Awww Mondays

Join us every Monday for Awww…Mondays.

Post a picture that makes you say Awww…and that’s it.

Make sure you leave a link to your post and I’ll visit your Awww…Mondays post.

What better way to start the week than with a smile.
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Although giant pandas can grow up to 300 lbs (136 kg) and 5 feet tall (1.5 meters), their cubs are born pocket sized in comparison according to National Geographic. Baby pandas only weigh about 3 ½ ounces (100 grams) at birth.


1. Awww Mondays2. Spring’s Night3. Awww Toby
4. It’s a Snap!5. Awww & Spark – Marv6. mimi’s meanderings
7. My Tata’s Cottage8. Phamily Blog9. Gattina
10. bailey unleashed11. Zoolatry12. My GBGV Life
13. My Mind’s Eye14. A sunflower day15. A ShutterBug Explores
16. Curious as a Cathy17. Stuffie Support Group18. Brian’s Home
19. Gattina20. Catblogosphere21. Purrseidon
22. 15andmeowing23. Drillers Place24. Lisa & Cabo
25. Socrates Book Reviews26. Woodsterman27. Colouring with Cats
28. Easter Eggs29. Catscue30. Flower of the Day
31. Molly Monday32. Miss Ruby33. Kitties Blue
34. Fools Rush In35. reverendken36. Deborah
37. Cloudia Honolulu38. klara, Brussels39. hairballs & hissyfits
40. Patrick Weseland

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88 thoughts on “Awww Mondays

  1. My GBGV Life – Minnesota, USA – I am a GBGV, Grand Basset Griffon Vendeén - enjoying my life and sharing my experiences.
    My GBGV Life says:

    Nature is amazing making them so tiny and grow so big!

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Yes on both counts, Ann. I hope you’re having a great day off. 🙂

  2. Eugi – Atlanta Ga – A Pushcart Prize nominee in 2025, my poetry appears in twelve anthologies, and my work is published across six platforms, inclusive of WordPress, PoetrySoup, Spillwords, BlueSky, Mastodon, and Tumblr. I am among those who received Socialite of the Year (Honorary Award) for the Year 2025 by Spillwords Press. I’m thrilled in be in the company of such a talented group of kindred souls. Now retired, I enjoyed a dedicated career in the insurance industry for over 40 years being rewarded professionally and personally.
    -Eugenia says:

    Awww, such cute little cuddle magnets! Amazing they are so tiny when they are born. Happy Monday!

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I learn something knew every single day and this is what I learned today. 🙂

  3. Cathy Kennedy says:

    Sandee,

    Panda bears are so cute. It’s hard to imagine they are anything than cuddly but I know that’s the farthest thing from the truth. 🙂 I love the picture, though. Have an awwwesome Monday, my friend!

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      You do the same and I’m looking forward to your A to Z Challenge. Happy Monday and week. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      All is well here, Paul. Hope things are well with you. I may swing by again for another piece of that cake. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      They are indeed. You have a wonderful day too, Ellen. Scritches to all the kitties. 🙂

  4. foguth – Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. At present, she is finishing writing the Chatterre Trilogy and working on a new episode for The Sea Purrtector Files. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at: www.jeannefoguth.com.
    foguth says:

    Meowser Ms. Sandee, I think I’d like to meet a panda!
    Thanks for hosting this blog hop,
    Purrseidon

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I’ve seen them at the zoo. They are most beautiful animals. I just didn’t know about their offspring being so small. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      It showed up. WordPress does what it does when it feels like it. I always check for the comment # when I post. If it’s there I move on. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Oh thank you so much. I wanted to do something different and this was it. 🙂

  5. Binky – Wombania – Wombie comic strips twice a week.
    Binky says:

    Wombats are born the size of a jelly bean, only a couple of grams. Full size, they can be up to 40 kg (88 lb). and three feet long.

