Yesterday evening, I was happily pottering about in the field, chatting to the pigs and generally enjoying the last of the day’s warmth. Midge was snuffling about in the long grass and Snipe … well, I hadn’t seen her for a wee while but the last time I did, she was in the middle of [...]
Archive for September, 2009
28 Sep
Fun in the sun!
Yesterday was one of those days that flew by, the kind that you wish you could preserve, re-visit, or hold in time forever. Ok, so it wasn’t the best start, as the runt of Pinky’s litter died in the night, but I knew that was coming and given how weak he was, despite my best [...]
27 Sep
Hush-a-bye, piggy
Yesterday morning, all the cool pigs went back to bed after their breakfast:
24 Sep
The good news IS the bad news…
I had a missed call and an answer-phone message yesterday, announcing that my local abattoir is reopening after nearly six months. Since I’ve been calling them every few weeks to find out if they were any closer to reopening, they’ve put me on a ‘priority list’. Since I tried several times yesterday to return the [...]
23 Sep
Stay-at-home Dad!
Mum (Pinky) went outside to do her thing: Dad (Curly) was left in charge: Luckily, he’s great with the piglets: Now, if I can just arrange that Lottery win so I can stay and play with them all day…
21 Sep
Pinky and the piglets!
I’m pleased to report that all seven piglets survived their first night and were sound asleep between Pinky and Curly when I arrived at the farm this morning. I’ve taken loads of photos, but thought you might appreciate this video as well: And here’s a photo of the piglets in the ark with Pinky and [...]
20 Sep
We have piglets!
I’ve not blogged about this before, but thanks to the “temporary” closure of the local abattoir (since March!), I’ve been forced to keep Pinky and Curly long after they were meant to have shuffled off their mortal coil. And, as you’d expect with two pigs over a certain age, they’ve made babies… Seven, in fact, [...]
20 Sep
Snipe in the river!
It’s taken me a while, but I’ve finally got round to taking videos instead of just photos, and I thought you might all appreciate the sights and sounds of Snipe in her favourite place in the world: the river!
17 Sep
New theme: Freshy
Yes, you’ve read that right (and spotted it, if you’re a regular visitor to my blog, rather than just a feed reader)… Once again, I’ve changed the look, this time using the Freshy theme. For some reason, the Ocean Mist theme wasn’t displaying properly, so I thought a change was in order. The current header [...]
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