Emily Gets to Wear the Easter Bonnet!

 It's not as if any of the Prairie Pigs are usually competing to appear in a photo shoot, so this year when little Emily decided she would volunteer to be the official Easter Prairie Piggy, it was easy to talk Lovely Rita into donating the use of her famous Easter bonnet.  Doesn't Emily look cute in it?

We are still waiting for the snow to melt here so we can have fresh grass and maybe even see some flowers growing outside.  We hope wherever you are for Easter, that there is less snow and more sunshine!

Slave's family always gets together to colour Easter eggs.  This year they made them with piggy-approved herbal designs (cilantro --- yum!) and used onion skins to colour them.  We thought these ones turned out particularly pretty.

We would like to wish all of our readers, all piggies and piggy people everywhere, a very happy Easter.  Eat a chocolate egg, sniff a Spring flower or take a moment to bask in the sun, and if you have an Easter bonnet of your own, make sure to get it out and wear it!

Happy Easter from the Piggyville Girls

 

We are the girls from Piggyville, North Carolina, and we are here to wish all of our friends a very Happy Easter.

I am Shannon ( on the left ) and my friend, Ceilidh, is on the right. She never shows up well in photos just like Fionn Piggyfriend as they are both black piggies with black eyes. They even have the same little patch under their mouths.

We think that our Slave is going to share out these chocolate eggs and we are going to have something yummy for posing for this pigture.

                                              HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE.

Wishing our readers a Happy Easter!

 

"Come with me Benedict," says Slave.

"Oh no!" says Benedict. " I am in the bathroom. Rafael and Valentine told me about being brought here the other day. I hope that I am not going to have a bath"

"Not this time sweetie," says Slave. " We are going to do something special and afterwards you can eat that carrot."

"We are going to wish a very Happy Easter to our readers so please keep still."

"I will eat the mini eggs," says Slave "and you can have some of that carrot for being a good boy. Thank you Benedict."

 

                                       HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE AND EVERYPIG!

Spring Cleaning

 Slave says that Spring has sprung. There are flowers in the garden.

Slave says that we should apologise to the Prairie Piggies, who still have snow.

 

We are lucky to have grass all year round, although it is still too cold for us to go out and pick our own yet. 

Slave says that it is time for Spring Cleaning. Well as long as she doesn't expect any help, that is OK by us. 

"Where are we going Rafael?" asks Valentine. " I am not sure but I think that Slave is carrying us upstairs so that can only mean one thing....the BATHROOM!!" Eeek!!

 

 

"We didn't think that she meant that kind of spring cleaning," say the boys.

Both the brothers get messy grease glands and are going to be cleaned up with this jar of Swarfega.

Rafael tried to escape by climbing up a towel that was hanging over the edge of the bath.....

......but it fell on his head.

Now they are back downstairs drying in a box of towels and will be rewarded with a slice of juicy melon.

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Spring, Glorious Spring!

Hi everyone!  I am Ernie from the Prairie Pigs and I am here to wish you all a happy first day of Spring. That part is perfectly sincere, but wearing this silly daisy costume is not my favourite thing in the world, to be honest.  Slave tried it on Charlotte first, but wily Charlotte kept tearing the head-dress off and making sure her eyes were closed when the picture was taken so Slave went looking for other spokespigs.

I don't like it either, but I know that there are rewards (EDIBLE rewards!!!) if a pig behaves himself for a few minutes, so I put up with it.  If we ever find out where she hides this costume between photo shoots, it will meet a violent end.  A few nibbles here and there and it will not be quite so photogenic.  HAH!!!

I mean it about wishing everyone a happy first day of Spring, though.  Winter is very long up here in Canada and while the ground is covered with snow, there is no grass for our afternoon snack.  When Spring comes, the snow melts and the grass grows again, and we will get a pile of it everyday, not to mention chickweed and plantain and all sorts of other tasty weeds.  Mmmmmm!  I can almost taste them already.  Come on Spring!!!

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 On behalf of all the Piggyfriends, Rafael is here to wish everyone a very happy St. Patrick's Day.

Orla was going to be in our photo this year as Slave's pendant would have showed up well on her bright, white coat but I was picked up to have my nails trimmed and, as Slave had her camera at the ready, I became the...er.. victim. Not that I minded as I was rewarded with a carrot for being a good boy.

Please join us in raising a glass on this special occasion....

.......filled with fresh, green grass of course.

                                                   Slainte! Cheers! Good Health to you all!

The Prairie Pigs Light Our Candle

 Here is Attila, standing guard over our Peter Gurney Memorial Candle.  So many piggies and friends of piggies now at the Rainbow Bridge to think about!  We spent a quiet hour watching our candle and remembering.  Thanks to Cindy, Audrey, Oliver, Scottie and Coke for organizing this event each year.

Candle Lighting at the Piggyfriends

Some piggies do not behave very well on what should be a solemn occasion.  We wanted to use Peaches this year, as she is the very image of the piggy on Peter's book, but first of all she tried to light her whiskers on fire.

Then she was more interested in the boars in the pen behind her, but it does make an amusing out-take!

We can always rely on Bella to pose nicely for a photo, so here she is showing how it is done.

In memory of our dear friend Peter, who loved piggies as much as we all do!

We Lit a Candle in Swannanoa, North Carolina

Ceilidh, Shannon and some small friends wish Peter Gurney a Happy Birthday from Swannanoa, North Carolina, U.S.A.

 

On March 9th, We Remember Peter Gurney

                                        

 Oliver here!  I am one of the organizers of the Peter Gurney Memorial 

Candle Lighting, which takes place on March 9th.

The Guinea Pigs' Daily Digest has held this event every year since Mr. Gurney passed away in 2006.  It's a time to remember and celebrate guinea pig advocate Mr. Gurney, as well as other friends and loved ones who have gone to the Rainbow Bridge, whether they were human, furred, feathered or finned.

We hope you can join us!  All you have to do is light a candle (which can be real, virtual or electric) at 

8 p.m., wherever you are, and keep it lit for an hour if possible.  At 9 p.m. your time, others in 

the next time zone will light their own candles and in this way, our little light travels around the world.

You don't have to be a member of the GPDD to participate.  Just let us know where you lit your candle (please include city or town, state or province and country) so we can include you in our list of locations. (No personal names will be listed.). You can do this by sending a note to PG_Memorial@gpdd.org (http://gpdd.org).  

We hope you will help us shine our light around the world --- thanks!