Wordless Wednesday: Tobacco, Elbow Grease, Garden Produce

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  1. It's wonderful to see the photos of your trip, Sandy. These are wonderful photos as always. Have a peaceful day!

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  2. Anonymous5:34 AM

    very beautiful collection

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  3. Anonymous5:55 AM

    Sandy, are those tobacco the lady is raking? Wow~

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  4. Napaboaniya,
    While the cash crop dries in the shed, this woman is turning the kitchen garden to make ready for some planting. Such was life in the early days of our country.

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  5. Anonymous8:00 AM

    As sad as the story of tobacco is, these are beautiful.

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  6. Great shots! Takes us back in time!

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  7. These photos are wonderful.
    Wow, talk about taking a trip back into time!

    As difficult as it seems to us today, to live this way, oh how sweet and simple it appears.

    But, THEY knew, more than we do today, what HARD WORK really is.

    I think I'd just like to wear the dresses!

    :)

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  8. Great pics...it looks like a completely different time only taken with todays technology:) Happy WW.

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  9. Never seen those. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. truly wordless wednesday. coz the photos explains a lot.

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  11. I love places like that. Great pics!

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  12. Anonymous10:35 AM

    Okay now that is pretty neat! I never knew tobacco looked like that.

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  13. beautiful! happy ww!

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  14. good pictures ....

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  15. Hello there

    Blog hopping here. check out my contest for mothers day .. i am giving away a kitchen ceramics set consist of salt & pepper shaker and oil/vinegar.

    Hope you can join in..

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    Can of Thoughts
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  16. I am back to say.."Hi!" Thanks for dropping by my blog while I was away in San Francisco. I enjoy looking at your WW photos especially the peasant woman raking. It takes me back to the time when my favorite artist Vincent Van Gogh painted many Dutch peasant women. He loved and painted potatoe diggers, wheat planters,harvesters, etc. which are now masterpieces.

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  17. oh no, tobacco - I just quit smoking about 2 and a half months ago! LOL

    Love the hanging herbs. I have clouds today - Happy Earth Day!

    Tink *~*~*
    http://MyMobileAdventures.blogspot.com

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  18. Anonymous1:08 PM

    wow! never seen it before... LOL! its my first time to look a tabacco... thanks for sharing sandy, mine's up too hope you can drop by.

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  19. Great photo's! Happy WW!

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  20. Anonymous1:41 PM

    Wonderful photos. That center pic of the woman looks so dramatic. Happy WW.

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  21. Those are great photos, i have never seen tobacco like that. Thanks for sharing

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  22. A fantastic set of pictures.. they are timeless

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  23. 3 great pix, Sandy! I know our country was practically built on tobacco but... Are those plants hanging up to dry? I think so... :D

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  24. Fantsastic collection, Sandy. Kudos!

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  25. It must be interesting to see these early day scenes. Looks like a great trip...

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  26. Wow what superb photos. Happy WW

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  27. nice one for WW! hope you'll visit mine too...

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  28. Really cool choices! Happy WW:)

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  29. That first shot is so compelling, Sandy.

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  30. Anonymous6:44 PM

    Nice shots in this subject Sandy.My husband would love seeing these tobaccos,he's a chain smoker :(

    Big Doors

    Happy WW!

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  31. Great photos!Is this shot in South America and what are those dried plants hanging around?

    View from Fortress

    Happy WW!

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  33. Anonymous7:56 PM

    Nice photos.. Happy WW!
    Reminds me of this thing my boss used to say (something like), "It pays to work hard".. :D

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  34. Anonymous8:26 PM

    Sandy, you may not get much for all the tobacco you've cut; it's been getting some bad press for, oh, about 50 years. But it is SO nice that you are employing one of the women from the polygamy scandal. I wonder which designer does their dresses, and how she can afford the commute from Texas or Utah...

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  35. Anonymous8:38 PM

    Great shots.

    VERB

    Makimeji

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  36. Love the tobacco shot - I blogged about working in tobacco as a teenager at my group blog yesterday -www.fourmugsandacrock.blogspot.com
    It was very dirty work but the smell of curing tobacco was heavenly oddly enough.

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  37. The thing about the tobacco of yore is... I don't think the leaves were dipped in the bizarro chemicals found in modern cigarettes. The first picture of the drying leaves is my favorite - I like the neutral colors and the repeating form of the rows of leaves.

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  38. you has have a great time to have these great photo. love the air drying of herbs. Great souvenirs.
    Happy WW!

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  39. WOW! I love Williamsburg!

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  40. I'm so glad to read the comments and find out that isn't you...LOL.
    Vacations are wonderful and thanks for sharing yours.
    ~~~Blessings~~~

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  41. Great pictures, but certainly a hard life.

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  42. Wow, that is so intriguing and beautiful all the same!

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  43. wow ... takes you back in time!
    beautiful shots, Sandy! :)

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  44. Anonymous10:53 PM

    Those are some amazing photos. You are very talented.

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  45. these are great I have been to places like this and been so impressed

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  46. Wow Sandy those photos rock!

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  47. Anonymous11:35 PM

    wow! beautiful.

    Happy WW.

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  48. Nice pictures for Wordless Wednesday.

    Thank you for visiting me today. I hope you will come back.

