We have gotten out some, by the way, and already enjoyed several meals out at fun restaurants.
Yesterday we were in and out getting things from storage in the garage and I heard some kind of trippy music playing and snapping sounds like a fire. So I ran inside and told Rob this may be a good time to meet the neighbors with the farm!
The rapper, Notorious B.I.G.
We found three men working in the yard shoveling mulch with a nice fire going in the yard. Immediately one of them came over and introduced himself as Sam… Sam Grey Horse! He’s the semi-famous 6th Street Cowboy! He was incredibly friendly and gave us a little summary of the farm situation with different areas housing horses, goats, chickens, etc. He said that this street is like the last bastion of the old Austin and he also described his brush with death a few years ago.. and his persona he’s created. We were invited to Wednesday night prayer sessions in the sweat lodge involving tobacco smoke etc.
Then we met the other two men, Brenton and Matteo. All of these men seemed happy to meet us and we learned they are heavily in the music scene.
The gate between our yards was stuck in the dirt but Sam fixed that as we spoke so now we can take the short cut between our yards anytime we want.
We also learned what we have been dying to know: the names of the pigs!!
The light-colored one is named Notorious P.I.G., named after the rapper Notorious B.I.G. When this was mentioned I could see the recognition on Rob’s face but I had to ask him after who that actually is.
Chicharrón picture stolen from interwebs.
The black-colored pig is phonetically referred to as “Cheech” which is short for Chicharrón.
They didn’t seem to have any concerns about what we feed the pigs but I still intend to reduce the fruit by-products and replace with less sugary foods from vegetables as I read it is better for them.
The farm residents hadn’t yet met Freckles. Freckles gets very skittish outside of her immediate property so she had never ventured that far. Speaking of Freckles, as we returned to our house she was in our yard carrying a little lizard by the tail. She gradually pulled it into her mouth and ate it nonchalantly as she stood there. I was sad for the lizard, of course.