A Piggy A-Z. L is for Ladies who Lunch.

 

Here are Miss Marple, Bella and Mama Bonbon, the Ladies who Lunch and breakfast and dine and have afternoon snacks and lunch and lunch and lunch........................

Life is one long meal for the Piggyfriends.
 

We are Buddies

We have been waiting a while for a joint post from our American reporters, Scottie and Nugget, and here it is!

Scottie here. Yes, you have seen the sofa before, and the A-frame, but what have you not yet seen? 

You haven't seen me with my brother!

Due to some lighting problems and her rather modest camera, our mom was beginning to think she'd never be able to capture us in a pigture together. In addition, I, Scottie have been reticent to allow photos.

Last night, though, before floor time, our mom saw us relaxing and thought she'd give a photo another shot, no pun intended. She turned on all the lights, and we didn't move.

Nugget is the croissant to the left, and I am doing my best to define lounging. If I do say so myself, I am doing a rather good job. I glanced up once to see what was happening but decided to let Mom continue. Besides, I had not finished my nap.

Nugget hopes you'll like his style, and I hope you can see that my white stripe still resembles Nessie of Loch Ness fame, though Nessie has, um, grown.

Some of my Favorite Things ...

We have just received this exciting new story from one of our intrepid guest reporters, Nugget:

Hi all from Nugget! My mom's camera hasn't been working for a while, but the other day she gave it another chance and it worked, much to her surprise. So she's been taking some pigtures of Scottie and me again.

This afternoon, despite rainy weather and therefore not the best lighting, she took this photo and seemed pleased by it. I hope you'll like it, too.

Here I am eating hay, which of course is any guinea pig's favorite pastime. You might be able to tell that I'm eating from a wooden table. My dad made it and also the wooden "A-frame" behind me. I rest in there quite a lot when I'm not busy eating. Beside me is our sofa, which Scottie likes to fold over. I hope you can see the flowers on one side. It is reversible, and we like that.

Well, that is my tour for right now. My mom is trying to get some photos of us on during floor time, but we will have to wait for the sun to come out!

Photos from abroad.

We have a new photo to share showing two of our one time Junior Slave's herd of piggies. We call the US branch of Piggyfriends "Piggyfriends Two."

Here is one of Mama Rin and her daughter, Maki
.

And here is a newcomer! This little piggy is being fostered by them after being rescued from some terrible surroundings.

She will have a home to go to so they are not naming her as, once named, she will never leave. They are just calling her Minipig for the time being. She never stops eating or running around so it was difficult to get a good photo of her. Isn't she pretty?

Our Slave could never foster as they most certainly would never leave. We wonder what will happen with Minipig and will keep you updated.

Nail cutting day. Silly pigtures.

It is time for some of us to have our nails cut. None of us mind this at all but some of us will even lay on our backs so that Slave can easily see our little paws.

Here is Kiwi. He was so relaxed that he actually fell asleep like this. All of his nails are black so having him in this position makes it easy for Slave to see where to cut.

And here is Saffron. Although she is a plump lady, she is not as fat as this pigture makes her appear.

And here is her boarfriend, Bounty, who is definitely not as fat as he seems to be. He was sliding off our pigsitter's lap at the time.

The Piggyfriends are back with L is for Lettuce.

Hello Readers! Picchu Piggyfriend here. We are sorry that we have been unable to post anything for a while but Slave's camera broke down. The lens cover would not open and, due to the nasty virus that is chasing after humans in the outside world, all the non-essential shops have been closed since March. Luckily for us, that did not include food shops and we have been amply supplied with veggies.

Slave was unable to take her camera to the repair shop. Now some shops have been allowed to reopen and we are in business again. We are starting up our Piggy A-Z again with L is for Lettuce.

You may remember our lettuce seedlings growing in our conservatory earlier in the year. Now they are growing outside and you can see some of them here.

Our garden suffers from rabbits, who sneak in and eat Slave's produce so she is growing our lettuces in boxes on shelves that are out of reach of nasty thieves.

These lettuces are called Salad Bowl and Slave can pick some leaves every day for us and new leaves grow in their place. What a good idea.

Our parsley, that you saw in our earlier post, is thriving outside in big pots and continues to keep us in tasty treats.

Piggy Talk

Humans are reaching out to their pets for conversation during quarantine.
Karlijn Koning of the Netherlands, a 28-year-old caretaker of service
dogs, started training her dogs and guinea pigs with communication
buttons, and she says the piggies already know how to press the "snoepje"
button to ask for a treat.
Enjoy these pix of piggy and dog with their talking buttons! This article
appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

--Mary Fran
Alas, toujours sans piggy