GINNING COTTON....

NATALIE'S FIRST TRIP TO THE COTTON GIN DURING GINNING SEASON...

and another adventure in "Natalie's World"

Okay, this probably wasn't her first trip to the gin during ginning season, but it will probaby her first memory of it...you know the first time she should be old enough to remember. My kids used to have to go to the gin during ginning season just to get to see their dad...he worked much longer harder days during the fall back then...he practically lived there. Now it is only bad when they are having problems...well, they are having many problems this year, but it isn't gin-related problems. Randy has been ginning cotton now for over 20 years actually this is his 24th season.

Natalie thought this was very interesting, but she didn't like the loud sound of the gin.



















[This was the last thing Natalie and I did before I took her home...that is before we went to town to run errands and then we hit the road. She fell sound asleep by the time we got to Natchez and slept all the way to St. Francisville.]
I will try to come back later and give a little more information about the process of ginning at least to the extent of the images. One day I will do a series of cotton ginning from the beginning until the end. But for now this will have to do.

~~Natalie's Mimi~~