Alphabe Thursday … V is for Vegetable Baskets
April 18, 2013
Am I the only one who struggles to find an original post using letters at this end of the alphabet? Am I the only one who resorts to cheating? Or making new rules as I go along?
Some of these baskets were used when collecting potatoes before farming became so mechanised. Potatoes are vegetables aren’t they? So could some of these be considered vegetable baskets? I hope so! However it was a fun way to spend a lunch break and look a little more closely at our collections.
These baskets are from the collections of the Museum of English Rural Life. Images copyright Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading (2013)
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Very different from the enormous potato rising machines that thunder around our Herefordshire lanes today! I was thinking how heavy these baskets would have become when filled up with muddy wet potatoes. No romance of the countryside for farm workers in earlier times!
You are right! … These are big baskets! _/\_ x
Nah, I would struggle with it too. Fortunately, I’m mostly the Image Person at Undead in the Netherworld. The other members of the team tend to do the writing, I just select the images.
Baskets have been my saving grace! They’ve held all my junk that I simply cannot part with, including the toys, shoes, and what-nots that I plan to deal with later! Love your pictures and the stories behind them!
Thank You _/\_ x
Vegetable Basket… I like it!!! I would have struggled with it too if had not been for
Veronica Roth
Yes Your post was fun and happy!!
I just love baskets myself. And you can use them for vegetables if you want! {:-Deb
I thought that I would have positive feedback on the baskets. But will try harder next time. Thank you all for kind and thoughtful responses. It has been a good week _/\_ xx
A very clever post! It is difficult coming to the end of the Alphabet and finding things to share. You did a great job! Have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you and you too have fun at the week end! _/\_ xx
I love baskets , especially hand woven by traditional artisans
Yes these were traditional baskets well loved and enjoyed in the museum _/\_ x
I kind of struggle but usually I just come up with a word that at least slightly relates to the post and starts with the right letter… Like the photos.
I have found this also. In fact the whole business of blogging is out of my control … so I panic a bit when the word doesn’t come _/\_ x
The difficulty definitely increases later in the Alphabet…
But this is a Very good post for the letter V…
Great job!
A+
Thanks Jenny too for another 26 weeks of rich and lively alphabet _/\_ xx