My submission for this challenge is a photo of a cranberry bog near Chatsworth, NJ where Herb Armstrong, a foreman for the Lee Brothers corporation, had just finished using his harvesting machine to release cranberries and have them float on the water, ready for corralling and pumping into trucks the following day.
Herb is 64 years old this year and has worked in cranberry farming for 34 years, doing every possible job in that field. As I watched him one Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago, he was the sole machine operator for miles around. He went back and forth across the bog with his machine, stopping now and then to remove vines entangled in the harvester’s claws. At 5 PM, he climbed off and walked away. I thought he was done for the day and was going to go home. Instead, he went to look at other cranberry fields nearby to see what needed to be done the following day.
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robertmgoldstein said:
Gorgeous photograph!
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neihtn2012 said:
A belated thank you for visiting and commenting on this page!
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robertmgoldstein said:
My pleasure…
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dweezer19 said:
I bet most people don’t think about this when they pop open that can of cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving or Christmas day. I love the photo.
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neihtn2012 said:
You are right of course. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Carol King said:
What a beautiful photo. I love the red of those cranberries!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks, Carol!
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Indah Susanti said:
Beautiful photo! It is perfect for the challenge!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Indah.
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chuyen said:
Blue sky, white cloud and red cranberry…beautiful shot!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you Chuyen!
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wrightsolution said:
I lived in NJ for ten years and never got to see cranberries being harvested. It looks fantastic!
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neihtn2012 said:
You will have to come back next year for the cranberry season, generally in October.
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vernette said:
Now that’s commitment! Great shot.
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks!
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Amy said:
Thank you for the story, Hien! It takes so much daily diligent work, and we take granted.
Beautiful photo!
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neihtn2012 said:
He is so diligent, working as hard on a Sunday as any other day.
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Keisha || The Girl Next Door is Black said:
Very cool!
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neihtn2012 said:
Thanks Keisha.
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Judy @ newenglandgardenandthread said:
Very timely achievement. 🙂
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neihtn2012 said:
Indeed. Thank you for stopping by this blog.
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wisemonkeysabroad said:
Awesome photo 🙂
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neihtn2012 said:
Thank you.
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