Arkansas: Cotton

Cotton in Arkansas. November 2014.

On my way from Louisiana to Missouri for my annual interregnum, about midway between Bonita, Louisiana, and Greenville, Mississippi (maybe Portland, Arkansas?) - Highway 165 - I saw immense cylinders stuffed with cotton - yellow foam cylinders.

Cotton in Arkansas. November 2014.

Cotton in Arkansas. November 2014.

 

Cotton in Arkansas. November 2014.

Cotton in Arkansas. November 2014.

 

Cotton in Arkansas. November 2014.

As you can see, they got my attention.

Gives me a chance to remember the so-soft cotton in Derry, New Mexico.

Derry, New Mexico: A Drive-By

Packing crates, Derry, New Mexico

Drove through Derry, New Mexico, on my way to Percha Dam State Park.



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Some day it will be possible to capture aromas for sharing, but alas, it's not possible today. I stepped out of the car to look at the startling white cotton balls in a field and experienced the unexpected pleasure of breathing in peppers ... being roasted? Dried? I know there was drying going on, as there are a number of drying (and roasting?) sheds in and about town, but if that process releases fragrances, I didn't know. A delicious smell.

This cotton field. The cotton so pristine and fluffy, it was as if someone bought cotton balls at the store and then glued them onto the plants.

Cotton in Derry, New Mexico

Cotton in Derry, New Mexico

Cotton in Derry, New Mexico

Cotton in Derry, New Mexico

You can almost reach into the picture and pluck off the cotton.