October 24, 2020

Piggies and More.

A funny thing happened this week. Frank was working in the yard and these little pigs came along! He called me to bring my camera.

Apparently the pigs did not want to hog the camera because they turned to leave. I went back in the house to try to find the farmer's phone number, but failed because we no longer receive phone books and I wasn't sure how to spell his name. Information was a waste of time, and did not even have the right number for animal control in my county. 

I wound up calling the sheriff's office and they sent out a young officer. By that time the pigs had disappeared. She said she would reach the farmer. This is not the first time his animals have escaped. 

A neighbor came over and said the pigs have been digging up her lawn! I later found holes in our side yard but at least it wasn't in the lawn. 

This summer pigs came through our yard  pursued by the farmer's son! I've seen sheep and chickens in our neighborhood, and even a cow! The farm is not far away, separated from our lake by a dam and fence. 

Weekend Reflections: Let's move on to Glen Burnie in Winchester. I think the reflection is an odd one, and even the sculpture that it captures is unusual. I'm including a view with Frank standing next to it so you can see how big it is.

The spider and web are part of a summer exhibit called Bugs.




Today we were in Millwood and that's where I saw a dog  sitting on a wall. 

The rest of today's post is from my archives. The flying bird is a great blue heron. Then we have a blue jay and a friendly duck. 


21 comments:

  1. What a shame the pigs wouldn't pose for you. Pigs are rather endearing characters though don't you think?

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  2. Hello, Linda
    That is neat to have the little piggies running through your yard. The spiders web is cool. I love the cute dog. Great shots of the Heron in flight, the Jay and the duck. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a great day and a happy new week ahead. PS, thank you for the comment.

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  3. Hello. Little pigs wanted to visit your yard.
    Wonderful serie of photos.
    Take care.

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  4. I do miss being able to look up numbers in the phone book. I think that pigs' favorite activity is trying to root under the fence!
    Love the huge sculpture! Great photo of the duck.
    Have a blessed day!

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  5. What a wonderful spider sculpture!

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  6. Great birds of course! But I must admit that web/spider blew my mind!

    Thanks for linking in with us!

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  7. At my old house we had to put up a fence. Wild hogs were just destroying our yard! The big spider web is quite creepy. Love the cute little duck at the end :)

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  8. I love the duck photo and the piggie butts!!! :)

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  9. ,,,pig sure come in an array of colors.

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  10. From pigs to a spider I wouldn't want to sit beside (her). And some other critters...loved the laugh of this post. Not to mention the dilemma of how to contact someone to take care of the invasion of the pigs!

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  11. Phone books! They were once so useful for making a higher seat for little kids at table. Pigs! What a great sight. Probably less destructive than deer.

    be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  12. Phone books! They were once so useful for making a higher seat for little kids at table. Pigs! What a great sight. Probably less destructive than deer.

    be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  13. Country Living - all we have are dogs and cats in our neighborhood.

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  14. If there's a way to escape, clever animals will find it. Nice photos.

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  15. What an interesting sculpture! Sounds like the farmer has some fence mending on his to do list. Hope the pigs found their way home. Have a great new week!

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  16. Great reflection! Thankfully spiders aren't really that big! :-)

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  17. so many cute critters but the pigs stole the show for me!!

    2nd was the white door, with the cool reflection, that is an awesome picture!!

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  18. The spider sculpture is beautiful. Love the pigs and the story that went with it. I never realized people could not find out a phone number these days but it happens. Good idea to call the sheriff and let their office handle it.
    Have a wonderful day.

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