Stella Dora's Diary

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noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:46:00 +0000

Sheep Pig?? They must be joking!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:49:00 +0000

Sheep or pig? The mangalitsa was bred from hardy Hungarian pigs (Bakonyi and Szalontai) crossed with the Šumadijas from Serbian. It is totally swine. It produces less meat then the naked pink pigs you're used to seeing, so it has become quite rare. Image credit: Dreamstime

Well, I say if you can't tell this is a pig, then you might want to get your eyes examined. Zelda had never met a pig before she met me and she could easily tell that that is a picture of a PIG! This piggy has some long curly hair, but it still looks
like a piggy, just one with long curly hair! cheezsh! Now it is true I have never met a sheep, but I disagree with the "Strange News" people on LiveScience. It is more than "a closer inspection of the head and face reveals a decidedly porcine countenance." Its WHOLE body has a porcine countenance! So, what do you think?

I'm living with a Red Queen Wannabe

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:09:00 +0000

Ever since Tecumy saw this

All I am hearing is " Stella, Stella! I need your warm pig belly for my aching feet! several times a day.
I will pay anybody who can get her to stop.

Secret Agent 008 and 008.5

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:20:00 +0000

The other day Zelda and I overheard Tecumy talking on the phone. Some guy she had met and had a conversation with at the deli section down at the supermarket called her. He wanted to met her at a local
restaurant for dinner. I think I have told you all before that we are homebodies. Humom calls herself a “hermit”. We take imaginary trips, so Zelda and I were kind of shocked when Tecumy agreed to meet this guy. Shocked and worried. We didn’t know him and we are real protective of our humom, we don’t want anything bad to happen to her. That’s when we decided we’d better follow along in case she needed our help. I had Zelda take the camera too. Well, Tecumy seemed to like this guy and have a good time. Zelda and I couldn’t figure out why. Here’s a picture. See what I mean? He looks like a real “ boar” to us!

He! He! He!

Help for Haiti

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:07:00 +0000

As you probably already know, the country of Haiti has suffered a terrible tragedy. They were hit by a very strong earthquake that toppled a lot of buildings. Many people are hurt, many are missing and very sadly, many were killed. Humom is very worried about her friends' families there, she prays for them a lot. We heard on the news that mean people are cheating others with fake charities that they say are going to help Haiti but are not. If you would like to make a donation to help, Deryn Mentock of Something Sublime is having an auciton with matching donation. You can go here to participate. Every little bit helps

http://somethingsublime.typepad.com/something_sublime_from_th/2010/01/hope-for-haitihelp-for-earthquake-victims.html

Twenty Ten!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:08:00 +0000

Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

*picture courtesy of Ten Two Studios, Lisa Vollrath, thank you Lisa!

www.tentwostudios.com

Peace and Goodwill to All

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:18:00 +0000

UGGGH!!! I got the Human Flu!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:12:00 +0000

I got it from my auntie Linda. Even though Tecumy told her not to, she went and got a flu shot. Guess what happened then? She got the flu! Yes siree bob!! That’s why they call it the Flu shot. She was sick as a dog! For 2 whole weeks. She had to go to the doctor and take medicine and everything, yes siree bob! She made Tecumy sick for a few days, then me! Yuk! I couldn’t hold my meals down, not fun! And I wasn’t hungry. Imagine that, a piggy not hungry! Can you say oxymoron?? I am feeling much better now. Humom has been giving me only banana, it is easy on my stomach and apple juicy water and I have been able to hold that down. Humom has also been checking on me all day long, making sure I am ok, giving me banana snacks and making sure I stay tucked in under my binkies…..see why I love her? She’s a keeper, yes siree, bob!

Festival of Lights

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Shalom Peace to you at Hanukkah and always

Pearl Harbor Day

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Thank you to our WWII Vets.....and all of our Veterans!

