Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Cotton Boll

Ever picked cotton? While the fiber is soft and fluffy, the hulls are rather scratchy. This year's county cotton crop will be short due to the drought, but this week...with its cool nights and clear, breezy days... is perfect cotton picking weather.

12 comments:

Sean Claes said...

Something funny... I took photos of cotton yesterday planning on posting it in a few days. Maybe I'll post it tomorrow... inspired by Selma.

Nice shot by the way...

Rob said...

No, I've never picked cotton, looks soft. Quite the interesting plant as we are all wearing cotton in so to speak. cool photo.

Kate said...

It looks just like cotton candy! Or perhaps, it's just the other way around!! I enjoyed seeing it because of the history surrounding it!!

Lynette said...

My gosh, you are on a roll with these great photos.

Ming the Merciless said...

I never picked cotton balls from the plant but I have touched raw cotton before.

I used to live in Louisiana and there were cotton fields close to where I live.

Z said...

I hope you'll be able to post a photo of the fields -- the white cloud must look dreamy?!

Unknown said...

I thought it was snow to begin with. I've never touched raw cotton. It's not a crop that grows very well in England!

isa said...

Looks soft like...cotton ;-)
But as I am an allergy sufferer, I sneeze just looking at it!

Marie said...

Nice photo. I had never seen cotton (on the plant) in my life. Your photos make me think of Mark Twain's books, which I love.

Janet said...

Thanks for your comments! I'm going to try to find a good cotton field to photograph this week.

myonlyphoto said...

never seen cotton in my life, except the shirt i own, thanks for sharing, lovely, anna :)

Ann (MobayDP) said...

I saw this picture in the Portal and thought in horror : Snow in Alabama...in September?! Oh no!!!!

lol! :-)