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Zoomie Preparations
Because of some storms rolling over us, we were forced to entertain ourselves inside for a few hours. Nothing is better indoors than some raucous warp speed laps around the house. Landon prepares to demonstrate his Boom Boom skills with some masterful positioning of the launching device (aka, coiled rear legs) along with the propulsion engine (the spring loaded front legs) with precision targeting (those wide open eyes that “mostly” identify collision targets to avoid).
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Just Checking Again and Again
Poor Roscoe understands that Hu-Dad needs to do his busyness. Clickety-clackety on the computer and all those boring things. But whenever the work is over, Roscoe wants everyone to know he is ready for some games. Whenever. Don’t rush. Patience.
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The Song Must Go On
Roscoe tried. Really, he did. Hu-Dad felt the Sibernacle Choir attempting to erupt in celebration and he cautioned everyone to keep it bottled up. But that’s not fair. When the time is right, the song must go on.
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Look of Royal Judgment
We are often asked why we call him His Royal Highness Little Prince Typhoon Phooey. Our answer is in the look of royal judgment fired at the Hu-Dad last night. Any doubt what the Little Curmudgeon is thinking?
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Getting Sleepy While Waiting
Young ‘uns today, mutters Frankie Suave. He goes out to the yard, takes care of business, and is ready to go back inside for good napping time. His younger brothers, though, have to sniff around, wrestle, play, and otherwise take forever. He says forgive him if he naps a little while standing and waiting, but he’s getting sleepy.
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Just Before The Smile
Roscoe knows his bestest buddy HRH Little Prince Typhoon is the serious one of the pair, but he does his best to appear focused sometimes. It never lasts, though, because that big grin will pop out within second, so enjoy this look just before the smile.
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Typhoon’s Tenth Herdaversary
A decade ago, we adopted puppy Ty who became named after a natural disaster and lived up to it. Yes, it’s Typhoon’s Tenth Herdaversary.
Click the link for lots of young Typhoon pics.
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Waiting on the Hu-Dad
In his senior years, Frankie has become quite efficient with his outdoor needs. Besides our daily walks, he much prefers the comfort of his fluffy bed and expects haste in letting him back inside. Unfortunately, he is once again waiting on the Hu-Dad who keeps playing with his camera.
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I Demand To Speak To The Manager
Hu-Dad never quite knows what will disturb the Little Prince, but he never doubts when the Royal Ire has been raised. Just look at the stomping feety-feet. The locked stare. The flaring nostrils. Someone is about to demand to speak to the manager and express some major displeasure.
P.S. – Have a Happy New Year! We will be taking tomorrow off, but will return with Hu-Dad’s Monday Musing and our regular post on Tuesday.
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Frankie Suave Zen
Frankie has long shown a special ability to remain even-keeled and calm despite the chaos that goes on around here at Chez Herd. We’ve long wondered how he maintained such focus, but this sneak photograph might finally show him achieving Frankie Suave Zen through meditation.
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Bottled Water Canines
The deep freeze Christmas weekend caused an unexpected issue for us—we lost our water. Well, us and about 40,000 of our neighbors here in the Southern part of Asheville. The humans did the best they could, including boiling what water we had before drinking, but with the taps totally dry, they scoured the area yesterday for bottled water. We think that’s great, but are we supposed to lap water out of a bottle?
Oh, apparently, we are supposed to wait on the humans to pour it in our bowls. Who knew?
P.S. – The city is reporting they are “making progress” on the failure that started December 24, so we have hope that we will soon see water coming out of our faucets. That’s good because the humans need a bath. Isn’t it fun when we get to say that?
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Back To Mischief
Hu-Dad noted even the Prince of Pranks had behaved the week before Christmas, so maybe that should continue into the new year. Typhoon just laughed and laughed and said it was time to get back to mischief.
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