Metal Traps
There was a time that a coffee table made out of a wooden lobster trap covered with glass was must have for a cottage along the ocean. However the era of the wooden lobster trap is gone, replaced by metal ones seen here in the foreground. Making your living off the ocean is a hard life, if you are doing it right. It's hard enough in the heat of summer when everything seems to be going your way, but working the sea, on days like this when the snows is driving and the waters are angry, really brings out the true testament in a soul.
Fisherman are hardy and hard working people and thank goodness for them. We'd really be missing something if we never had a taste of lobster.
ReplyDeletewhat a great shot.
ReplyDeleteIt is a tough life making a living as a fisher man. Nice scene here.
ReplyDeleteWow. I could feel the hard, bitter cold. Appreciating the hard life of a fisherman.
ReplyDeleteSailors and fishermen's life is hard everywhere around the world. I live among them. That why I have such a great admiration for them, whatever their country is..
ReplyDeleteLove this photo - there's just something about water and boats that draws me in. I cannot imagine doing that kind of work. I think you must be "born" to the sea to do this for a living!
ReplyDeleteI do remember seeing the old wooden crates in antique shops. Didn't know they were turning them into coffee tables. Well metal ones would work too in a modern home. -- barbara
ReplyDeleteI never even thought about trying to get lobsters in the winter. What kind of fool am I? This photo is fantastic--the perspective makes it so. Thanks for the lesson, too. Glad you liked that the mountain was out. My sons first said it to me. I love that phrase 'cause when I think it, I feel like a real Portlander.
ReplyDeleteCool pic! Life on the sea is hard and no longer very lucrative - lobster prices are really low now.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting shot. Yes, I remember the wood traps....
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine doing it in any type of weather.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many jobs where the workers do not get enough public recognition and monetary reward. Working the sea is hard work and often dangerous. The metal traps certainly do not have the panache as the old ones.
ReplyDeleteSo true...& then there are the dangers & the lives lost out at sea...I loved those old wooden traps...
ReplyDeleteThis is now a familiar scene to me - along with the hardy fishermen who make their living on/from the sea.
ReplyDeleteYou distilled the elements of the place and time of year. Bloody cold.
ReplyDeleteThe catch limits are killing the poor fishermen, though they are essential if the next generation and the next generation after that are going to have adequate fish.
ReplyDeleteGreat image. I have a lot of respect for those people out there braving the elements.
ReplyDeleteA common sight at the fishing harbours around here, but have never seen them covered with snow. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've seen programs on deep sea fishermen working in winter and you're so right Birdman, mega dangerous.
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