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Into the Light - Day 17 - Year 2022
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17th century American Cast Iron Kettle.
Deep in the East Kootenay's, rails of what once was CPRs second mainline thru British Columbia still get polished daily with freights for the UP in Idaho and a daily mixed freight that sees action as far West as Castlegar and Trail, which is as far west as the former KVR lines go today. On an overcast late morning, a pair of familiar EMD's navigate the marshes along the Moyie River as they make their way to Fort Steele with a manifest from Nelson on the drawbar.
(33/366) Spotted these in Lidl, ideal for the Weekly Colour Challenge theme this week is Orange www.flickr.com/groups/myweeklycolourchallenge/ I reckon Flickr auto-tagger has been on the gin? Vehicle?
Two flag-wearing UP motors bring traffic north to Superior, Wisconsin crossing the Kettle River bridge high above the river's waters. I am guessing this train is UP exercising their trackage rights to South Itasca Yard in Superior from one of the Twin Cities' yards. Those with more knowledge, please leave a comment about what this movement is. I simply chased after it and took a photo.
The bridge is quite remarkable, and I argue is one of the marquee railroad photo locations in Minnesota.
Stirring up the kettle corn at Christmas in the Park, downtown San José, California. What you don't see is the fan behind the guy blowing that wonderful aroma out into the crowd.
It's a pretty fine autumn morning, as Wisconsin & Southern train T4 snakes through the beautiful Southern Kettle Moraine just west of Eagle. It won't be long before the most beautiful time of the year will be upon us.
WSOR T4
WSOR 4007, 4010,4004
Eagle, WI.
Autumn 2016
In Banning State Park. There’s a trail that runs along the river and it had some really great views.
Stirring up the kettle corn at Christmas in the Park, downtown San José, California. What you don't see is the fan behind the guy blowing that wonderful aroma out into the crowd.
My 54 year old paint kettle. Many colours have dribbled over the edge, these days, mostly white.
Macro Mondays theme, 'painted'.
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My thanks to www.flickr.com/photos/johngpt/
These are the big vats that they used for refining sugar from molasses when this mill was in operation. All that remains of the original structure is the walls and these kettles and other machinery. The roof is now replaces by a huge, steel structure, and walkways have been built inside it so people can get closer to the equipment.
When I first started coming to Sugar Mill Gardens back in January of 2008, the walls had no protection around them and the whole ruin was encircled by a chain link fence to keep people out. I think the decision to reinforce the structure with the steel roof was done to preserve what's left of the walls and the kettles. Parts of the wall came down even during the time between when I started visiting, and when they built the enclosure. It is rather monolithic and ugly, but the good thing is that we can now go inside and see things closer up than before. Future generations stand a better chance of seeing this old mill's ruins now.
A fantastic early autumn afternoon, finds a late WSOR T4R exiting the Southern Kettle Moraine forest west of Eagle, making their way towards Janesville.
WSOR T4R
WAMX 4177,4179,4171,4176,
HLCX 6313, WAMX 3892
Palmyra, WI.
Autumn 2019
Sunlight shines brightly on the Arapaho Peaks on a late summer morning. The fall colors are already showing on Caribou Ridge to the left- the alpine avens are turning red in the high alpine. The sky is relatively clear compared to most mornings we had this summer, with the plethora of forest fires upwind giving us hazy skies.
This kettle pond was formed as the Arapaho Glacier retreated around 16,000 years ago. Large chunks of ice broke off and formed the pond, which is slowly filling in with organic matter from plants growing in the pond (lily pads visible on the far shore and sedges at the edges) and debris that blows into it. Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), actually a sedge, is one of the edge inhabitants, a rare species in Colorado, but very abundant in Arctic tundra.
The Arapaho Glacier reformed during the Little Ice Age around 1300, although it did not extend this far down the valley. It is visible in the upper reaches of the valley below the jagged Arapaho Peaks. The glacier will likely disappear in the next few decades, its demise hastened by climate change.
