I can't hardly pass by a cotton patch that I don't want to stop and pick some cotton.
You see what's on the dash??It is freshly picked cotton.
We stopped at a random cotton patch along GA. Hyw. 32.
A patch that was far enough away that no one would shoot us for picking a little cotton.
Shelby got enough to take to "show and tell" at school.
I remember my parents stopping so all us children could pick some for the same thing.
I grew up in Florida so coming to Georgia every October for a family reunion we drove past
many a cotton field. It was always fun taking some to school as a child.
It's fun to remember.
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That is so cool! That would be an amazing show and tell, especially in Utah!
We have cotton fields right by our house too and I always want to stop so the boys can get some, but I'm afraid I'll get busted by the farmer. Maybe I'll just have to be brave one day so they can see what makes their shirts and underwear:) Tell Trav. Happy Birthday from all of us!!
That is a really cool idea for show and tell. In the town where I grew up, Bakersfield, Ca there was a cotton field near my grandparents house. We never picked any but my grandparents told us stories of how they used to pick cotton for a living and what hard work it was because of all the blisters they would have on their fingers.
I like your cotton pickin story too! It brought back good memories for me of my grandparents.
It's good that children see and learn where cotton comes from. I grew up around the cotton fields but never had to pick any like some of my siblings and parents and forbearers. It was very hard work with little pay but the harder you worked the more cotton you picked for a bit more money.
I see you captured a cute little 'cotton picker'at work. Nice shooting.
Love,
Daddy(papa)
What fun times and memories. Robin at All Things Heart & Home went to a cotton pickin fair over the weekend. Here's the link so you can visit. Maybe it's near you and you can take the grand-girls next year. Blessings, SusanD
http://www.allthingsheartandhome.com/2009/10/07/cotton-pickin-fairour-new-favorite-autumn-festival/
How cool!! I love the pics of your DD in the fild of cotten to sweet.
Don't you just love how that Georgia Snow looks... that is what Frank calls cotton in Georgia.
Mama tells me that picking cotton can make you fingers sore. I harvest it on Farm Town on Facebook... my whole hand gets sore :-)
Oh, you make me miss Georgia so much. I used to love to see the cotton harvest. We ain't got no cotton in Maryland.
Your photos are wonderful.
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