Special Report from the Nederlands

Hi there, this is agent Valentino!
I want to tell you something about a Dutch national holiday we celebrate.
It is called Queensday and every year on the 30th of April all the slaves and non-slaves from the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles
and Aruba celebrate the Queens' Birthday. As it's a national holiday most Dutch people get the day off.

Our current Queen is Queen Beatrix. The tradition started on 31 August 1885, which was the Birthday of Princess Wilhelmina, later Queen Wilhelmina.
Since 1949, after the ascension of Queen Juliana, Queen's Day is Queen Juliana's birthday on 30 April. Queen Beatrix has her birthday on the 31st of January, but since the weather is usually not that great then, and to honor the Queen mother Juliana, she kept it in the 30th of April. Ow yes, and she also became Queen on that day in 1980.

It is always a day full of festivities and the Royal family of Orange-Nassau always visit one or two cities in the country.
A typical thing to do is visit a 'freemarket', where the Dutchies are allowed to sell their old stuff in the street.
Others are visiting (free) music festivals. Many towns also have street fairs and markets.
Our city, the Hague, is known for their celebration of Queens' night. This is on the evening before the 30th.
There are many music stages set up in the city centre and also all the bars in town are opened till late...

On queens' day most people will dress in orange, as it is the color of the Royal family of Orange-Nassau (and also the color of the Dutch national football team).
This is often referred to as 'Orange craze' ('oranjegekte' in Dutch).

Last year some crazy guy in a little black car tried to crash through the audience and hit the bus with the royal family. Luckily he did not succeed,
and crashed against a big monument on the way. But unfortunately he did drive through part of the audience and thus injuring and killing some people.
We are really hoping nothing bad happens this year, cause we are afraid if there is something bad like that, we will never be allowed to celebrate Queens' day again.

Well, I'm off to get myself a carrot beer, that's nice orangy color in style of Queens'day! Cause people here willl also eat and drink orange colored drinks and food.

Signing of,
Agent Valentino

AgentF is Under the Weather

Ghost here Agent F asked me to let his friends know that he is feeling under weather at the moment and so his blog may not be updated as often as he would like.

I will fill you in with more details soon, but at the moment I want to go and keep an eye on him.

Please send him all the healing wheeks you can spare.

Punky Peruvian

Agent Master of Disguise is a peruvian piggy lets meet him now;

What is your secret agent name and why? Bond. James Bond. No, I'm just kidding. Is Master of Disguise too long? My hair looks different almost every moment.

Where do you live? Southeast US

Who do you live with? My mom and dad and piggie pal, Friday.

What is your favourite food? parsley, though I must eat it sparingly

What is your favourite toy? my cozy, because I can move it around until it fits me perfectly!

What is your favourite activity? lying in the hay trough and sleeping or eating

Any comments you would like to share with every one? I promise to be the best secret agent I can be.

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The Peruvian piggy is a long haired Abbyssinian, the breed standards say that the fringe should completely cover the face and the sweep should flow out from the butt, the hair is not supposed to be cut but kept in wrappers ready for show day.

Me thinks that is not fun and that Agent Master of Disguise is much better with his ever changing hairstyle.

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Guest Number 18

Agent Master of Disguise.

His motto is never the same hairstyle twice.

Agent Master of Disguise lives in the South East US

He lives with his brother and Mummy and Daddy.

His real name is a type of plant most commonly found in the desert or large dry areas, the plant features in Western films to indicate desolation.

The plant is often seen blowing across the screen when a bad joke is told.

Me thinks with all those hints you should be able to guess this one.

Happig St Georges Day

Today 23rd April is St Georges day.

St George is the Patron Saint of England where me lives as well as Catalonia, Aragon, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal and Russia bet you didnt know that.

Me didnt either me looked at Wikipedia.

St Georges flag is a red cross on a white background.

St George is most well know for slaying a dragon and me thought they was just made up.

For Saint Georges Day humans will wear a red rose and guinea pigs will eat them :)

Naughty Water Bottle

Mummy gives us fresh water everyday when she changes our bedding.

Last night when she was packing us up so she could go to bed she noticed that the water was still full to the top, this is unusual as Ghost is always drinking.

Mummy put her hand in and flicked the ball bearing several times...........no water.

Mummy didnt panic as she keeps spare bottles just in case.

She removed the bottle undid the lid and put the lid on again.

Hey presto the bottle worked, she thinks maybe an air bubble was stopping it.

The lesson here is that bottles as well as leaking can also refuse to give water so make sure your humans keep a close eye on them.

Check Us Out

Thank you Agent's I and Piggy Galore for putting this on You Tube for us.



Mummy says this would be really boring if you are not piggy obsessed, who is not piggy obsessed I would like to know!!