Another Trip to Bermuda Chapter Two.

Hello Shannon, Ceilidh and Slaney. We are here in Bermuda and those in-flight snacks were just enough to keep us going until we landed.

 Here we are looking at some flowers. We sent this photo to the Piggyfriends too.

And this was taken at the harbour with Daddy Slave.

 

He took us there to see this special boat, which had come all the way from France. We think that flying is better as there is an awful lot of sea out there.

Then the humans went to a restaurant but we had to hide under the table as piggies are not really allowed inside.

 

So Mummy Slave took this photo outside. Then we went to look at a statue of a deep sea diver.

 

Can you see us sitting on the base? He was very big! Look at all that green grass waiting for piggies to come and eat it.

We are going to the beach next.

 Just look at all that lovely white sand and the turquoise sea!

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 Now the Plushy Piggies are back home and they are telling the Piggyville Girls all about their adventures.

 

 

Another Trip to Bermuda. Chapter One

 

The Piggyville Girls are concerned that their humans are packing to go away on a trip. They have left these books about Bermuda here.

Slaney, Shannon and Ceilidh decide to have a read of the books to see if this is where their family are going.

"I expect that we will have to stay here," says Shannon. "Aunty Karen might be asked to look after us but our plushy friends, Pinky and Brownie, will be going and they can tell us all about their travels." 

Maybe the Piggyville Girls can help the Plushy Piggies pack their suitcase....

 ......they have put a lot of veggies into that bag!

 Shannon wonders if there might just be room for this cucumber. Or maybe she could eat it instead.

The plushies repack the suitcase. The Piggyfriends hope that veggie smuggling is not illegal in Bermuda but that might just be a snack for the flight. Brownie and Pinky are happy with their packing and it is time to set off for the airport.  

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"Come here guys," says Heidi Piggyfriend. " The Plushy Piggyville Girls are on holiday in Bermuda and have sent us a photo. " They say that our Slave might like to see these flowers as she is a gardener. Isn't that kind?"

Springtime Festivals at Piggyfriends.

 Today we are celebrating Beltane and May Day.

 

This is Slave's Green Man, who heralds all the green growth of Spring. We have many well behaved boars here, who will pose nicely for a photo.

Here is Rafael doing an impersonation of a Green Man looking out from the greenery and he shared the kale with his brother, Valentine, afterwards. 

A big pile of wood has been gathered along our road for a Beltane Fire but, with all these whiskers around, Slave decided that we would not be having one of our own. She says that lighting a candle for Peter is fraught with enough danger. 

We are also celebrating May Day. Slave wishes that more of our sows would behave nicely enough to be our May Queen and wear a flowery crown. Of course Heidi willl always sit still for the camera but Slave says that we cannot use her every time as she was our Easter piggy. 

Hattie and Honeysuckle are always running around madly so, although she was our St. Patrick's Day choice, Peaches had to be our victim as May Queen.

 The above photo turned out quite well....

 .....and so did this one once Slave had cropped the cushion that stopped her from running off the end of the sofa.

The out-takes are always worth a laugh. Don't worry readers. Hawthorn ( May ) leaves are perfectly safe for both piggies and humans to eat and Peaches enjoyed some of these.

Peaches had had enough by then and trashed the set so we called it a day.

May Day and Beltane greetings to all of our friends. It is wonderful to say goodbye to winter and to have lovely fresh, green grass to eat again. ;

A Prairie Easter Greeting from Our Serafina

Hello, everyone!   It's me, Serafina, the smallest, speediest and most beautiful of the Prairie Pigs (if I do say so myself).  It took such a long time, but all of that snow and ice has finally melted and the sun is shining, so we are ready to celebrate Spring and Easter, the beginning of green things growing and all kinds of new life.

This is a pigture of me wearing the traditional Prairie Pig Easter Bonnet with some close personal friends (not any of the other Prairie Pigs unfortunately --- Pig Mum said she could only deal with one model at a time who was likely to try to leap off the edge of the set or eat the props).  I was very good and sat quietly for almost thirty seconds, and then I was whisked back to my cage where I got a big helping of cilantro!  If Pig Mum had mentioned the cilantro reward ahead of time, I might have been able to hold still for a whole minute...

I am enjoying life as a Prairie Pig!  Pig Mum thinks I might be a "Sheltie" because I have beautiful long locks but they grow back off my face and not forwards like Lovely Rita's Peruvian coat. I have a big girl cage now and my boyfriend Padraig lives right next door and keeps me company.  We get to visit the other Prairie Pigs in the pig room sometimes while our cages are being cleaned, but our room gets lots of sun and it's right at the top of the stairs so when snacks are delivered, we get them first!

All of us Prairie Pigs want to wish everyone out there a very Happy Easter with lots of sun, warm weather and maybe a chocolate bunny or some fresh grass as a special treat!

Happy Easter from the Piggyfriends.

 

"Why am I out of my pen again?" asks Heidi Piggyfriend. " My friends are on the other side of this wire."

"It is time to take some more pigtures." replies Slave.

"Me again?" asks Heidi." There are lots of other piggies from whom to choose."

"Yes." says Slave. " That is because you are such a good piggy and will not destroy the scenery like some piggies we know. Turn around and we will wish our readers a Happy Easter."

 

Heidi turns around and can see that the little chocolate eggs make up her initial. ( Yes, readers, I know that is difficult to tell one end of Heidi from the other. I just watch her to see which end the veggies go in.)

"Now for a close up please Heidi," says Slave, " then you can have some lettuce."

Heidi loves lettuce especially when she doesn't have to share it with her greedy little friends, Hattie and Honeysuckle.

"Yum, yum, munch, munch"

Happy Easter everyone from all of us at Piggyfriends. xxx
 

Padraig Sends Out St.Patrick's Day Greetings!

 Yes, it's me --- Padraig from the Prairie Pigs!  I was selected for this particular assignment because I have a fine Irish name and lots of red hair (like many Irish humans, including our Auntie Penny).

It is decidedly not green here in Saskatchewan at the moment (though we know the green is still down there under the snow), but there is lots of green inside.  Have you ever noticed how many of a guinea pig's favourite things in the world are green?  Parsley, cilantro, dandelion greens, romaine, kale, carrot tops --- I could go on and on.  (Hmmmm... I feel even more Irish, just thinking about all of that delicious crunchy greenery!)

The Prairie Pigs will be celebrating St. Paddy's Day with all of our favourite green things, and we suggest you do the same (even if it means slipping a bit of food colouring into your Guinness, just for today)!  Spring is just around the corner!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to our Readers.

 

The Piggyfriends would like to wish all of our readers a very happy St. Patrick's Day.

Peaches is a bit confused about wearing Slave's shamrock necklace.

Usually one of the more sensible Piggyfriends gets to do this but Slave said that not enough of our Abyssinians get to be on the blog. So, rather than have one of our good piggies. like Heidi, wear the necklace, Peaches got the job. 

 

This could have been a mistake on her part but, after several blurry outtakes of Peaches making a run for it, Slave managed to get this one. Not the best pigture ever but it is the thought that counts.

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone.