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Meandering along in a light rain at 10mph, CN's local from L'Anse is skirting the shore of the Spurr River just east of Three Lakes, Michigan. It'll tie up east of Champion and continue on the next day into Ishpeming and eventually Partridge.siding to swap cars with another CN local from Gladstone.
One of 2 C30-7's painted in the coke scheme works hard switching a steel plant at the VW spurr, the C30-S7N which was used as a manned helper from Puebla to Panzacola, waits on the main track, they will soon be coupled together for their run back to the Puebla yard
Panzacola, Tlaxcala
Coronado, also known as Coronado Island, is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, across and around San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. Its population was 24,697 at the 2010 census, up from 24,100 at the 2000 census. It is part of the San Diego County, California.
Coronado lies on the geographic combination of an island and a tombolo connected to the mainland called the Silver Strand. **(A tombolo, from the Italian tombolo, derived from the Latin tumulus, meaning 'mound', and sometimes translated as ayre, is a deposition landform in which an island is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar.)** In 2012, Dr. Stephen Leatherman, Director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research, ranked Coronado Beach as the best beach in the United States.
Coronado is Spanish for "crowned one", and thus it is nicknamed The Crown City. Three ships of the United States Navy have been named after the city, including the USS Coronado.
Coronado was incorporated as a town on December 11, 1890. The land was purchased by Elisha Spurr Babcock, along with Hampton L. Story, and Jacob Gruendike. Their intention was to create a resort community, and in 1886, the Coronado Beach Company was organized. By 1888, they had built the Hotel del Coronado, and the city became a major resort destination. They also built a schoolhouse, and formed athletic, boating, and baseball clubs.
After doing switching around the Volkswagen spurr on Panzacola, the Yard Puebla returns to the Puebla yard with a cut of coil cars and a pair of great looking GE Dash 7's
Panzacola, Tlaxcala
A pair of ex-Oakway SD60s drag the L'Anse Job along the Spurr River near Three Lakes, Michigan on ex-DSS&A rails.
Kachemak Bay and Cook Inlet region are ringed with active volcanoes; Mt Spurr, Mt Redoubt, Mt Iliamna and Mt Augustine. At present activity alert level on all four is green, indicating typical background, non-eruptive state.
Tiny on the ocean sunset horizon is Mt Iliamna volcano.
Looking south to Stac Pollaidh, Sgorr Tuath, Sgurr an Fhidhleir and Ben More Coigach from the west spurr of Cul Mor
2 colors drawing
This is my work for the ARGH! Comic magazine.
My collaboration is for the number 2 but this awesome magazine has 2 numbers now.
You can find more information about that here: arghcomic.com/
This is a volcano that currently has a high chance of a major eruption and is not far from Anchorage AK. Captured with Light Lens Elcan. Overflight in a Saab 2000 turboprop.
The elcan was designed for US military and originals are extermely expensive combined with the military version of the Leica M4. This is a contemporary copy of the lens made in small numbers and here used for capture from air, perhaps in the spirit off the military use.
The small.. village, blimp? on the map that goes by Herman is a rather ghostly town especially in the Fog. Here L540 rolls through Herman past the old Depot and hotel on the right that sits in a very sad and unkempt state. Add in the twice a week train moving at 10mph on 80lbs rail from the early 1900's and even a couple sticks from the late 1890's it really makes this location feel ghostly.
Cool nights and heavy rains the day before create a thick moody fog that is still lingering close to the ground and covering the tree tops in the Huron Mountains in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The crew on L540 with their one load are about to reach Summit where, the train will start down hill to Lanse with grades varying from little to flat all the way to over 3% with the majority of the hill being over 1.5% down to the Keweenaw Bay, which on this day wont be an issue going down but the returning train will make the EMD's work a little to get back up.
Capitol Reef was something unexpected. While planning our route I completely missed the fact that we will be crossing it! We should have at least stopped by the fruit gardens!
If you'll ever going to be in the area I totally recommend Broken Spurr Inn & Steakhouse!
Working their way up hill still from L'Anse L539/540 comes out of the dense woods and enters into the void that is Daults Creek in Herman. Once going back past us and through Herman the train will keep climbing up hill to Summit and will stay in dense woods for most of the trip back to Ishpeming.
Perishing gloomily,
Spurr'd by contumely,
Cold inhumanity,
Burning insanity,
Into her rest.—
Cross her hands humbly
As if praying dumbly,
Over her breast!
Owning her weakness,
Her evil behaviour,
And leaving, with meekness,
Her sins to her Saviour!
-"The Bridge of Sighs" by Thomas Hood
~The End~
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 14,1972 primarily for its architectural significance. The architectural work of Wills and Dudley of New York, Holy Trinity is an outstanding example of the Gothic Revival style in church buildings. The original congregation had its beginnings in 1849 as a mission of Christ Church, Nashville's first Episcopal congregation. This Gothic Revival-style building was constructed of random, native limestone ashlar with a gable roof and large square tower centered on the facade. The tower, crowned in battlements, has a chamfered turret on the southwest corner. Simple masonry plate tracery is found in the pointed-arch tower window and belfry openings. The have walls are jointed by spurr buttresses with single pointed-arch windows located between each. The interior is divided into nave and sanctuary, and the narthex is in the base of the tower. The roof structure is exposed and supported by a system of modified hammer beams. Holy Trinity was first used by black Episcopalians in 1895, and its present predominantly black congregation was organized in 1902. Also, in 1862 the building was taken over by the Federal Army as a powder magazine and stable.
All information above was taken from the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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The Spurr Volcano is about 130 Km west of Anchorage, Alaska, across the Cook Inlet. This view was taken from a pullout on the Sterling Highway, the road that runs down the west side of the Kenai Penninsula to Homer. At this point the volcano is probably closer to 150 Km away. It is a very, very large mountain.
8 second exposure
I.C.M.
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O who rides by night thro' the woodland so wild?
It is the fond father embracing his child;
And close the boy nestles within his loved arm,
To hold himself fast, and to keep himself warm.
"O father, see yonder! see yonder!" he says;
"My boy, upon what dost thou fearfully gaze?"
"O, 'tis the Erl-King with his crown and his shroud."
"No, my son, it is but a dark wreath of the cloud."
"O come and go with me, thou loveliest child;
By many a gay sport shall thy time be beguiled;
My mother keeps for theee many a fair toy,
And many a fine flower shall she pluck for my boy."
"O father, my father, and did you not hear
The Erl-King whisper so low in my ear?"
"Be still, my heart's darling--my child, be at ease;
It was but the wild blast as it sung thro' the trees."
"O wilt thou go with me, thou loveliest boy?
My daughter shall tend thee with care and with joy;
She shall bear three so lightlyt thro' wet and thro' wild,
And press thee, and kiss thee, and sing to my child."
"O father, my father, and saw you not plain
The Erl-King's pale daughter glide past thro' the rain?"
"Oh yes, my loved treasure, I knew it full soon;
It was the grey willow that danced to the moon."
"O come and go with me, no longer delay,
Or else, silly child, I will drag thee away."
"O father! O father! now, now, keep your hold,
The Erl-King has seized me--his grasp is so cold!"
Sore trembled the father; he spurr'd thro' the wild,
Clasping close to his bosom his shuddering child;
He reaches his dwelling in doubt and in dread,
But, clasp'd to his bosom, the infant was dead.
J.W. Goethe
Looking west from Anchorage, on the left is Mt. Spurr and to the right is Mt. Susitna (also known as Sleeping Lady).
Note the squirrel in the tree on the right. LOL
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Spurr
From: volcano.oregonstate.edu/spurr
Mt. Spurr is a stratovolcano in Alaska. It is composed mostly of andesite. The Spurr volcanic complex was built on the remains of an older volcano. The present Mt. Spurr grew in the center of the old caldera. The original volcano was an andesitic stratovolcano. It is about 12 miles (19 km) around. Snow and ice cover the north side. The base of the volcano is covered by thick ashflows and pyroclastic deposits which contain dikes and sills. The upper part of the volcano is mostly andesitic lava flows. The caldera of the older volcano is ~3 by 4 miles (5 by 6 km) wide. The elevation of this caldera is about 9800 ft (3000 m). The caldera is breached to the south. It contains an ice field which feeds glaciers in all directions.
