blackandwhiteandcolours: "He shook the man's hand. Moist was the word"

Saturday, May 29, 2010

"He shook the man's hand. Moist was the word"

"He shook the man's hand. Moist was the word" - Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead

6 comments:

Joan Elizabeth said...: What an amazing variety of photographs and quotes you find.

I also love that fact that I've found a way to visit you regularly again ... was missing the daily fun.; 30 May, 2010 00:08
AB said...: This is one of those photos that make you tell yourself a story. What had the person being working on while wearing these gloves. Why did they throw them on the ground like this?; 30 May, 2010 12:36
Mary Ann said...: Are these gloves the disposable kind, or the sort that someone probably left behind accidentally?; 31 May, 2010 20:36
Martina said...: Joan Elizabeth, thank you so much for this comment. You know how it is sometimes .... one is asking oneself: what I am doing here? I should stop and give up. ;-)

AB, I fear the story might be profane - some Spargelstecher's (any idea how to translate this?) gloves fell from a tractor. Someone with more talent than me could make a story out of this, I am sure.

Mary Ann, no, they are not of the disposable kind and when I think about the "Spargelstecher"s wages I fear the one who lost them might have got in trouble. But perhaps that is only my imagination induced by AB's "making a story" ;-)

Okay, the explanation is: when it is asparagus season the harvest is done mostly (even solely perhaps) by people from Eastern Europe. They come here for some two months and prick/prod asparagus - at least that is what the method of harvesting asparagus is called in German. Some of the tools were shown here.; 02 June, 2010 20:17
e said...: very interesting story behind this photo. as always, the perfect quote to go with it. ;); 03 June, 2010 09:12
Martina said...: ER, thank you - I often think I should really write stories with my photos ... but ... this would be a project for the time when I am retired (some decades) .... ;-). I would like to know about the life of these people, yes. Must be hard to be separated from family, friends, language ... and it is hard work, too.; 03 June, 2010 21:59