The past few weeks have been extraordinarily busy, which have resulted in extraordinarily few posts. We’ll be back at it shortly, but don’t want you to think that our little blog has fallen by the wayside. Please come back in a couple of days and hopefully we’ll have something new.

Go to the blog Pink Peppers to see the incredible: potbellied pigs being recognized officially as pets on the same level as dogs and cats.  Given that the state of Maryland as well as my local county still pigeonhole all pigs in the narrow, yet broad, label of “livestock,” this is an exciting development.

We’ve taken to wiping the pigs feet every time they enter the house these days.  Although they take pains to avoid the mud puddles that litter the yard(that pigs categorically love mud is a myth), it is quite impossible to avoid them completely.  A walk to the barn means getting muddy regardless of your species.  [...]

The last few days have been sunny and warmer than average.  Today we hit 60 degrees.  After such a long, cold, and snowy winter, all of the animals (including me) are happy to get a glimmer of warm hope.  Spring is coming and you can already see the hyacinth and daffodil stalks emerge from the [...]

I just came across this in the Dallas Morning News:  “Dallas pet happy to hog spotlight as world’s oldest pig.”
Yes, Oscar, as he is called, holds the Guinness World Record for his old age.  Oscar is 20 years old whereas normally potbellied pigs only live around 15.
Still, it wouldn’t surprise if there were other pigs [...]