Another ego trip for our pigs…

Noted Virginia artist Tom Neel dropped by Thistle Hill yesterday to do some research on pigs.  When they get to about this weight, our pigs start to get suspicious of strangers so we had to spread a little feed on the ground to keep them close for Tom’s camera.

He snapped them eating, walking, drinking and quarreling with Jack, the donkey and Darby, one of our ponies.  Tom’s paintings are always on display at the Live and Artful Life gallery in The Plains.  Thistle Hill pigs featured there soon!