And These Little Piggys Came Home

November 15, 2012

Wella, Wowee and Cookie everpresent in the back courtyard. Swift and Jack too but I don't have pictures of them here.

Could it be pigs in a sack?

 I looked outside in the back courtyard to see what was going on. There was a truck with a bunch of rice sacks moving around. I had to laugh. My ex used to make mean comments about 'pigs in a sack'.

 
Alex and Buddy were busy letting pigletts out of the bags they'd been in, putting them in our 'piggery' area. They used to raise pigs here and have a very efficient clean place for them. It can be hosed out and all the water runs to a septic system.We now have twelve piglets to be fattened up at our house. In January a couple of them will be roasted for a family reunion and the rest for the Norwood Cares year end celebration.

aren't they soooo cute

I keep thinking wouldn't it be nice to caretake one of these homes for the owners?
Seems like not a bad gig to me.

Anita took me to a friend’s house in Brgy. TaoTaon so I could go swimming in the sea. I did some snorkeling and saw a few pieces of coral with a few little fish hovering around. It’s a very nice place on the water with no one living there but a caretaker. The grounds are well maintained with flowering trees, shrubs, orchids and other flowers. Like so many of the nice homes here, the owners live and work overseas and have someone caretake the homes in their absence. They come home only to visit. Many keep the homes for when they retire and return home.

A gate at the road opens to this beautiful arbor covered drive that bridges over water
 lined with an assortment of palm species



Orchids



???

Hibiscus

there's a gate here leading to the beach

I like the big shells in this shrine

Next door there’s a man making furniture out of old tires. We have one on our terrace where I sit like a queen every day.



He's got a World Peace Tweety Bird on the fridge