A dome grew in the center of the old volcano's caldera to form the present Spurr. This volcano is mostly covered with ice. The exposed ground around the volcano has fumaroles which are near the boiling point. A small summit crater sometimes melts some of the ice on the volcano. Fumarole activity from this crater was the only activity before 1953. A second cone called Crater Peak grew in the breach of the older volcano. This was the sight of a major ash eruption on July 9, 1953. The most recent eruption of Spurr was in 1992. Spurr's two historical eruptions, from Crater Peak in 1953 and 1992, deposited ash on the city of Anchorage.
The 3374-m-high summit of Mount Spurr, the highest volcano of the Aleutain arc, is a large lava dome constructed at the center of a roughly 5-km-wide horseshoe-shaped caldera that is open to the south. The volcano lies 130 km west of Anchorage and NE of Chakachamna Lake. The caldera was formed by a late-Pleistocene or early Holocene debris avalanche and associated pyroclastic flows that destroyed an ancestral Spurr volcano. The debris avalanche traveled more than 25 km to the SE, and the resulting deposit contains blocks as large as 100 m in diameter. Several ice-carved post-caldera cones or lava domes lie in the center of the caldera. The youngest vent, 2309-m-high Crater Peak, formed at the breached southern end of the caldera and has been the source of about 40 identified Holocene tephra layers.
At sunset on the last day of Summer 2019, Norfolk Southern train 123 races south at Spurr Road on the NS CNO&TP 1st District just north of Lexington, KY. with my favorite Heritage Unit, the Illinois Terminal 1072, leading the way.
SN/NC: Chrysophyllum cainito, Sapotaceae Family
Star apple is an evergreen shrub or tree with a low, spreading crown. It usually grows from 4 - 20 meters tall, though there are reports of trees up to 35 meters tall. The usually straight and cylindrical bole is often fluted or spurred at the base; it can be up to 60cm in diameter. The tree produces a very popular fruit as well as having a wide range of local medicinal uses and a good quality wood. It is widely cultivated in tropical regions for its fruit and is often grown as an ornamental garden fruit crop. As an ornamental, it is particularly valued for its foliage, which is bright blue-green above and coppery beneath, creating an attractive contrast when stirred by the wind.
El caimito (Chrysophyllum cainito) es un árbol tropical de la familia Sapotaceae, originario de las áreas de baja elevación de América Central y del Caribe. Crece rápidamente y puede llegar a una altura de veinte metros.
Tiene varios nombres: cainito, caimito, cayumito, abiaba, estrella y aguai. También se le conoce por el nombre de achras caimito. Árbol de tamaño mediano, de 10 a 25 m de alto, aunque puede alcanzar los 35 m, tronco de hasta de un 1 m, con fuste acanalado. Corteza café grisáceo y contiene una gran cantidad de látex blanquecino muy pegajoso. Hojas simples, alternas, coriáceas, elípticas, borde entero, el ápice agudo y casi siempre verdes, perennifolias, de color de oro o bronce, alternantes, con forma oval, enteras y miden entre 5 a 15 centímetros. Por su color en la parte anterior, esta hoja se dice es de oro, muy atractiva al mover con el viento debido a que su pilosidad es dorada, de 6 a 15 cm de largo x 3 a 8 cm de ancho. Son verdes brillantes en el haz y marrón dorado en el envés, con pubescencia sedosa dorada, pecioladas. Inflorescencias axilares, con flores crema amarillento dispuestas en fascículos axilares. Fruto tipo baya, de 5-8 cm de diámetro, de color verde claro o morado, globosas a subglobosas, tornándose moradas cuando maduras y generalmente es verde alrededor del sépalo y con un patrón de estrella. La cáscara contiene mucho látex. Ésta no se puede comer. Las semillas son de un color marrón claro y duras. Da fruto todos los años después que el árbol cumpla los siete años. Es auto-fértil. La pulpa es blancuzca, jugosa, y contiene de 7-10 semillas dispuestas en forma de estrella. De estas semillas, tan solo tres a cinco son viables.
