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[kohaku_imaki55]

I took my husband on a wine tour for Father's Day and at this restaurant was a statue of a sow. I immediately had to  take it's picture. It is not exactly a Boar they being male but .... Well you know, I just couldn't resist.

Comments

[dessieoctavia]

Last year when I was on vacation I took a picture of a random painting of a boar, so I understand. *G*

Thanks for sharing!

[heathersparrows]

Thank you for the pretty picture. I am also forever on the look-out for boars.

[chibifier]

(uh? lj killed my reply oO)

If it were "Klaus Heinz von dem Bachenbach", it'd be quite right. ;-)
("Bache" is the word for "wild sow" in german)

[mprice]

If you consider what it's sitting on a brook, you have an eberbach right there. ;-P

Pedantic moment: The term boar is used to denote an adult male of certain species - including, confusingly, domestic pigs. However, for wild boar, it applies to the whole species, including, for example, "wild boar sow" or "wild boar piglet".

[telwoman]

Nice statue! Where's the winery?

This inspired me to dig out some photos I took in Chile when we visited a place that farms wild boar. I'll post a pic of the piglets. [Boarlets? :) ]

[kohaku_imaki55]

The statue is in a restaurant next to the Beaulieu Vineyards winery. We had gone in BV and tasted some very nice Cabernet. Afterwards we thought we would have lunch, so we went next door to this restaurant. There in the patio was a fountain with this Boar, they have boar hunts up in the hills. Some of the very fancy restaurants have boar on the menu, hence the occasional boar theme in the area. Checking back I see that I never said that this is in the Napa Valley, app. 50 miles from my house.