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  49. How interesting ! I never saw tobacco leaves only on pictures

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  50. Love the photos!! The tobacco is amazing! I love the drying racks, not only fuctional but beautiful!

    Happy WW!!

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  51. Great pics! Thank you for your visit tonight! :)

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  52. Amazing pictures, Sandy! Very interesting.

    Happy WW!

    (My post)

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  53. Wonderful set of photos...I love the first one especially!

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  54. That is wonderful! Very beautiful shots!!

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  55. I thought this was taken in an Amish town. I have never seen tobacco leaves.

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  56. Thanks for viewing my post These photos are the basis of a three stage painting of spring on the river

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  57. Interesting photos!!

    now i really know how it looked like for what am i smoking all these years!

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  58. Stunning pictures, very beautiful!!!
    Happy Wednesday.
    My WW

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  59. I can almost smell the herbs and the spices on that third picture!
    Beautiful!

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  60. Great pictures but that looks like hard work. I will stick with my power tiller and electric dehydrator.

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  61. What an interesting shot. I am loving looking at all the WW photos. This was my first post.

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  62. What a fabulous family outing. Wonderful, as always!

    P.S. Photos like these make me want to hug my washer & dryer!

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  63. Goodly shots! If posted yesterday, excellent shots for Earthday! :)

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  64. Anonymous7:43 AM

    I love the perspective of the tobacco shot. Great job! Happy WW!

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  65. Anonymous7:53 AM

    I love Colonial Williamsburg! It is one of my favorite places to visit! Great pictures!

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  66. Anonymous7:57 AM

    Great photos!

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  67. Wow, that is a lovely series. What a cool set of images.

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  68. Those are some nice pictures, the one of the tobacco hanging is cool!

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  69. Anonymous8:23 AM

    What lovely photos, Sandy :)

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  70. We don't know how good we have it until we take a look back in time. Wonderful pictures.

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  71. Happy WW and thanks so much for stopping by!

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  72. great photos! never seen tabacco like that before. happy ww

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  73. That is very cool. I just love history reenacted. Thank you for sharing. Happy Wordless Wednesday!

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  74. Anonymous9:48 AM

    Beautiful photos! Happy WW!

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  75. Anonymous9:50 AM

    The close up of the tobacco is my favorite. The texture and color looks great! Happy WW!

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  76. Wow pretty cool pics,

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  77. Anonymous10:38 AM

    it's very interesting learning more about how things were done before. makes me appreciate the conveniences we have now. :)

    MyMemes: 1 Begins Here
    MyFinds: 1 Ends Here

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  78. Hi Sandy. Those are beautiful shots. Tobacco industry still thrives in some parts of our country.

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  79. You already have so many saying that. Let me add one more WOW to those pictures. :)
    Happy WW!

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  80. Very nice. I like that first photo in particular.
    Reminds me of my trip to Cuba in 2001, where we got to visit a tobacco plantation and factory.

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  81. Those are beautiful shots Sandy esp. the lady!

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  82. What a fascinating series of images this morning! Thanks for sharing ;--)
    Hugs and blessings,

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  83. I had to reread your title to figure out what the first pic is. I thought it was wool at first. Very nice pics.

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  84. Awesome pictures, Sandy! I never thought much about the process of harvesting tobacco...or that it could be so picturesque.

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  85. That reminds me of my grandmother's family on my mother's side. They have tobacco plantation. Lots and lots of tobacco...maybe 2 towns worth of tobacco plants.

    Visit my picture today

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  86. Beautiful series. That first shot is mesmerizing. Good work!

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  87. Anonymous1:49 PM

    Great shots! I was just recently talking with the kids about taking a trip to Williamsburg. I have never been but always wanted to go, I think my kids are at an age where they'll appreciate it more. They loved Sturbridge Village.

    Thanks for stopping by my WW @ Sosuna-o-Lata

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  88. My uncle used to grow tobacco years ago and I remember it drying in the barn. He always smelled of tobacco. I miss him! Thanks for bringing back precious memories. Terrific photos BTW!

    Have a great week and please join me here for my WW post if you can:

    Just Some Thoughts

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  89. Anonymous3:05 PM

    What great pictures. I could spend every vacation I ever had going to places where they recreate the past. It never ceases to fascinate me.

    Happy WW

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  90. wonderful post thanks for sharing.

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  91. Anonymous3:40 PM

    Very interesting and beautiful shots! It's like a trip back through time.

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  92. Anonymous3:40 PM

    Very interesting and beautiful shots! It's like a trip back through time.

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  94. Woah, that's pretty cool!

    And hey, I'm comment # 100!! WhooHooo! :D

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  95. Amazing pictures, amazing shots.......
    Thanks for sharing.

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  96. Anonymous5:44 AM

    Interesting photos Sandy. Dislike tobacco immensely but I guess it is a part of history and always will be. Glad you had a nice trip!

    www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com

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  97. a very rare scene. very old school and i love it. the scene...not the tobacco. hehehe
    you're in to photography now Sandy? I am missing so much of your genius.

    c",) Morning Sniffles

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  98. Anonymous4:20 PM

    You have a way of making everything look so wonderful through your camera. Thanks for sharing.

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  99. Anonymous4:20 PM

    You have a way of making everything look so wonderful through your camera. Thanks for sharing.

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