Unexpected Guests

[Cubist]

The First Lady is away on a business trip right now which is just as well because had she been home a very different outcome may have resulted.

A couple of nights back I heard what I thought was someone knocking on the front door but a quick scan from a window revealed no-one there. A few minutes later the knocking was repeated and, as out here in the boonies caution is the best strategy and a Remington or Browning a major comforter, I decided to sally out to investigate. At first I could see nothing but noticed that I was standing in some loose but unidentifiable material so strained my eyes against the blackness and spotted some movement nearer than I had expected. Realising there was no imminent danger I put away the weaponry and used my phone to grab the picture below.




At first glance you would be forgiven for thinking it a large dog or sheep but in fact it was an escapee pig from our new neighbours place over the lane. He'd come to investigate the enticing aromas from the food waste bucket I had put out and took advantage of the light supper I'd provided.

Why am I grateful the First Lady was, and still is, overseas? If she had been home it would now be a Kidnapped Pig and I'd be out helping our new neighbour look for a lost one elsewhere to throw her off the scent.

BTW - due to the poor light and the pigs natural brown hair the photo image appears just as Spooky as it was - SpookyPig, SpookyPig does whatever a SpookyPig wants!

 

[Kearn]

have you a chest freezer…

 

[Cubist]

have you a chest freezer…

Yep and fond of sausages too but.....there would be a high risk that I may become a resident of the freezer if the First Lady found out.

 

[aockenden]

Good to see some folks still keeping pigs. Somebody in the next village down from us has what looks like a KuneKune but they are rare here in mid-Wales.

 

[paulc]

Hmmm. Honey glazed ham for Christmas dinner....

 

[a twig]

A few minutes later the knocking was repeated and, as out here in the boonies caution is the best strategy and a Remington or Browning a major comforter, I decided to sally out to investigate.

I would have had you down as more of a Holland & Holland man

 

[Cubist]

Good to see some folks still keeping pigs. Somebody in the next village down from us has what looks like a KuneKune but they are rare here in mid-Wales.

True. But faintly sad as well. A few years back, on one of my evening sojourns on the porch, I heard what could only be likened to a bunch of kids munching ravenously through a large bowl of Crunchy Nut cornflakes. Puzzled, I investigated with the aid of a powerful torch - flashlight to you - to find a small posse of badgers crunching their way throw the hazelnuts cast off from the tree above by the local squirrels.

But that was when my old mate Gordon owned the place and I would frequently see deer, foxes, rabbits and hares over on his hillside. The new owners now keep a couple of dogs, four cats, two pigs, a pair of goats, two horses, a small flock of chickens and a clutch of ducks. However, the latter two groups have been slightly reduced by the local fox population and I understand that one of our older owls has taken one of the cats, but final responsibility for that disappearance has not been fully established as yet. It was therefore even more fortunate that the First Lady was absent when SpookyPig came a calling!

 

[Cubist]

I would have had you down as more of a Holland & Holland man

Not really my style but I did once admire a pair of matched Purdeys. Sadly that possible acquisition was vetoed by my bank, insurers AND the First Lady who obstinately refused to act as my Loader. Harumph!

 

[Gothichome]

Well, since you helped fatten the animal up you should be due some free bacon when the time comes

 

[LadyArowana]

Awwwwww, tell the first lady “Happy Christmas, piggy lives here now”

 

[Cubist]

Awwwwww, tell the first lady “Happy Christmas, piggy lives here now”

No, nope, nada! You've got your elephants and she's got her hippos of which this is one.

 

[LadyArowana]

No, nope, nada! You've got your elephants and she's got her hippos of which this is one.
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I presume you know all about the trend for “house hippos”? I saw one which was delightful at the Tetbury antique fair, but it was a Faberge-esque one, and rather too much of a serious purchase for a fun thing.

 

[Lacan07]

Someone's been telling the wife porkies

 

[Cubist]

Someone's been telling the wife porkies

Can you 'porky' by omission? Cos I'm saying nowt when she gets back.

I presume you know all about the trend for “house hippos”? I saw one which was delightful at the Tetbury antique fair, but it was a Faberge-esque one, and rather too much of a serious purchase for a fun thing.

Hush, say no more, she's a Bath girl and knows Tetbury far too well already. I definitely do not want to see a budding interest in anything Faberge, even if it is just of the 'esque' variety.

 

[Gothichome]

House hippo in the wild

 

[Kearn]

I presume you know all about the trend for “house hippos”? I saw one which was delightful at the Tetbury antique fair, but it was a Faberge-esque one, and rather too much of a serious purchase for a fun thing.

This was sadly a ‘serious’ purchase due to price tag. I went shopping for triple Roman’s and almost brought home a life size bear…

 

[lizziecupcakes]

Pigs are sooo cute! Even in grainy photos

 

[Cubist]

Pigs are sooo cute! Even in grainy photos

....and soooo tasty,

 

[Cubist]

This was sadly a ‘serious’ purchase due to price tag. I went shopping for triple Roman’s and almost brought home a life size bear…

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Around here that would have been wearing one of my old felt hats iand a duffel n a heartbeat.

 

[Kearn]

Around here that would have been wearing one of my old felt hats iand a duffel n a heartbeat.

They wanted £3k…. I was halfway to saying chuck it in the van until that point….