Monday 5 March 2012

What's up?


It all seems to have been a bit quiet around here lately.  We've had the usual comings and goings with the pigs. Precious's young Haggii (?sp?) are getting more adventurous with each passing day. This afternoon somebody specifically drove down our drive and rang the door bell to tell us that our "Piglets are out on the bridleway."
"Yes?" said The Boss, waiting for an explanation of why that was so important.
"You don't seem particularly worried" said the Visitor "and they were heading for Belchford"
"No" he replied "By now they're probably all back home with Mum again...."
"Well, they were upsetting the horses" countered the visitor
"That's why we put signs up to warn people that pigs are nearby" said The Boss. I think the visitor went off in exasperation, no doubt thinking we were Queer Folk.

 Truth is, the piglets are Everywhere and they're not there for long - just when you think they're behind you they pop up somewhere else. No wonder The Dog just stands and watches them sometimes. It's the equivalent of him scratching his head in bemusement!
The littlest one of the lot - Haggii Minimus - has an endearing habit of  sitting in the feed bowl long after everyone else has gone. Only when there's food in it of course. The others sort of get bored with chewing and wander off in search of Something More Interesting while Minimus just sits around chewing..... then scoots off to Mum - or Somewhere Else.
 The Boss meanwhile has been working out the year's schedule for the Pork Provisioner. All sorts of plans are afoot. It's not going to be quiet for long I fear. The diary is rapidly filling up and the logistics will become quite startling as the summer draws nearer......... by when it'll not just be piglets rushing here, there and everywhere......


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