post #22
The month Obama was elected, my neighbor, Phillip, alerted me, per my request, that he and his family would be killing one of their hogs. Fine by him if I wanted to take some photos. I was eager to record the event, which doesn't happen all that often any more, though Phillip kills more than one hog every year, sharing the meat with members of his family who in turn help out.
The main thing to remember is that the chosen doing-the-deed day was bitterly cold, good for the meat but finger freezing cold for me and for my camera battery. That's why I only made it through the skinning and hanging parts. Maybe by November 2011 I will have warmed up enough to be able to record the next and longer part of the process.
 |
getting ready to start
 |
| leading the hogs with the feed bucket |
 |
| cousins, checking the kill |
|
 |
| preparing for hanging |
 |
| cutting off the skin |
 |
Phillip working with his son
|
 |
| weighing the skin, newly removed -- 50 pounds! |
I also want to give the link HERE for a lively and passionate opinion piece, again about mountaintop removal mining, written this time by writer George Ella Lyon and printed in Wednesday's Lexington Herald-Leader. It's a very good read! Bravo, my friend, and thank you.
No comments:
Post a Comment