Mary @msiegle mentioned in my photo about the hickory nuts that the Pignut Hickory is so named because wild hogs liked to eat the nuts. She asked me if my pigs, Grunt and Suie, liked them too. I didn't know for sure so took them on a "field" trip to find out. Considering the scale of the nut it was hard to tell if they liked it or not. They didn't immediately turn away so I am going to assume they were trying to figure out how to get it open so they could eat it.
Posting early as a granddaughter is in a Junior Miss competition this evening and I will be there..
How cute the rwo look trying to find a way to crack the huge nut. I guess we know where your granddaughter got her genes from! Hope you all had a great time 😊
Ha ha ha Oh, Katy — poor Grunt and Suie. YOU, being the person big enough to handle the nuts, need to open them and cut into pig sized portions. If they like them, you could feed the little squealers — to borrow the term from Francoise @francoise — very cheaply for a good while with a little gathering now, before the squirrels finish them all off. But it sounds like they weren’t instinctively and enthusiastically drawn to the nuts, so maybe it’s an acquired taste.
This may or may not be true, but I read this on the internet: If you're having a tough time finding something, remember that even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while. This encouraging idiom actually comes from ancient Rome, where the concept of a blind animal turning something up lent itself to the Latin saying that a blind dove sometimes finds a pea.
@ludwigsdiana LOL they were definitely giving it the once over! That was so nice of you to say Diana and we had a great time @30pics4jackiesdiamond how fun for your family. Granddaughter won! @serendypyty You are probably right Thanksfor the well wishes Cazzi @gijsje glad you like it and thanks for the good luck wishes @linnypinny thanks Lin and we had a great time @dutchothotmailcom thanks Esther we had to leave before they could tackle it @mcsiegle They didn't have time to work on it by themselves and I hadn't time to help them. We may try again. I am not worried about the squirresl getting them all either so there is that! Thanks for the good luck wishes, She won @louannwarren thank you so much Lou Ann. I didn't take my camera because I wanted to enjoy the competition instead of trying to get good photos but I hope to be able to feature her soon. @eudora thank you Diane and I did! @onewing LOL As it turns out they didn't even get a bite! @francoise thanks Francoise We will have to work on that! @taffy thanks bunches Taffy @olivetreeann we are all kids at heart aren't we? ( at least the cool ones of us are!) Thanks for the fgood wishes too Ann @shutterbug49 I am glad you think so Debbie Thanks @marilyn So nice of you to say. It was a quick effort @bruni Glad you like it and thanks Bruni for the good luck wishes @randystreat I am glad you like it Kathy! Good advice I guess!
September 21st, 2020
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Keep us posted on granddaughter!!
This may or may not be true, but I read this on the internet: If you're having a tough time finding something, remember that even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while. This encouraging idiom actually comes from ancient Rome, where the concept of a blind animal turning something up lent itself to the Latin saying that a blind dove sometimes finds a pea.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond how fun for your family. Granddaughter won!
@serendypyty You are probably right Thanksfor the well wishes Cazzi
@gijsje glad you like it and thanks for the good luck wishes
@linnypinny thanks Lin and we had a great time
@dutchothotmailcom thanks Esther we had to leave before they could tackle it
@mcsiegle They didn't have time to work on it by themselves and I hadn't time to help them. We may try again. I am not worried about the squirresl getting them all either so there is that! Thanks for the good luck wishes, She won
@louannwarren thank you so much Lou Ann. I didn't take my camera because I wanted to enjoy the competition instead of trying to get good photos but I hope to be able to feature her soon.
@eudora thank you Diane and I did!
@onewing LOL As it turns out they didn't even get a bite!
@francoise thanks Francoise We will have to work on that!
@taffy thanks bunches Taffy
@olivetreeann we are all kids at heart aren't we? ( at least the cool ones of us are!) Thanks for the fgood wishes too Ann
@shutterbug49 I am glad you think so Debbie Thanks
@marilyn So nice of you to say. It was a quick effort
@bruni Glad you like it and thanks Bruni for the good luck wishes
@randystreat I am glad you like it Kathy! Good advice I guess!