Pig Christmas 2007

Pig Christmas 2007

 The Pigs of Shepherd's Green thank you all for making another year very special.

Special thanks to Princess J for hand painting so many stockings for the pigs who didn't have ornaments of their own.

Special thanks also to all the generous folks around Kodak and Gatlinburg and Sevierville who joined the blanket drive hosted by Dwight and Denise.. they are put to good use in areas where a little warm corner is much appreciated or a drafty door needs a little extra protection from the cold winds. And of course some of our guys simply like to hide in them.. like Casey.. below..

The day was beautiful and sunny.. the people who come each year and share this joyful event were ready to pitch in and finish up the last bit of decorating (thanks Tammery for trimming of our two Angel Trees!) ) and opening food packages so at high noon we were ready to Feed the Pigs!

The Fruit was delivered along the fences while snack foods were put in the feeders and in piles on the grass inside the pens..

choices ... choices...

Menu:

 1200 pounds of fruits and veggies (the remaining 400 # went out the next day) ..  200 pounds of apples, yams and potatoes  were baked starting very  early that morning for the special needs and elders and hospital pigs  whose teeth are not up to raw apples and sweet potatoes, and 400# or more of mixed cookies, crackers, candy and nuts,  200 pounds of low fat cheese, then a mountain of popcorn brought by Denise and Dwight...

 It was a good day for eating..

Hospital Annex: Thelma (loves those baked yams and the Feta cheese!!)

Wuss Group : Benson and pals

Special Needs: Annabelle and Jessie

Center Herd checks out the first of the fruit drop

Peanut grabs up 2 bananas and heads across the hill

further along the fruit route we see Peanut again collecting bananas.

Farm pigs share the feast with their herd mates the Flop family.

Jenny Craig may not approve of Pig Christmas.. but WE do! Magpie and Dew Babe are a bit Rubenesque we say..

The Health Watch herd: Clover checks it out

Hill Herd and Wuss group share the bounty

Special Pens

Hospital and Special Needs

Dudley                                                                       Seamus

Evita and White Blossom                                                                             Thistle, Wilbur V, Elvis (way in back) and Moonlight

Helen Ann, our oldest resident, 21 in 2008,  is delighted with the selection

And so we come to

The End

of Pig Christmas 2007