Tractor Ride At The Zoo

Talk about a drive down ol' memory lane - I got to ride on this tractor at the petting farm section of the zoo! I remember my Dad telling me stories about riding on a tractor just like this back on the pizza farm. Unfortunately, there were no pizzas to be harvested anywhere near this tractor, but I did get to ride along with my buddy Zach! Come to think of it, we weren't actually moving at all, so I suppose I wasn't really riding. But given that neither Zach's nor my feet could reach any of the pedals, I suppose that was a good thing - especially for the residents of the turkey cage not too far in front of us.

Another Fun Day at the Zoo

I had so much fun with Zach at the zoo yesterday! On top of seeing the animals and getting a lot of fresh air on a beautiful day, we practiced our balancing trick. I know that you must be saying to yourself "Piggy - won't such nonsense lead to you and Zach going down the career path that will end up with the both of you being circus peformers?" I'm here to assure you that while we are both skilled in the arts of balance and silliness, the circus life is not for us. And let me tell you why. A.) No good pizza ever comes from a circus, and B.) The pay is too little to even buy pizza. 'Nuff said!

Slow News Day + Bizarre Pig Story = Huh?

Saw this while surfing the web tonight - hmmmmm....not quite sure what to think of this, other than I'm glad I don't live in southern Hungary, where the crazy folks seem to be hungry for pigs via pig snatching tom-foolery! How does something like this go down? "No, officer, those aren't our pigs squashed in here. We're not sure how they got in here, but they aren't ours, and we didn't do it." Thank goodness for the ace reporting skills of a certain Ms. Krisztina Than who shed light on this!

Thieves caught with 12 pigs in car

Thu Nov 6, 12:43 pm ET
Reuters – Piglets are seen at a farm in Rabacsecse, 148 km (92 miles) northwest of the capital Budapest, Hungary

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Two thieves were caught in southern Hungary with 12 pigs stuffed in their small van during a routine traffic check, Hungarian police said on Thursday.
Police stopped two men in a Renault Kangoo near the town of Szigetvar, about 220 km (137 miles) south of Budapest, as they attempted to drive off.
"The pigs weighed about 25-30 kg (55-66 lb) each -- they were really squashed into the car very tightly," a spokesman said.
Police said the pigs came from a nearby farm, where 35 pigs have gone missing in recent days.
(Reporting by Krisztina Than; Editing by Catherine Bosley)

My Happy Dance!

Often times people ask me about my happy dance. If this becomes the latest dance craze, you saw it here first!

Riding Shotgun on the Halloween Express

Staring at Ellie eating chocolate really got my mouth watering for candy on this fine Halloween night! Fun was had by all, and there was so much candy that later on I got to sneak some! And no, there were no incriminating photos to be had of me sneaking said candy. All I can say is that bribing any potential photographers with candy to not take your picture in the middle of stealing candy is a handy skill to possess!

By the way, I'd like to give a big shout out to Hope for coming along with us and for helping Zach and I to look for bananas in the neighborhood after we were done going door-to-door! After all, my little buddy was dressed as a monkey, and sometimes you just have to give in to the urge to find bananas.

I've Been One Busy Pig!

I guess time flies when you are having fun - and I sure have been having a lot of fun lately! But that means I've been a bit behind on keeping up the blog, so here goes...

First on the list of fun things I've been up to lately is the great train adventure that Zach and I went on along with Ellie and mommy and daddy. We went to the train park in Scottsdale, and they have a pretty cool train ride you can go on. Well, it was cool except for the LOUD train whistle (daddy had to cover Zach's ears and Zach covered mine) and the tunnel was a bit dark and long. I say they need a bunch of night lights in there. And a pizza stop. They really could use a pizza stop.

Next on the list of fun was going to Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek to enjoy the fall festival they were having. I got to do a lot of fun things with Zach like playing on a wooden train, going through the "pum-keen" (I love the way Ellie says pumpkin!) patch, and seeing animals in the petting zoo they had. I got to say hi to the pigs! I asked them what was up with the straw diet - I mean they could at least put the straw on a pizza! They didn't seem to know what a pizza was, then they made some rude comments about city pigs, so I ended up leaving to go see the goats.

Hopefully the head farmer in charge (or any of the other Schnepf farmers) didn't notice that it was me who left this fine piece of folksy festival sign-age for everyone to chuckle about! I'm still snorting and doing a happy dance over my cleverness on that one! This city pig showed them!

And speaking of animals, I got to go to the zoo with the family. I have to say that I was a bit nervous that perhaps a few of the animals there may have thought that I would make a nice snack. Luckily my buddy Zach protected me so that I could snack on pizza later!