Cotton Fields
Charles has many stories of picking cotton, chopping cotton, plowing the fields and planting the cotton ... and of playing in piles of cotton as a kid - with his brothers, sisters and cousins! All things cotton ~ in fact! ;)
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This is a modern day cotton field and an OLD red barn! This is near the place where Charles grew up! This farm is near Athens, Al~ the 'town' of my husband's childhood and teen years.
I can imagine that this cotton field looks pretty much as it would have in the early days...though modern ways of growing and gathering of the crops are totally different now! ( Thank goodness for that!)
We got these pictures on a recent trip back to Alabama.
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Some stories of cotton picking/chopping days are coming up soon! :)
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Junie
posted by JunieRose2005 @ 12:14 PM
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2 Comments:
That is one of my favourite CCR songs!! I've never seen a cotton field in real life, only in pictures and on tv...I guess Canada doesn't have the right weather for it! lol I have heard from people who say it was a back breaking job picking cotton. Glad I was spared that at least! Sheesh! xoxo
Hi Pea,
Yes- I thought of you when I posted that CCR song! :) I know they are among your favorites!
Yes, I'm sure Canada is too cold to grow cotton crops.
Oh- I'm sure it's easier harvesting cotton than it was in the past. They have automatic picking machines now-
I HAVE picked cotton myself= lol- well- when I was very young! I remember my daddy had little kid size cotton picking sack for my sister and me! I remember it was hard on the fingers!
LOL- Thank goodness we moved to Florida!!
Hugs)))
Junie
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