#pig sty

In ancient parts of Portugal the pig pens or furdas are as cool and well made as the castles and are probably as old or older. This is one of a couple near the top of the mountain at Monsanto Portugal. They all have the turf roof and when the pen is set on bedrock the water trough is carved right into that. Well stacked stone walls enclosed the pigs which were small and like the local wild boars. I took this before sunrise exactly 5 years ago today. What a stunning place! I wish I could have spent a whole week walking around the mountain of Monsanto.

Parents Magazine   October 1953

my bed broke and now my room either resembles Tommy's room from trainspotting or a Tracy Emin art installation.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, September 17, 1907

Guess what these little round structures are, with the mounded turf roofs. Everybody who didn’t guess pig pens, go home. Some had drinking troughs carved into the bedrock beside them. Who carved a pig trough out of solid stone? Although I’m sure they have been repaired, I’ll bet they’re over a thousand years old.

Why do we assume that pigs can’t fly when they live in tiny aeroplane hangars

Charlie Surprised

Crazy pig lady T-Shirt -  teehag