are ya achin'

I always say, "embrace your surroundings"

so on Saturday,

I really took my own advice to heart and fully committed to a day on the farm.

after waking up at 4am (no, that's not a typo),

 we pulled up to a field full of pickup trucks and good ole boys

enjoyed a very hearty southern style breakfast (the grits alone will add 5lbs to your waistline)

and then took to the task at hand

the days schedule entailed the butchering of 7 hogs

Ill spare you all the details, but the general process includes: killing/cleaning/gutting/processing

I really thought it would be more traumatizing and I was totally prepared to come home a vegetarian, but it actually just made me respect this way of life that much more and I am totally down to start "livin off the land"



i am incredibly grateful for the experience, and all the wonderful folks i met!

we literally, brought home the bacon!

"judge not, lest ye be judged"

xoxo,

Tara Belle

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