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Behind the Scenes
We were watching some movie the other night and Hu-Dad was watching the extras that showed how the movie was made. Well, we figured, maybe we should give you a slight glance behind the scenes of how our blog comes together. As we are sure you have guessed, Hu-Dad likes to take lots and lots…
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Great Escape and Other Vet Tails
Yesterday, two members of The Herd had vet appointments and one of them executed a great escape. We will let you guess which one and reveal it at the end of our post. As we discussed a couple of weeks ago, Typhoon had, once again, hit a streak of food finickiness, essentially refusing meal after…
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Exploding Fall Colors
Autumn has fully arrived in our mountains with exploding fall colors blanketing the hillsides. Hu-Dad knew it was going to be a great day when he noticed the gorgeous sunrise as he was feeding us breakfast. We were very focused on eating breakfast, but Hu-Dad did take some other sunrise pictures which you can find here. Funny…
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Outdoor Activities for a Beautiful Day
We will admit that we are still recovering from the rain day after day, but yesterday qualified as a beautiful day no matter what the comparison. And beautiful days have to be celebrated with outdoor activities. And what sort of outdoor activities do we like to celebrate. One of our favorite is a group activity:…
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Sunshine and Sanity
Sunshine. Honestly, sunshine. The blue sky started peeking through the clouds and actual sunshine appeared. We danced. We sang. We wrestled. Ok, sure, that might sound like a normal day for us, but we did it with such enthusiasm. And when the regular time for our walk around our neighborhood came . . . there…
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Happy Days Are (Almost) Here Again
We would love to claim that we had a rain-free Sunday. However, the fact that our rain total was only 0.1″ was reason to celebrate. And, better, we actually were able to get out of the house, go for a Jeep ride, and walk in one of our favorite parks. We are celebrating because happy…
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Hibernation Plan
Yes, it is still raining. We have dealt with 8 inches of rain in the last 10 days or so. Everything is soggy, muddy, and just miserable. Even the fun of playing in the mud is getting old. So we have hatched a brand new approach – the hibernation plan. Periodically, one of us wanders…
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Superior Canine Logic
Hu-Dad is always amazed and mystified at the superior canine logic that we possess. For example, we have had rainy day after rainy day this week and everything is just soaking wet. Hu-Dad looks out the windows and sees . . . Yes, Typhoon, we know that you are named after a very large storm…
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More Indoor Havoc
The weather forecasts for this weekend keep increasing the amount of rain expected. After a week of non-stop rain, we are getting creative about the games we invent to entertain ourselves, but we are sure we can create some more indoor havoc. While most of the weather attention has been focused on Hurricane Joaquin, there is…
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A Royal Decree By Her Majesty
We are now entering our eighth day in a row of rain, totaling 5.11″ or 13 cm, with several more days expected. In response, Her Majesty Queen Natasha the Evil has issued a new royal decree. All of the rain and mud has severely hampered our ability to get outside, take walks or hikes, or…
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Time To Build An Ark
We have had over 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain since Friday. With several more days of rain predicted, the weather prognosticators have suggested we will not see sunshine before Saturday. That has us suggesting to Hu-Dad that it might be time to build an ark. Yesterday morning, we were all eager to get outside…
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Grammar Tip of the Day
An astute reader caught the Hu-Dad in a funny word choice error yesterday and that leads us to our grammar tip of the day. Do not worry as this will not be too painful, but we were tripped up by a homonym yesterday. Homonyms are words that sound alike, but actually have two different meanings.…
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