Las frutas son deliciosas como un postre de fruta fresca; es dulce y mejor enfriado. La infusión de las hojas se ha utilizado en la lucha contra el diabetes y el reumatismo articular,también es una fruta afrodisíaca ya que al consumirse seguidamente despierta el apetito sexual. No debe confundirse a esta especie con otra sapotacea que suele recibir nombres populares semejantes y que es conocida científicamente como Pouteria caimito.
No Brasil, abiu ou abio, abieiro em Portugal. Também alguns dizem sapote ou caimito. Há uma confusão geral devido ao nome latino CAINITO e então alguns dizem cainito outros dizem caimito. Mas popularmente é mesmo conhecido na América Central como camito, com o M. Muito uso medicinal especialmente para combater a bronquite. O caimito, também designado por abio ou abio-do-pará ou ainda aguaí, é uma árvore sapotácea.
Arbusto do país (Brasil), das Antilhas e de Caiena, onde recebe este nome; o fruto de seis centímetros de comprimento; de ordinário arredondado, oblongo, amarelo e pontiagudo; a casca fina, dura e viscosa, contem uma massa viscosa e branca, e caroços arredondados, que são escuros e lisos; come-se a fruta que de gosto agradável. Os abios cultivados são melhores e maiores do que os silvestres.
Em Portugal, é conhecido como cainito, ciniti, caninquié.
Travel de Courcey 548 (AE54 NUH) 'Sarah Spurr' is seen at University Hospital, Walsgrave, operating route 74 to Coventry Pool Meadow.
17th June 2017
The photo of the UPPER FRASER Post Office was taken - 25 September 1998. A POCON cancel was also acquired on this same date by collector Tom Brewster.
LINK to another photo of the Paradise General Store in UPPER FRASER - (store is on the far left on this picture / see Pepsi sign) - search.nbca.unbc.ca/index.php/row-of-buildings
UPPER FRASER was established in the late 1800s as a hub for the railway and forestry industries. The community was officially incorporated in 1965 and has since grown into a thriving tourist destination. The town was named after Simon Fraser, a Scottish explorer who was the first European to explore the Fraser River.
UPPER FRASER developed between Aleza Lake and Hansard on the southwest side of the Fraser River in central British Columbia. The community of about 20 residents comprises a post-office and several houses straddling Upper Fraser Road. Upper Fraser lies at Mile 104.0, Fraser Subdivision. Previously designated as Mile 194 and the Hudson Bay Spur, it was the closest railway point east of Willow River for accessing the Fraser. Largely known as Upper Fraser Spruce Mills from the early 1940s, the Canadian National Railway station was called Upper Fraser from 1964.
In 1935, Donald (Don) S. McPhee (1892–1964), formerly at Sinclair Mills, and A. Roy Spurr (1885–1954), formerly at Penny, partners in the Giscome mill, acquired and relocated the equipment from the bankrupt Longworth Lumber Co. The following year, pioneer lumberman George Stauble (1898–1971) supervised the reconstruction. Incorporated as the Upper Fraser Spruce Mills, the 40,000-foot per shift capacity modern mill opened in 1939. That year, the three mills controlled by the partnership produced almost 60 percent of the lumber in the Prince George district. Cecil T. Clare (1905–85) came from Sinclair Mills in 1937 to manage the 100-man company. He was president of the Northern Interior Lumberman's Association (1945–48 and 1959–60).
During the mid-to-late 1940s, the location gradually became UPPER FRASER and the former name of Mile 104 phased out. From 1940, children attended school in Hansard, where they occasionally stayed overnight when the road was impassable. Samuel Laird was the inaugural Upper Fraser postmaster 1942–44. The musically gifted William (Bill) (1911–48) & Jeanne (c.1919–2003) Padlesky and children arrived in 1943, where Bill worked in the mill. Tired of walking three miles to the Hansard store for groceries and the mail, they opened the first general store in the community. Although the mill was designated as the postmaster 1944–48, the post-office clearly was not open for all of this period.