Happy Thanksgiving!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:01:00 +0000

Well, it is Thanksgiving and Zelda and I are very thankful for the loving home we have.
We were both in need of a home and Tecumy took us in. She gives us love, proper food,
I have my own room, Zelda has plenty of cozy places to sleep, we stay warm in the winter and
we get doctor care when we need it. We are very fortunate indeed. We know there are many
other 4 leggeds that are not that lucky. Because of this, we ask all of you who can, visit your local
shelters and adopt someone, or take in a stray if you can and give them a "forever" home. If you are
not able to do that, perhaps you could make a donation of time or money to a shelter that is local to you or
go online to http://www.pigplacementnetwork.com/ to help piggies or
http://www.humanesociety.org and help someone who may be being neglected or abused and can't help
themselves. Thank you.

Swine Flu Update

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:00 +0000

A new Swine Flu Fact.

If you wake up in the morning looking like this:

Don't got to work!

he!he!he!

Happy Halloween! I'm Chosing the Winner of Witchy Pig!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:39:00 +0000

Zelda wrote out the name of everyone who entered the giveaway onto a separate piece of paper for each name. She has folded the papers and put them into the big cauldron. Now watch this video of our favorite Halloween song while I pick out the winner.(I get to pick out the name, since it is my blog)

The winner is laterg8r! Congratulations! Now send us your name and address and we will have Tecu'Mish
send Witchy Pig right off to you! Thank you everybody for visiting my Halloween Bash!

Shaun the Sheep

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:02:00 +0000

Zelda and I have never met a sheep, but we came across this video while we were surfing the net and we LOVE it! Take a look!

Humom gives me iceberg lettuce a lot. Isn't it wonderful! I especially loved the piggy actors!

Halloween Bash and Giveaway!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Oh goodness, I have been waiting for this forever! I thought this day would never come...our Halloween Party!

First we got dressed in the “secret “ costumes that our mammy, Elizabeth Johnson, made for us.

They are FANTASTIC!! Zelda and I are witches!

Mine is orange and black with spiders

and Zelda is and black and green with purple bats!

Aren’t they wonderful!?! We vowed to never take them off!

To get to the party, we had to go through a cemetery

Oh my goodness, it was spooky! Me and Zelda were too afraid to go through it. It was scary! Yes siree bob!

Tecu’Mish and mammy told us it is just make believe, to not be afraid to walk through…..so after a few times going in then running back out, Zelda and I went through the cemetery to get to the party.

When we got to the party room, we saw this sign:

Oh my goodness, we were scared again ! Was the witch a good witch or a bad witch?! What about her monsters!

The witch didn’t say a word. I took a few good sniffs of the air, us piggies have good smellers and I didn’t smell any monsters and Zelda has fantastic eyesight , she can practically see in the dark, and she didn’t see any monsters, so we sneaked on past the witch, keeping lookout for the monsters!

We walked around the room, looking for the refreshments! We made a stop so Zelda could have her fortune told.

She found out it was exactly like she had planned. A long, happy and healthy life filled with love!

As we walked around, we found some things to eat.

We had chips, grapes, tuna and my favorite, candy corn!. Then we continued to look around at all the fun sights!

Boy, it was some party!
Now, before I go back home, I want to be sure and tell you about our Halloween Bash Giveaway! Here are some pictures

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Its “Witchy Pig”!
I just love her.
Tecu’Mish made her by altering a ceramic shoe and porcelain piggy head, she made her hat and cape too.

If you would like the chance to win “Witchy Pig” make sure you are signed up as a FOLLOWER and be sure to leave a COMMENT on this posting by Oct 26th... don't forget to do both.

I will draw the winner on Halloween!

Thanks for coming by and sharing our party with us!

Some of My Human Friends

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:11:00 +0000

I believe that life is nicer by knowing all kinds of people, so I have friends of as many different species as possible. Now I am going to introduce to you some of my human friends. Some of them I met when I was just a little piggy and some I have yet to meet in person, but they all have made my life
happier and better.

In this first picture is Cathy and Margie down at the Community Thrift Store. That store is my humom’s and Auntie Linda’s favorite store. They find all kinds of great clothing, house wares and humom gets a lot of the things she uses in her art there. Plus, the price is right! And they have special, half-price items!

