November 8, 2008

• A Mighty Show of Strength

  Before we could hang the pig we had to find the hooks that we use to fasten her to the bucket of the tractor.  As is usually the case around here, no one could find them.  Then after Mary-Kate looked (she is our seeker and finder) she was only able to find one.  So Matthew had to make one.

  

  He found a piece of steel that is appropriate for the job and put it into the anvil.  Now comes the good part, the part where Matthew gets to use his massive muscles and brute strength.

  

  (you can’t see the dirty look he is giving me through the blur)  First he puts one bend in the steel.

  

  Then he has to bend it another way.  He just makes it look so easy.

  

  I’m sure that if I had tried it would have been beyond my abilities, and I’m not just saying that.  When he got done there was another hook that was suitable for the hanging of a pig for butchering.  Now the only thing left is to make sure that when we are done today they both get put away where they belong.  (I think that is my job)

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