Wires In The Way
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Belding's savannah sparrow, taken in Bolsa Chica Reserve
There is something about birds singing on barbed wire that always appeals to me, especially now.
This is the exit point of the Wire Pass trail (which passes through a narrow slot canyon) at the conjunction where it enters Buckskin Gulch in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. I love walking in slot canyons. Note the hiker near the far wall for scale.
This is the first swallow I met this spring. Swallows are back and they are now building their nests with mud and hay. This one is taking a rest, from its work. Notice the beak (its tool for the constructions) covered with mud.
Wires on an old fence covered in tiny ice crystals from days of sub zero temperatures and heavy frosts.
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, occasionally corrupted as bobbed wire or bob wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle).
Michael Kelly Invented the First Barbed Wire Fencing
The first wire fences (before the invention of the barb) consisted of only one strand of wire, which was constantly broken by the weight of cattle pressing against it.
Michael Kelly made a significant improvement to wire fencing, he twisted two wires together to form a cable for barbs - the first of its kind. Known as the "thorny fence," Michael Kelly's double-strand design made fences stronger, and the painful barbs made cattle keep their distance.
Joseph Glidden Was Considered the King of the Barb.
Joseph Glidden's design made barbed wire more effective, he invented a method for locking the barbs in place, and invented the machinery to mass-produce the wire.
Living patterns of the nomadic Native Americans were radically altered. Further squeezed from lands they had always used, they began calling barbed wire "the Devil's rope."
After its invention, barbed wire was widely used during wars, to protect people and property from unwanted intrusion. Military usage of barbed wire formally dates to 1888, when British military manuals first encouraged its use.
During the Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders chose to defend their camps with the help of barbed fencing. In turn-of-the-century South Africa, five-strand fences were linked to blockhouses sheltering British troops from the encroachment of Boer commandos. During World War I, barbed wire was used as a military weapon.
Even now, barbed wire is widely used to protect and safeguard military installation, to establish territorial boundaries, and for prisoner confinement.
I found this barbed wire along with the male Blue Dasher Dragonfly perched on it, at a Polk County park along Lake Kissimmee. Polk County, Florida.
A look at the gothic architecture of the Old Joliet Prison through the razor wire atop the fence surrounding the Penitentiary. The prison opened in 1858 and closed in 2002.
The Conemaugh and Black Lick pulls seven cars of steel wire along the Conemaugh River to the former Bethlehem Steel wire mill across town, now operated by Liberty Wire.
#104 was one of at least fifteen EMD SW7s delivered to the C&BL in the late 40s and early 50s. During the days of Bethlehem Steel, they had as many as a dozen switchers active during the day.
All those dedicated to whom every hope is denied
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This is another of the wire sculpture fairies found around Trentham Gardens. This one is called Tranquil - I would have called it Bewitched, she has that ghostly alluring and piercing look that feels like she is stealing your soul (or is that just my goth imagination running wild again he he).
Anyway, I have give it suitable treatment in the editing process to reflect the element of magic and fantasy that I find in this wonderful sculpture.
HAPPY WINDOW WEDNESDAY(S) !!
It's a mystery! Who or what tried to rip the screen off the this little window, and why? As you can see, this window, in a little old garden house, is way up, under the eaves. It is not humanly accessible except with a ladder. Hmm...
This garden house is on a nice private plot, at the beginning of the Moostal, a pasture-and woods area that is part of our village. This garden house has been there for decades. For a while, about 10 years ago, it was used as a chicken coop. So maybe back then, some ambitious semi-feral cat was trying to get at the chickens, but gave up for some reason.
These days, the garden house is used by humans. They have put the chickens in a newly-constructed pen at the back of the garden. It is netted over...with chicken wire.
Location; Moostal, Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album; Dan's Windows.
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Photographed at the remote Grootvlei Dam in the north-eastern part of the Park, very close to the border with Mozambique. The great distance between the Shingwetzi and Letaba Rivers makes the dam an important halfway water source, especially during the dry season.