Comparing Pig Photos

The photo above is of the original three little pigs, Olivia, Peppa and George, taken not long after they were moved into the piggery. I can't recall the exact age of the three when this was taken - (in July, 2016) but I believe they were about six weeks old, give or take.

The photos below were taken today. The first being of Peppa, the 2nd, Olivia. George is long gone, having been butchered in November.

Both Peppa and Olivia are due to farrow this month.

It's amazing to me how large the two pigs have grown in less than a year.

Google Map Additions

As always, I brought my camera with me on my morning walk today. One never knows what one might see worth photographing. This morning, I decided to take a photo of the Day Care Center on Diputado Street. I also took a photo of the nearby Sibulan Fire Station on the off chance that I could add both locations to Google Maps.

It never ceases to amaze me which edits are accepted immediately and which are left pending. The Day Care Center edit was accepted while the Fire Station was not. Of course, there's no reason why I can't post both photos here.

Not My Piggies

Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is June 13th, is the patron saint of Sibulan, Negros Oriental. The feast day is the biggest event in the Sibulan calendar (with the exceptions of Christmas and Holy Week). Just like last year - and countless years before - the people in the town will be celebrating with lechon baboy.

Days before the feast, farmers will gather as close to the poblacion area as possible in order to sell pigs properly sized for roasting. The ones in this photo are not mine. This is the first pregnancy for both my swine. After this, I will attempt to time their pregnancies to allow be to have lechon size pigs ready for different festivals.

All in a Day's Work

At about 4:30 PM, I drove out to the property in Magatas to see how the work was coming along on the addition to the piggery. It isn't that I'm a slave driver or a particularly difficult taskmaster, it's just that I wanted to photograph the progress made in order to have another blog post today.

From the photos, it appears that the work should be completed no later than Friday - excluding any time needed to have a door made. There was a slight miscalculation in the amount of sand needed; there might not be enough concrete as well. I told my wife's papa to order whatever he needed and we would stop by the building supply company tomorrow and pay for these additional materials.

I was curious about waste removal. When the piggery was built last year, we had a large septic tank built to handle the pig waste. The piggery sets atop the tank. However, with this new addition, I did not understand what was planned for the removal of the pig manure. It was explained to me today that a hole will be put into the wall dividing the main piggery from the addition, the floor of the addition will be built on a slant so that the waste can be washed into the drain of the main piggery.

If one looks closely at the new photos, one can see the stump of a coconut tree inside the new addition. I hadn't paid attention to that earlier. I'm curious to see how that will be dealt with in the next few days.

Sometimes Mark Shea is Right

Sometimes, I actually agree with something Mark Shea writes. Perhaps this goes along the lines of how a broken clock is right twice a day, but I will give credit where credit is due.

I am in agreement with Shea on the abolition of the death penalty, and he and I agree on man's contribution to climate change. Where we might part ways on climate change, is in how I see his views on the various climate accords and solutions put forward by leftists as mostly virtue signaling. In his quintessential Trump hatred he has seen Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate accord as Trump actually wanting to destroy the planet.

Although I consider a good deal of Shea's attacks on the President as a case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, he does have a recent post damning Trump, where I agree that, in this case, Trump's actions can be vile and disgusting.

Entitled Trump steals from children with cancer, Shea's post links to an article on The Hill, which itself links to an article at Forbes.com, documenting how Donald Trump took control of the Eric Trump Foundation, diverting money donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis into revenue for the Trump Organization.

When Trump and HRC were duking it out in the POTUS campaign, I stated in more than one post that having to chose between those two was like choosing between mustard or mayo on your fecal sandwich. After the election, I was willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt. He's not my favorite POTUS by any means, but let's see what he does before we impeach him, OK?

Shea ends his post - "Impeach this vile human being now."

While I agree that Trump's actions toward St. Jude Hospital are vile and disgusting, I don't know if (legally) his actions are an impeachable offense.