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Tartok Tuesday – Reading Material

April 8, 2014 |

For today’s post, we are going to the other side of the valley and the hu-grandmom’s house. Everyone assumes that any tale of mischief over at The Herd Annex is bound to be about Ruby, but not this time. Today’s tale is about Tartok. Tartok is an extremely trustworthy boy. Unlike his sister, Ruby, he…

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Weekend Games

April 7, 2014 |

Monday sure came around fast, didn’t it? Oh, well, we had a great time of silly weekend games and hope you did, too.

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Return of the Big Dogs

April 6, 2014 |

One of the sure signs of Spring is the return of the big dogs – some of you may call that breed “horses” – at the Cataloochee Ranch next door.  The big dogs winter near Charleston, SC, and return each spring.  Since the road to the valley cuts through the middle of the thousand acre…

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Conspiracy Theories

April 5, 2014 |

The hu-dad implemented some major changes to the website yesterday, so if you can see this blog post – you are in great shape.  You can see all of the changes.  If you can’t see this blog post, though, you are probably thinking through all of the conspiracy theories about what happened to today’s post.

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More Spring Weather

April 4, 2014 |

We had more spring weather with an incredible high of 73°F (23°C), which is very warm for this time of year.  AND, we have not yet blown our winter coats.  Hu-dad was looking for some action shots and this was the best we could do for him. A very Happy Birthday to the hu-grandmom! She…

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Intruder Alert

April 3, 2014 |

Hu-dad was working away in his study when we sounded the intruder alert. Not a mild alarm, a BIG SERIOUS ALARM!

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Really Spring

April 2, 2014 |

What a change from a few days ago! With sunny skies and a high of 68ºF (20ºC), we finally had a day where it was really spring!

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Commitments to our Readers

April 1, 2014 |

We have decided to make some very serious commitments to our readers. We hope you will appreciate the changes! Oh – and one more thing – we all vow that we will continue to play April Fools’ jokes on every reader who actually believes any of this!

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Self-Cleaning Sibe

March 31, 2014 |

After yesterday’s post showing a muddy Cheoah, many of you asked about her bath. We are self-cleaning Sibes. Perk of the breed.

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What Inspires Our Blog Posts

March 30, 2014 |

Hu-dad is often asked, what inspires our blog posts? Hu-dad says he is just surrounded by inspiration every day – whatever he means by that.

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Sentry Post

March 29, 2014 |

Queen Natasha the Evil many responsibilities include keeping track of movement around Chez Herd. Here’s her sentry post.

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Movie Watching

March 28, 2014 |

The humans settled down on the couch for movie watching – Captain Phillips. Apparently, we were to watch the movie and not create distractions. How did we do?

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