The UPPER FRASER Post Office opened - 1 August 1942.
LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who worked at the UPPER FRASER Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
647306
SEP 25 1998
UPPER FRASER, B.C.
V0J 2Z0 - POCON cancel
"They said believe in love
But I found the picture ends
If they call it love it should treat you like a friend
Somehow I finally found
A way that I can win
Now I know a love
I can believe in..."
(One Picture Cathy Spurr & Debbie McNeil)
© 1985 Bong Manayon | FB: Bong Manayon Photography
Canon AE-1 + Super Takumar 28/3.5 + Kodak VR200
Hartley Spurr arrived in Newcastle in 1883 and by the time Pix Magazine sent Ivan Ives to photograph his fishing bait shop he had been at this location for over fifty years.
Hartley Spurr Bait-monger's, Wharf Road, Newcastle, New South Wales, 30 March 1943, photographed by Ivan Ives, Pix Magazine, State Library of New South Wales,
ON 388/Box 021/Item 055 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/MwqjKVXDaRJwL
UPPER FRASER was established in the late 1800s as a hub for the railway and forestry industries. The community was officially incorporated in 1965 and has since grown into a thriving tourist destination. The town was named after Simon Fraser, a Scottish explorer who was the first European to explore the Fraser River.
Upper Fraser developed between Aleza Lake and Hansard on the southwest side of the Fraser River in central British Columbia. The community of about 20 residents comprises a post-office and several houses straddling Upper Fraser Road. Upper Fraser lies at Mile 104.0, Fraser Subdivision. Previously designated as Mile 194 and the Hudson Bay Spur, it was the closest railway point east of Willow River for accessing the Fraser. Largely known as Upper Fraser Spruce Mills from the early 1940s, the Canadian National Railway station was called Upper Fraser from 1964.
In 1935, Donald (Don) S. McPhee (1892–1964), formerly at Sinclair Mills, and A. Roy Spurr (1885–1954), formerly at Penny, partners in the Giscome mill, acquired and relocated the equipment from the bankrupt Longworth Lumber Co. The following year, pioneer lumberman George Stauble (1898–1971) supervised the reconstruction. Incorporated as the Upper Fraser Spruce Mills, the 40,000-foot per shift capacity modern mill opened in 1939. That year, the three mills controlled by the partnership produced almost 60 percent of the lumber in the Prince George district. Cecil T. Clare (1905–85) came from Sinclair Mills in 1937 to manage the 100-man company. He was president of the Northern Interior Lumberman's Association (1945–48 and 1959–60).
During the mid-to-late 1940s, the location gradually became Upper Fraser and the former name of Mile 104 phased out. From 1940, children attended school in Hansard, where they occasionally stayed overnight when the road was impassable. Samuel Laird was the inaugural Upper Fraser postmaster 1942–44. The musically gifted William (Bill) (1911–48) & Jeanne (c.1919–2003) Padlesky and children arrived in 1943, where Bill worked in the mill. Tired of walking three miles to the Hansard store for groceries and the mail, they opened the first general store in the community. Although the mill was designated as the postmaster 1944–48, the post-office clearly was not open for all of this period.
The Upper Fraser Post Office opened - 1 August 1942.
LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who worked at the Upper Fraser Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
- / UPPER FRASER / 96 / VII / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF B).
- / 647306 / SEP 25 1998 / UPPER FRASER, B.C. / V0J 2Z0 / - POCON cancel
UPPER FRASER is No. 16 on the map above...
