News from Afar

Regular readers will recall that earlier this year Andromeda went on a journey away from RectoryReserve in order to meet her husband-to-be - J.D. We went to visit her in May, when we took this photo and since then her Landlord, the Nice Mr Thomas, has been giving us regular reports on her demeanour and welfare.
She and JD, we were told, hit it off and all was set for piglets to arrive the mandatory 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days later: i.e. sometime in early August.
We were delighted, therefore, to hear the happy news of the birth of her piglets on the 5th and asked the Nice Mr T to send us some pictures of the family, intending, inter alia, to post one or two with the announcement on this very blog. However, as is often the way with young mothers, it would seem she's been keeping them out of sight and no photos have yet been forthcoming.
"Andromeda chased Keith (Mr T) across the pen with such ferocity this afternoon that he had to vault over the fence to save himself" said The Boss with a wicked grin when he came through to the kitchen for dinner this evening.
"Good mother then?" I replied "Did he manage to confirm how many piglets she's had?"
"No" said he "He was more concerned to save his skin!".
When The Nice Mr T told us the birth was on the 5th, he said he thought there were 5 of them but he wasn't sure: maybe he'll be able to see from afar tomorrow and let us know! Don't suppose he'll be wanting to go and have a close look for a little while yet!
She'll make a good mother....