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Of Mice and Men
“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” – John Steinbeck In August 2008, a slide near Craggy Pinnacle closed a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Unlike slides that bury a road in debris, this slide occurred under the road and weakened the roadbed, a much more difficult issue to fix.…
Read Today's Herd StoryAwards and Thoughts
First, the Cheese-Whiz (aka, Cheoah) would like to think everyone for their well wishes yesterday on her Cheoah-versary. She had a great day of hiking with The Herd, which is the way The Herd has the most fun anyway. We would like to think our buddy Jackal for this great award. This award comes with…
Read Today's Herd StoryCheoah-versary
Woo, how time flies. Realized that a year ago today, we took Cheoah to the vet for the first time. She had actually been with us for a couple of days after being rescued from being tied up behind a foreclosed house. A neighbor had spotted her and intervened with the local all-breed rescue, who…
Read Today's Herd StoryRed Team Conspiracy
First the Red Team huddled: And when they broke, Rusty walked away laughing: Were they conspiring? Just telling jokes? Just looking forward to a long holiday weekend here in the U.S.? Actually, they were comparing Bricey’s bravery demonstration to Qannik’s protecting The Herd from the Invasion of the Ski Jacket. Notice how they stopped talking…
Read Today's Herd StoryS-RV Sentry Duty
Last week, we showed you Kiska on sentry duty. She is just as alert when in the S-RV and monitors all movement near the RV (even as Natasha snoozes in the background): Even Cheoah can be quite the sentry: Rusty, on the other hand, is taking his break:
Read Today's Herd StoryWalking Wednesday
This past weekend, we took the S-RV over to Norris Dam State Park and enjoyed a weekend of camping and hiking. We would love to show you a long video of our hiking, but it seems our hu-dad forgot to check the batteries in the camera. So here is a short video of our hiking fun. But…
Read Today's Herd StoryEnthusiasm
Two key pieces of information explain this picture. 1) The dog area does not have any grass in it. None. To be clear, I do not have any problem with grass. Would be glad to seed the area. But The Herd likes the various excavation projects and no plant stands a chance of surviving inside the dog…
Read Today's Herd StoryHappy Hearts
Woooooo! We are celebrating! Our cat buddy, Huffle, was running a contest where the prize was Happy Hearts Cookies! Here was our entry: We think Happy Hearts Cookies will help us to: – make Queen Natasha the Evil less Evil – make Rusty the Rooster even more silly – make Kiska’s wooly coat even woolier…
Read Today's Herd StoryBlowing Coat
One curse of Siberians is the semi-annual coat blowing. It is really hard to describe exactly how much fur is involved. Ammy of the A04 demonstrated just the other day (to which Huffle asked if Zim had exploded – chuckling). And even Khyra, in all her perfectness, had evidence of coat blowing around her in…
Read Today's Herd StoryFurry Feet
Yesterday, we posted about Kiska’s great sentry duty, but also about her furry ears. Just in case you thought the wooly coat trait stopped there, we thought we would share another picture of Kiska taken this past Sunday. Imagine the fun she has blowing coat.
Read Today's Herd StorySentry Duty
We have shown you pictures this week of several of The Herd falling asleep after our Sunday afternoon hike. But one member of The Herd must remain alert and on sentry duty. That task fell to Kiska who was taking her job very seriously. Aren’t those eyes intent? The stare piercing? The face serious? The…
Read Today's Herd StoryComfortable?
During one of our hikes on Sunday, we stopped for a while in a very rocky area. Not exactly a place with cool grasses to lay in or dirt that could be moved around to make a nice bed. But somehow, Qannik figured out a way to make it comfortable anyway. First, of course, you…
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