The moon and planets are all lining up for a great evening Tim!
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Jake was checking it out to see what kitties found so attractive about boxes. He didn’t get it, but love the attention he got for being in the box. Thanks, Cindy.
oh that’s so funny … just what I thought. that’s too cute! 💖 Always welcome!😘😘
Jake is a fun dog. All the cats except for Marble and Glenda disappear when Jake comes over.
I bet he would like my Ollie.. I had to take her to the vet today. Her gums were oozing.. I think from a gopher bite or something like that. 🙏🙏
I Jake taking on a cat persona? Beautiful roses for Mother’s Day (I say thank you). And beautiful all around, Timothy.
He was seeing what the apeal was to a box. He didn’t find in particularly exciting other than he got a lot of extra attention. Thanks, Dale. Happy Mother’s Day (In the US of A, anyway).
Hahaha! Love it.
And thank you. In Canada, too 🙂
You are welcome!
Jake’s fabulous. First time seeing the parrots, they are beautiful. Sky pics are amazing.
Thanks, Jeff. Beaker and Søren are real characters. Beaker is 30 years old, bout 10 years beyond his average life span.
These are all amazing shots Tim. From those epic night shots to those gorgeous poochy shots of Jake and then there’s nature in all her glory. Thanks for sharing. Just fabulous!!!
Thanks, Miriam.
Planets in intergalactic space, a handsome ‘Jake in the box’, a viviparous caught in the sand, bluebirds, Greek Goddess Iris’s and flowers, great Beaker shots, and the orb of night, Bootiful all! Thanks.
Thanks for the wonderful comment, Inchcock.
It was a super-wonderdul blog, Tim. I loved it! Ta!
Yes, this is the ideal welcoming of a new week. Monday morning joy! Planets (what a sky!), sweet Jake, lizzy, feathered friends and blooms. Half a Moon but what a Moon! 😉
Thanks, Marina.
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Are Beaker and Søren also yours Timothy ?
Nice photography of the flowers and the moon too.
Yes. The birds belong to us. We’ve had Beaker for 30 years now.
Wow! These are great, particularly the night sky. Jake-in-the-Box looks downright irresistible.
Calvinists have Irresistible Grace. We have Irresistible Jake. Thanks, Liz.
Good one, Tim!
You provided a good prompt.
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Beautiful photos!
Thanks, Dawn.
Jake is soooo adorable!
The birds are running a good second.
Jake in the Box! Great memory…
When I was a little kid, I got a few Jack in the Boxes, over the years.
I figured the song, and knew exactly when to stop winding… just before the POP.
I would put it on the coffee table or side tables. The adults never learned their lesson. They would pick it up, or touch it, or breathe on it… lol…I had it wound to the hair trigger!
POP all the time. They’d spill drinks, mess up with their cigarettes…whatever, but I got ’em every time.
Then when I was too old for a Jack in the Box, I would wind my younger siblings and cousins’ boxes to the hair trigger.
LOL…they never learned!
You were much more creative than I was. I simply got bored with them. It’s great when you can pull the same trick over and over. Thanks, Resa.
xo POP!!!!
Is Jake’s eye fixed?
It’s Buddy who has the third eye lid syndrome. That will be fixed in July.
Oh…Right! I thought that Buddy had grown up quite quickly…LOL!!!
Has ABQ caught on fire yet? News in NYC implies as much …
No. No fires close buy. Only people shooting each other. If you heard about the guy who shot the two teenagers and inself in near the Cottonwood Mall, when I looked at the footage the the area the police had taped off, it was next to the Party City where I park when I go to the Walmart, Petsmart or Office Max. Albuquerque is getting to be terribly violent.
Lovely pictures, Timothy. It is amazing how dogs, cats and small children love boxes.
It is. Thanks, Roberta.
Your Iris well in advance .. Mine are in tight bud
Our Irises are well behind the one’s in town. We are in a cold spot. Thanks, Sue.
Jake is very cool.
He is one cool dog. Thanks, Shey.
Jake wants to be as content and happy as a cat? I like the irony of making the photos of Jake in the box our album cover
That would be a perfect Album cover. Maybe I’ll change the image on the sound file. Thanks, JYP.
Jake must be watching the cats too much ha!
He must be. Thanks, Brian.
Ah that made me smile, a dog in a box! Great shots … those Iris are beautiful
Jake’s a trooper. Thanks, Julie.