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Me too. I had one for years, I think my granddaughter ended up with it. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I’d play with the babies after they got a bit bigger, but I’m not messing with the grown ones. 🙂

  6. Wing Commander Basil & The B Team – UK – Well, now there's a question! Furstly and most importantly I'm a cat if mew hadn't already guessed. I got my Wing Commander status in September 2018 but that hasn't slowed me up at all! I tweet, Instacat, FB, Tumble & Pin too and now there's Basil TV on YouTube. All in all I'm a thoroughly Modern Cat; a cat of the 21st century, mew might say. My human & Purrsonal Assistant aka P.A. is Cathrine Garnell, and she writes books including a tale about my fictional alter ego, Basil the Bionic Cat. [See Books Page] I live in a multi-cat household, and mew can meet the rest of The B Team here most days of the week, as they all like a turn on the blog. I like mice, but then don't we all? I also like fresh tuna, chicken and prawns. I LOVE catnip, not in any excess I might add before mew jump to any wild conclusions. Thanks so much for dropping by, as we The B Team, love making new furriends, so do leave us a comment and say hi.
    Wing Commander Basil & The B Team says:

    Panda’s are so adorable, these two are so cute <3 Happy Monday XOX

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      We had a great weekend on the boat. Read one and a half books and it was warm. Wonder weekend. 🙂

  7. Kathe W. – Married to my best pal, mother of three grown children, retired and wouldn't be able to fit work in now-too busy having fun and learning new things every day.
    Kathe W. says:

    Pandas are awdorable for sure! THanks for fixing my blog- I have no idea how that happened. xoxo

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      It’s easy to do when you get the wrong day. I’ve done it. 🙂

  8. Bette A. Stevens – Central Maine, USA – "I'm a writer inspired by nature and human nature!" ~ Bette A. Stevens Bette A. Stevens is a retired teacher, a wife, mother of two and grandmother of five. Stevens lives in Central Maine with her husband on their 37-acre farmstead where she enjoys writing, gardening, walking and reveling in the beauty of nature. She advocates for children and childhood literacy and for monarch butterflies, an endangered species. Stevens’s children’s activity book, THE TANGRAM ZOO and WORD PUZZLES TOO! was first published in 1997 by Windswept House Publishing, Mt. Desert, ME; a second edition was self-published by the author in 2012. AMAZING MATILDA , Stevens's second children's book, self-published in 2012, won a 2013 Purple Dragonfly Book Award (Honorable Mention for Excellence in Children's Literature - Ages 6 and older category) and placed #9 on The 2013 Gittle List TOP 10for Self-published Children’s Picture Books. Stevens has written articles for ECHOES, The Northern Maine Journal of Rural Culture based in Caribou, Maine. In 2013, the author published her first book for the YA/Adult audience: PURE TRASH, a short story of a boy growing up in rural New England in a family whose poverty and alcoholism mark him as a target for bullying by young and old alike. This short story is a prequel to Stevens's debut novel, DOG BONE SOUP, A Boomer’s Journey released in January of 2015.
    Bette A. Stevens says:

    Aww… What precious cuties! 🙂 The week is off to a great start. Enjoy yours to the full, Sandee! xo

  9. Deborah – South San Francisco, CA – I am a Wise Woman who has been on a spiritual journey for many years. My wisdom was not gained through a higher education but through the University Of Life and all the insight, knowledge gained through the pain of trials and tribulations on the path of weeping to healing. Though I have come a long way, I am not done yet! I still have much wisdom to gain, more growth through pain, and the beauty of spirit that come by continual shedding of the old to receive the new! Sweet Blessings!
    Deborah says:

    They’re just so cute I want to cuddle them! Have a great Monday and week Sandee! Lots of hugs! 🙂 <3

  10. Tails Around the Ranch – Denver, CO – The inspiration behind this blog was one knuckleheaded Standard Poodle named Sam but is now inspired by a House Pony-Wilson. I'm Monika, the upright. Living in the Denver metro area, we post about dogs, rescue and nature. So grab your favorite beverage and be prepared to howl along with our adventures. And don't forget to bark your 'pup-tacular' comment; we'd love to hear from you.
    Tails Around the Ranch says:

    Squeals…pandas! Does it get any cuter? 🐼

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I don’t think so. They are so cute I said Awww out loud when I found them. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I didn’t know how small they were. We had a great weekend and the week is starting off wonderfully. I hope yours is too. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I hear you. I need to go back to the San Diego Zoo. You can spend days there and never see everything. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      I just had no idea now small they were. It’s amazing. We women could use some of this help with child bearing. 🙂

  11. The Canadian Cats – Prince George, BC, Canada – I have been married for like AGES and AGES according to Shoko. A whole 47 years. Shoko is my only young'un. Bill and I have lived in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada for 34 years. Gardening is my passion and also Shoko's passion. Bill's passion is being included as a member of Shoko's family.
    The Canadian Cats says:

    They are wee when they’re born…..holy mini micro catman! Mom saw a panda for the first and only time at the San Diego Zoo. Such adorable animals.

    Shoko

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      They are indeed. I need to go back to the San Diego Zoo. A most wonderful place. 🙂

  12. Skunk says:

    Seymour sez “thank ye kindly” and Element suggested I offer you my front closet which has massive toilet paper overflow storage space available….

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Tell Seymour that I love him bunches. Element too. And you too, Mike. 🙂

  13. messymimi's meanderings – In south Louisiana\'s beautiful swamps.
    messymimi's meanderings says:

    Beautiful creatures. Baby kittens are born at about 3 oz, so about the same size as newborn pandas. Amazing how differently they grow after that. Hugs to you!

  14. Marv, Kozmo, Jo Jo & Nutmeg – Midway, BC – This is our Wordpress login. We also create the badges for the Cat Blogosphere. The Cat Blogosphere is INCLUSIVE! Although it is a US based, we accept all pets from around the world! (Including Canadians and Dogs). Each month you can find badges for special events at the Cat Blogosphere. If you need a smaller size, each Month we upload smaller versions of the badges to our blog (cats-astrophic-events . blogspot . com extra spaces around the .) BTW, we ARE CANADIAN! Elbows Up!
    Marv, Jo Jo, Kozmo, Cinnamon and Barb says:

    I LOVE Pandas! When my boys were young Calgary had a pair of Pandas Xi Xi and Qun Qun for a visit during the 1988 Olympics. Tickets to see them were hard to get, but my (at that time) Brother-In_Law was a zoo keeper. When they had last minute cancellations he would call and I could buy the tickets and take the boys! I think we saw them 3 times. They were ever so playful! Thanks for the marvellous memories! Sandee you ROCK! I hope you and yours have a marvellously happy day!

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Oh how fun. They are indeed very popular. You have a marvellously happy day too. Smooches to Marv. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Glad I could help you start off your week on the right foot, Patrick. 🙂

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      They are so cute, but I didn’t know how small they were at birth. Hugs. 🙂

  15. Gattina – Waterloo, Belgium – My name is Gattina and my blogs are http://gattinawritercramps.blogspot.com/ (main blog) http://gattinamycats.blogspot.co http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/
    Gattina says:

    Yes they are real cute, I have seen the first babies born in capture here in Belgium in a wnderful animal park. But adult they can be very dangerous two weeks ago the Dad of the two babies has attacked his waiter without any reason and had hurt him badly ! He us still in hospital

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Oh my. I hope he gets better and soon. Wild animals can be ever so dangerous. 🙂

  16. Dakota/Caren/Cody – Michigan – Freelance writer, pet blogging professional, product influencer, half of the writing team behind Dakota's Den and "Cat Chat With Cody & Caren" Most importantly, I am a "pet mom" to Dakota, (Shetland Sheepdog) and Cody (my silver gray tabby!)
    Caren says:

    I just love those silly and adorable Pandas!!

    • Sandee – California – Home of Awww Mondays, Happy Tuesday, and Wordless Wednesday.
      Sandee says:

      Me too, but I was shocked at how small they are at birth. I had no clue. 🙂

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