top of page
Search

Untitled #15 (the Farm Series)

  • karenleehall
  • Sep 27, 2021
  • 1 min read

Sugar and sugarcane are the business of this landholding family we visited one weekend in Pirris, near Parrita, Costa Rica.


This lovely woman is seated on cane, munching on cane, and gazes out at the vast expanse of sugarcane before her.


This photo is taken in the trapiche of their farm. A trapiche is the place where you extract the juice from the cane. It’s done with giant millstones using oxen to turn the stones that grind the cane. The oxen walk in endless circles. Someone must also walk in the same endless circles with the oxen to ensure they keep moving.

It’s quiet work. It’s slow and steady and leaves plenty of time to think, to dream.


Originally published May 20, 2014

 
 
 

Comments


AdobeStock_1172836462.jpeg

© 2021-2025 by Karen Lee Hall
Proudly created with Wix.com

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
bottom of page