A Vanishing Sight
Nov 22, 2018 20:13:48 #
oldbirder wrote:
Thanks for the pictures. They bring back lots of memories. I can almost smell the cotton! Only those who have been there will know about that distinctive aroma.
It does have an odor! And here they use a garlic spray to get rid of bugs, so there's that mixed in, too.
Nov 22, 2018 20:15:54 #
biry wrote:
Many thanks for some wonderful pictures of a not often photographed subject. My wife's family used to take the kids from school and the whole family pick cotton. The youngest girl sometimes rode on her mothers sack. Some schools let out at cotton picking season in the old (real old) days. To this day my wife thinks cotton harvesters are the best invention ever! Thanks again.
Bill
Bill
I think I agree with her. Picking it is hard work and a killer on the hands. Pulling those full toe sacks wasn't easy either!
Nov 22, 2018 23:28:51 #
AzPicLady wrote:
Thanks, Mike. You don't have cotton in Utah, do you?
No, my memories come from south Texas.
Nov 24, 2018 06:03:34 #
Nov 24, 2018 06:26:24 #
AzPicLady wrote:
The cotton fields that once surrounded me are rapi... (show quote)
Kathy, a fantastic set showing how all of our land is disappearing before our eyes. We also were sorrounded by farms in 1996 and now most of it has been converted to homes and concrete. I went through this transformation in Southeast Florida Broward and Palm Beach counties) and now around Raleigh, NC. Your set of photos is fantastic as I said in the beginning and deserves to be restated.
Greg
Nov 24, 2018 09:55:55 #
Nov 24, 2018 09:58:38 #
CLF wrote:
Kathy, a fantastic set showing how all of our land... (show quote)
Thank you, Greg. I stand and cry sometimes when I see another cotton field fall victim to the builders. Unfortunately, here the taxing agencies make it very hard to keep the fields. They want all that development tax money. On that same section of ground is a dairy that has been there for about 50 years. It has also been forced out of business. It is so sad. And so short-sighted!
Nov 24, 2018 10:07:30 #
Nov 24, 2018 10:08:18 #
lensbaby007 wrote:
How beautiful! I love the first photo:)
Thank you, Lensbaby007. There is something about a field of white. . . .
Nov 24, 2018 10:11:50 #
AzPicLady wrote:
The cotton fields that once surrounded me are rapi... (show quote)
A sight that is new to me. I'll think of it every time I put on a clean white T-shirt.
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Nov 24, 2018 10:13:28 #
Bill_de wrote:
A sight that is new to me. I'll think of it every time I put on a clean white T-shirt.
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So many people don't know where their clothing comes from. Just like kids today don't know that cows give milk! Glad I could give you some insight!
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