#DailyGuineaPig Our beloved elder statespig Coconut died peacefully this morning.

I'd written about how much she and her first cagemate, Cocoa, meant to me in 2021 for the first *Midlife* anthology. You can find an excerpt of the essay here: https://www.midlifebook.ca/excerpts/

Introducing Countess Von Popcorn, aka Poppy. She was found abandoned in a Coquitlam park, so we decided to give her a forever home. #DailyGuineaPig.

Ahem. *#DailyGuineaPig

#DailyGuineaPig The dogged determination with which Princess Rumblestrut is attacking her radicchio.

#DailyGuineaPig One of the pigs is making tiny poops—usually a sign of an obstruction. I'm separating them to see which one of them might need a vet visit.

#DailyGuineaPig SOMEBODY is excited about corn season. (Apologies for the hood fan noise in the background obscuring cute chewing sounds.)

#DailyGuineaPig Drama over carrot tops!

#DailyGuineaPig Mini tomatoes for my silly goofballs.

#DailyGuineaPig Princess Rumblestrut getting her anthocyanins from the purple kohlrabi stalk while Coconut snacks on carrot ends.

#DailyGuineaPig Neither Coconut nor Princess Rumblestrut helped us harvest these u-pick blueberries. Do they deserve to eat them?

#DailyGuineaPig You snooze, you lose, Coconut.

#DailyGuineaPig Trying honey kiss melon for the first time. (Yes, the enclosure is a mess. It's cleaning day.)

#DailyGuineaPig Coconut snacking on kale stems.

#DailyGuineaPig Mango peeg 2 (I cleaned the enclosure shortly after)

#DailyGuineaPig Mango peeg

#DailyGuineaPig After you destring your snap peas...

#DailyGuineaPig You want MORE mango, Coconut? But you've still got some in your flavour saver!

#DailyGuineaPig Princess Rumblestrut and Coconut revelling in the evening light.

#DailyGuineaPig Fierce tug of war over a lettuce flower stalk.

#DailyGuineaPig Happy gotcha day, Princess Rumblestrut!

#DailyGuineaPig Coconut would like to file a complaint with the manager that I kept the rapini leaves for myself while leaving the pigs the crummy stems.

#DailyGuineaPig Sunday lawn time for the pigs.

#DailyGuineaPig Princess Rumblestrut and Coconut taking care of my bolted mizuna and arugula so that I can make room for cucumber plants.

#DailyGuineaPig SOMEBODY is excited to snack on grass, chickweed, and squash blossoms from the garden.

#DailyGuineaPig Rummy and Coconut snacking on turnip greens.

#DailyGuineaPig Kid is getting an after-school veggie plate, so the pigs take care of the carrot ends.

#DailyGuineaPig Our landscapers.

#DailyGuineaPig Trimmed a patch of overgrown grass around our nascent raspberry patch, so Rummy and Coconut get a treat.

#DailyGuineaPig These two stinkers have been fighting over this hide all day.

#DailyGuineaPig They are SO SUSPICIOUS of the mango.