Saturday Self-Challenge; Fire
As a child I can remember "Guy Fawkes"" night, celebrated with bonfires and fireworks. This tradition is no longer celebrated (personal safety and fire hazards as our country dries off) so instead I've photographed the fire in one of our favorite pieces of camping equipment - the Kelly Kettle. Using just a few leaves and twigs one has boiling water in just a few minutes. The Kettle works through a chimney effect, which draws up air as the kettle heats, creating a turbo effect. This quickly heats the water in the surrounding chamber. Extra pots/cups are available to place on top of the kettle, but we dont have that accessory. I love our Kelly Kettle......and as we're retravelling for several months its getting lots of use.
This weeks Covid-19 Adventure and Picnic took us to British Columbia's Boundary Country to explore the partially frozen Kettle River.
The stinging cold seems to fade as Wisconsin & Southern's Janesville bound T4H snakes down grade through the scenic Southern Kettle Moraine Forest west of Eagle. Walking down to this location and hearing nothing but the wind through the branches and distant Blue Jays, makes the frigid wait worth it's weight in gold.
WSOR T4H
WSOR 4004
WAMX 4191,4192,3890
Eagle, WI.
December 15, 2016
Air Temp. 6, WC -24
With some moderate aurora activity about & clear skies predicted for the north Yorkshire coast I popped down to the tiny coastal village of Kettleness ...
There are 10 reported species of hawks in Minnesota. From east-central Minnesota, where I reside, I would have to travel to western Minnesota to view two of the species and, in addition, to northern Minnesota for another hawk that is more visible in winter.
In our area, the Broad-Winged Hawk (pictured) is not as readily observed as its more numerous cousins. They dwell more in heavily treed areas and are, by nature, very quiet. They are around, though, as they number about 70,000 in our state.
Their quietness is also one of their special weapons. Rather than soaring high in the sky looking for prey, they sit like this one, waiting quietly on a shaded perch to swoop down on frogs, snakes, or small mammals.
Photographing from a vehicle requires a lot of patience and even more luck. I only saw this hawk as he ascended from the ditch beside me on a country road winding its way through some forested areas. He had just tried an unsuccessful dive from the small limb moments before and then returned.
When broad-winged hawks migrate from our state in September and October, they congregate, sometimes in excess of 10,000 at a time, and fly together in what are known as kettles. Their journey to northern South America takes around 70 days.
Much of their flight is accomplished by soaring, using rising air currents which help them conserve energy.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
A pair of CSX GEs bring a Kansas City Southern unit and traffic from Saint Paul, MN to Superior, WI high above the Kettle River at Standstone. I noticed the tail end of this train in Hinckley from the I-35 overpass of the BNSF, so I set a direct course for this location. It's only the second time I've managed a photo here at the Kettle River. It is certainly one of Minnesota's marquee railroad scenes.
This vernal pond is actually a glacial feature. It is a depression, called a "kettle," that was scooped out by glacial activity. These depressions fill with water in spring and create habitat for reptiles, amphibians, insects and migrating ducks.
Wisconsin & Southern T4 ambles westbound between Eagle and Palmyra at mile post 39, as the Southern Kettle Moraine puts on it's best show of the year.
WSOR T4
WSOR 4007,4010,4004
Eagle. WI.
Autumn 2016
Wisconsin & Southern train T4 bursts into the small village of Eagle, after an overnight snowstorm dropped several inches of it's white beauty onto Wisconsin's Southern Kettle Moraine forest.
WSOR T4
WAMX 4180,4191,4177
Eagle, WI.
Winter 2018
Friday, 25-Jul-2025, 15:22:26.
Kettle Pond Loop Trail, Groton, Caledonia County, Vermont, United States, Groton, USA
OM Digital Solutions OM-1, serial No. BJMA68272, OM 12-40mm F2.8 II. 40 mm, F/6.3, 1/500 s, ISO 200.