This is Tommy. He volunteers at the store. He works long hours and very hard, for FREE! Can you believe it? The ladies like to tease him.

This is Heidi.

Isn’t she sweet? She and Cathy own the store. They both worked at the Salvation Army. That is where I first met them. They helped to rescue me and thanks to that, I now have a wonderful home with a humom that loves me to pieces! Everyone in town was sad when the Salvation Army closed their store in our town. But then Cathy and Heidi had the great idea to start their own thrift store. It is hard work
and worry, but they do a good job!

In this picture is Larry and Jutta down at the WalMart Pharmacy.

WalMart is humom’s 2nd favorite store. We live in a small town, and WalMart is close and sells the essentials.

Here is Beth and Melody at the WalMart Pharmacy too.

I have allergies and I have gotten sinus infections from them. All of my friends at WalMart make sure I get the medications that I need to get better. I appreciate that.

Its wonderful to have friends like these!

Times News Couture!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Peggy DAILEY Gatto of Peggy's Mixed Up Art came up with an art challenge: dresses made from newspaper in honor of her mother and her mother's friends in the picture in Peggy's blog header. Click on the link at the end of this post to see Peggy's blog and to check out the other participants! My mammy, Elizabeth B. Johnson designed and made me and my humom's outfits. They are wonderful, yes siree bob! Check them out!

Didn't my mammy do a great job?! We had the whole shebang, matching earrings, hats and purses! I didn't get to drink much of my grape juice martini, the glass was a little high and I accidently knocked it over and it broke. I figured, ok, I"ll just eat that big juicy olive, but it was fake! or "faux" as humom says. It was still a lot of fun. My auntie Linda took some good pictures, yes siree bob!

http://wwwpeggysamusement.blogspot.com/2009/07/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-in-dailey.html

Swine Flu FACT

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:52:00 +0000

Pizza with the Girls!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Thursday humom and Auntie Linda spent the day with mammy and pappy setting up tables and stuff for Aunties yard sale out at her farm. They worked at it all day and were exhausted when they got home. They decided to treat themselves and have pizza from Marios for supper. I LOVE pizza! Yes siree bob! I haven’t had pizza in YEARS! Humom told me I could have some if I came over to mammy’s, so even though that loud mouth Leopold was barking his foolish head off, I walked over to mammy’s house….she ended up putting him in the bedroom because he wouldn’t hush up. Humom gave me the mushrooms off of her pieces of pizza! They were yummy!! I love the whole pizza, but ever since humom learned from Gay that us pot bellies are genetically engineered to gain weight on just a small amount of food, she is careful about what treats she gives me. She used to share her dinner with me all the time. I love Italian food! Yes siree bob! Especially spagetti! Usually I just get some lettuce as a treat. I wish we had pizza every night!! It is sooooo GOOOOOD!!! Yes siree bob!

Some Feline Relatives

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:42:00 +0000

Today I am going to share some pictures of some of my feline relatives. The first picture is of my cousin Mungo Johnson.

He is a cute little boy that is about 3 years old. He really doesn’t know that he is a feline. My mammy took him in when he was just about 3 weeks old. His mother was a wild stray and he was very sick and needed to see a doctor. Tecumy got him medical care and Mammy gave him his medicine and fed him with a bottle. Thankfully, he got better. Shaba, my canine cousin, used to watch over him and wash his face as if she were his mother.
Here is a picture of him when he was a baby.

This is a picture of my auntie Minemoto.

She is 13 years old. She moved here from Chelsea with my humom and is from a Boston shelter. Isn’t she pretty? Her fur is super soft and silky, I like to rub my snout on it. She shares my room with me. She likes to sleep up high on the shelf in my room.

This is my cousin Chekala, she is pretty too.

She was a stray that was living on top of the Blue Mountain. Mammy and Pappy took her in a few years ago. She is very sweet. She stays up on the counter in the middle of the kitchen and everyone who walks through the kitchen has to stop and scratch her behind her ears.

Here is beautiful cousin Molly.

She is a Persian. She was adopted from a shelter. Mammy and Pappy saw her on TV. The shelter was desperate for somebody to adopt her. She had been there for a little while, but was so upset about it, she was not eating or drinking and they were afraid she was going to die. So mammy and pappy went the next day to get her. She is happy here. She especially loves Pappy. She loves to lay on his chest when he is laying on the couch in his den reading.

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:12:00 +0000

Very Important!

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:14:00 +0000

Email Warning

If you receive an email from the
Dept. of Public Health telling you
not to eat canned ham because of
Swine Flu,
ignore it….....

its just Spam!

A little under the weather

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:15:00 +0000

Hi everybody. I haven't been blogging lately because I haven't been feeling too hot. I have a sinus infection, but my doctor prescribed me some antibiotics and I go to see him tomorrow for another allergy shot so I am sure to be feeling fine real soon. Humom took me outside for some fresh air today and that was nice. I liked walking around in mammy and pappy's yard. Here are some pictures: (you may notice my front hooves are painted orange, that was for a photo shoot, I'll tell you all about that another time!)

My Canine Cousins

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:44:00 +0000

I have 3 canine cousins who live next store. Here is the picture of the biggest one, Clancy.

He’s ok. When I was a little piglet and would be out in the yard in my harness attached to a tree on a long lead (even though humom was nearby) Clancy would chew through my lead for me, in case I wanted to take off. He and I got into an argument only once, over some food, but Tecumy stepped in and put a stop to it right away.
The smallest one is Shaba, aka “Bucky” She’s ok too, but she gets real jealous if my mammy, in her estimation, pays too much attention to me. When I was smaller, she would jump up and nip at my ears. Here is a picture of her .

She goes to the beauty parlor and gets shaved. Here is also a picture of her with some ducks down at the Pohopoco Creek, they all seemed to like each other.

The third one is Leopold, he gets a shave too. He is a maltese.

He has only been living here about 4 months. His other humom passed on and he needed a home, so my mammy and pappy took him in. He's real cute but he still needs to learn manners. My mammy says he will, he is just still a puppy. I have only been around him twice and that was enough for me! The first time, all he did was bark at me. Can you spell RUDE! The second time was outside and I thought he was getting smarter. He came up to me nicely and sniffed my snout, I was wagging my tail and put up my snout so he could sniff it and I sniffed his nose, then he barked and nipped my snout! I knew he was just being "not too smart" but Tecumy had a hissy fit! She told him, “Get away from her you rude boy!” and he kept barking so mammy took him in the house. Sometimes the canines try to come into our house, but Zelda and her littermates don’t really care for them so Tecumy doesn’t let them in much. When my mammy and pappy are away in Minnesota, she will sometimes let Shaba come over, but she is smaller than the cats, so they don’t seem to mind her as much.

Halloween Blog Party

noreply@blogger.com (Stella Dora von Swineburg) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:04:00 +0000

We are soooo excited! We are going to be part of a Halloween Blog Party hosted by the lovely Vanessa of “A Fanciful Twist!”! The party is going to be held on October 17th 2009. If you click on the little party poster over on the upper right hand side of your screen, it will take you to “A Fanciful Twist” where you can see and click on all of the party participants…..there are bunches! And its worldwide!! We are sooo excited, I don’t know how we are going to sleep between now and then!! My humom and mammy are making me and Zelda special costumes and we will have super decorations and deserts for our part of the party……they are keeping it secret what our costumes will be, they won’t even let us know!! We have never been to a Halloween party before and we are soooo excited! Yes siree bob!! I think my humom is going to make fancy cupcakes!!!! Oh my goodness, fancy cupcakes!!!! I don’t think I have ever eaten a fancy cupcake!!! Yes siree bob, this is soooo exciting!!! Zelda wants tuna, but I can’t wait for a
fancy cupcake!!!!! Guess what I’ll probably dream about tonight? Fancy cupcakes!!!!
Yes sireeeee bob!!