Every year at 8pm. on March 9th. we light candles in memory of all of our friends and pets gone before us.
Since this was started in memory of guinea pig expert, Peter Gurney, we need to have a piggy in the photo so you can see our Carter Piggyfriend in the photo below.
It is not always easy to get a piggy to sit still for very long, especialy when there are candles burning nearby but Carter is a star and the bribery was probably not necessary......
........but he did enjoy it.
We are remembering a host of Piggyfriends past together with the many pets that have lived with our Slave over very many years but particularly our lost Daddy Slave, who is at the Rainbow Bridge watching over us all. He used to carry big bales of hay for Slave and cut boxes of grass for us all and he is sadly missed. Our pigsitter helps with the hay now when he visits us and he cuts grass too but, during the lockdown in England, which lasted from March until July last year, he was not allowed to visit and Slave had to do it all herself, for which we are very grateful. Thanks for the grass Slave.
If you lit a candle and would like to share your pigture, we would love to see it. You can post it on our blog and we will publish it for you. See where it says "new post" on the top of our page or you can send it to us at piggyfriends@talktalk.net.
We hope that lots of piggy people joined in our ceremony this year,
Carter Piggyfriend, you did a wonderful job helping your Mum and all the Piggyfriends remember Peter Gurney and other departed loved ones. We (Nugget, Scottie, and Cindy) are sad your Daddy is at the Rainbow Bridge, but we know he saw your beautiful display of candles and the love they represent.
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