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Sunshine Makes A Happy Prince
It’s hard to beat this week’s weather. Plenty of sunshine and blue skies. Afternoon temperatures in the 60’s. Light breezes. Perfect for us to spend the mid-day break out on our new patio and soak in some rays. As you can see from Typhoon’s expression, sunshine makes a happy prince—and that makes everyone’s life easier.
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Roscoe’s Pre-Zoomie Face
Hu-Dad says the day is getting closer that the sod will be rooted enough for the leashes to come off and the Siberian games to begin. Roscoe says he can’t wait much longer and dropped into the perfect pose to explain what he wanted to do. Is that a pre-zoomie face or what?
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A Focused Boom
Landon’s reputation as a free spirit is very accurate. He’s often amusing himself with some invented game, racing around the house and bouncing off furniture (thus the Boom Boom nickname), or generally being a lovable goof. When we walk, though, he becomes quite a focused Boom and sets a determined pace. In today’s photo, he was doing his best to ignore the photographer.
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Trust These Faces
When the landscapers installed our sod in the backyard, they suggested that we should let it take root over three weeks before allowing full-scale Siberian games to commence. To enforce such silliness, Hu-Dad has us on leashes in our own backyard. Last night, Roscoe and Typhoon said they absolutely, positively promised to walk gently if only the leashes were unhooked. Wouldn’t you trust these faces?
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Senior Weather Skills
We walk for an hour every morning and again every evening, no matter what the weather. When the rain comes and goes, we pick a time between showers, but sometimes we have a day with a steady downpour. When that happens, we just get wet. Well, three out of four get wet. Frankie Suave says being a canine of experience means you’ve learned some things. He puts his senior weather skills to work by walking under the umbrella. Smart boy.
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Snooty Little Prince
Explaining the rules of Chez Herd to Typhoon is a thankless—and mostly useless—task. When involved in some sort of mischief, he doesn’t try to hide it. He’s simply astounded that anyone believes a mere human should be able to tell him what to do. Just last night, Hu-Dad made a valiant attempt, but the snooty Little Prince refused to make eye contact in the most royal of all manners.
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March Snow Nose
After a week of sunny, warm, spring-like weather, Mother Nature decided to pull a switcheroo. The winds howled, the temperatures plummeted, and our ground turned white. Hu-Dad did much grumbling and shivering, but we thought it was awesome. The Little Prince even engaged in his favorite winter activity of snooter plowing resulting in this March snow nose.
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Artistic Herd
The idea was simple. A photograph of us walking along the greenway during our morning walk. Terrific idea but Hu-Dad forgot to adjust the shutter speed, so the exposure was a tad bit longer than it should have been. Garbage can, right? Nope. Hu-Dad decided the blur effect made for an artistic herd.
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Innocent Of All Charges
For some odd reason, Hu-Dad found it challenging to accomplish his work as his desk was bouncing. He suggested that a pair of bestest-buddies-ever might be wrestling and causing the problem. Roscoe emerged from under the desk with the best innocent of all charges face ever. Unfortunately for him, Typhoon expressed no remorse and proudly claimed responsibility.
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Skeptical Little Prince
In case you think His Royal Highness Little Prince Typhoon Phooey isn’t buying what Hu-Dad is selling, let’s explain. True, poor Typhoon’s digestive system reacts poorly to many tasty treats, so he doesn’t get everything his brothers get. And, true, they shouldn’t be deprived of things just because he can’t have them. But, Hu-Dad swears that has nothing to do with why the others are inside the house while Hu-Dad and Typhoon enjoy some private outdoor time. No, Hu-Dad just wants some quality time with the Little Curmudgeon, who might be something of a skeptical Little Prince.
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Serious Squirrel Face
Hu-Dad and Roscoe were enjoying some yard time, but Roscoe struggled to stay focused on their conversation. What could possibly have him so distracted? We think the serious squirrel face explains everything.
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Roscoe’s Foxy Friend
A big step forward yesterday on our backyard project—the sod was installed. For some odd reason, the Hu-Dad is keeping us leashed in the yard for a few weeks. Something about it needs to take root and not be torn up by zoomies, or tunnel construction, or other “Siberian mischief.” At least we got to hang out with Roscoe’s foxy friend and enjoy the spring evening.
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