Jasper to Prince Rupert - 1,160 km between the Rockies and the north Pacific coast through remarkable and varied landscapes. Great stretches of wilderness, lakes and rivers punctuated by settlements, farms and sawmills span this section of Canada’s northern transcontinental rail line, completed in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The ancient traditions of the native peoples, the not-too-distant pioneer days of sternwheelers, steam trains and panning for gold and modern history have all left their mark alongside the tracks. Many villages and towns along the line were surveyed and named by the railway. Important industries across the region include forestry, agriculture, mining, tourism and commercial fishing. Canadian National trains carry coal, grain, lumber and mixed freight, and weigh as much as 14,000 tonnes. LINK - canadadetrem.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2Jasper_Pr...
With an early morning start CN 5453 skirts alongside of the Spurr River with layers of fog all around.
The photo of the UPPER FRASER Post Office was taken - 19 July 1996. A CDS cancel was also acquired on this same date by collector Tom Brewster.
LINK to an earlier photo of the General Store & Post Office at UPPER FRASER, B.C. - search.nbca.unbc.ca/index.php/upper-fraser-general-store
UPPER FRASER was established in the late 1800s as a hub for the railway and forestry industries. The community was officially incorporated in 1965 and has since grown into a thriving tourist destination. The town was named after Simon Fraser, a Scottish explorer who was the first European to explore the Fraser River.
UPPER FRASER developed between Aleza Lake and Hansard on the southwest side of the Fraser River in central British Columbia. The community of about 20 residents comprises a post-office and several houses straddling Upper Fraser Road. Upper Fraser lies at Mile 104.0, Fraser Subdivision. Previously designated as Mile 194 and the Hudson Bay Spur, it was the closest railway point east of Willow River for accessing the Fraser. Largely known as Upper Fraser Spruce Mills from the early 1940s, the Canadian National Railway station was called Upper Fraser from 1964.
In 1935, Donald (Don) S. McPhee (1892–1964), formerly at Sinclair Mills, and A. Roy Spurr (1885–1954), formerly at Penny, partners in the Giscome mill, acquired and relocated the equipment from the bankrupt Longworth Lumber Co. The following year, pioneer lumberman George Stauble (1898–1971) supervised the reconstruction. Incorporated as the Upper Fraser Spruce Mills, the 40,000-foot per shift capacity modern mill opened in 1939. That year, the three mills controlled by the partnership produced almost 60 percent of the lumber in the Prince George district. Cecil T. Clare (1905–85) came from Sinclair Mills in 1937 to manage the 100-man company. He was president of the Northern Interior Lumberman's Association (1945–48 and 1959–60).
During the mid-to-late 1940s, the location gradually became UPPER FRASER and the former name of Mile 104 phased out. From 1940, children attended school in Hansard, where they occasionally stayed overnight when the road was impassable. Samuel Laird was the inaugural Upper Fraser postmaster 1942–44. The musically gifted William (Bill) (1911–48) & Jeanne (c.1919–2003) Padlesky and children arrived in 1943, where Bill worked in the mill. Tired of walking three miles to the Hansard store for groceries and the mail, they opened the first general store in the community. Although the mill was designated as the postmaster 1944–48, the post-office clearly was not open for all of this period.
The UPPER FRASER Post Office opened - 1 August 1942.
LINK to a list of all the Postmasters who worked at the UPPER FRASER Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
- / UPPER FRASER / 96 / VII / B.C. / - cds cancel - (RF B).
This was an awesome Alaskan sunset over the Turnagain Arm across the Cook Inlet with Mount Spurr in the Tordrillo range in the background.
Hartley Spurr with one of his customers, Hartley Spurr Bait-monger's, Wharf Road, Newcastle, New South Wales, 30 March 1943, photographed by Ivan Ives, Pix Magazine, State Library of New South Wales,
ON 388/Box 021/Item 055 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/mjjgJDaJ30xkV
We took a flight-seeing tour over the active volcano (Mount Spurr), but for me, the rivers somewhat stole the show.
However, the real memory was made near Mount Spurr. The engine on our plane stalled, and was off for what seemed like an eternity, but was probably 15-20 seconds. The plane fell silent as everyone but Owen was thinking these could be our last moments. The pilot said "Well I dont like this", but got the plane working just fine. It was rather quiet on the ride back to the landing pond.