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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 27, 2021 3:20:43 GMT
This thread was inspired by Helen's thread Today's Picture. " Tis the Season - Winter" is meant to be a thread where members can post pictures that capture some aspect of the winter season. I envision snow, football, winter holidays, etc. Feel free to give a little back-story. Comments about other's pictures are up to you, when and if, you feel like it. How often you participate is totally up to you.....daily, weekly, occasionally.
So let's get started and see if we can inspire and encourage each other and just have some fun! |
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Post by hmca on Dec 27, 2021 17:39:59 GMT
I'll start this off with a picture taken this morning....  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 27, 2021 18:01:42 GMT
Taken Christmas eve day. So many mushrooms this year!  |
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Post by tonyw on Dec 27, 2021 20:46:27 GMT
I'll post a picture taken today of a dark-eyed junco foraging for nyjer seed in a fresh fall of snow under a bird feeder - they spend the winter here and come spring disappear to their breeding grounds in forests further north. Low temperatures don't seem to bother them with coats like that and most of the time they prefer to feed on the ground regardless of how much snow there is.  Tony |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 28, 2021 0:25:54 GMT
Tpgettys ... you might regret your choice of theme!  Certainly timely. Thanks. Just for openers ... Oldman River Valley, December 27, 2021. This record-setting cold snap pretty much caused the river to ice over in the past few days. Some open water. Lots of geese hanging around. Will post a few more later tonight. Only had the telephoto again... 37 images here. 
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 28, 2021 3:24:31 GMT
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Post by hmca on Dec 28, 2021 3:37:14 GMT
BTW, it dipped to -35°C this morning. Just did the conversion -31°. Can't even imagine..... pontiac1940. |
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Post by hmca on Dec 28, 2021 3:47:14 GMT
While some of the boats remain in the river for the winter. Many are removed and wrapped. Notice the guy bottom right steering the crane.  |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 28, 2021 3:55:37 GMT
It is fresh Helen and not to be underestimated. Shoveling the drive and going for short walks is fine if properly dressed. I was out with my camera for about one hour this afternoon but it had shot up to -23°C (-9F) ha ha. I was dressed with a few layers and held the camera under my open winter coat quite a bit. Most of the modern cameras are rated to -40. I, on the other hand, am not.  This is our street this afternoon.  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 28, 2021 6:43:13 GMT
So ya, that's winter!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 28, 2021 19:35:57 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 28, 2021 20:45:55 GMT
While some of the boats remain in the river for the winter. Many are removed and wrapped. That boat crane/carrier is very interesting; I also find it interesting that they use that instead of loading them on a trailer. Do they drive that thing into the water to pick up the boat ? Two things I have surmised are maintenance intensive money pits = boats and swimming pools; unless one is quite wealthy, either will put you in the poorhouse. |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 28, 2021 21:08:55 GMT
Do they drive that thing into the water to pick up the boat ? Never seen one of these. This video shows how it works. Interesting. Amen to the cost of boats and pools. Around here, fancy, high-end ski boats cost well over $100k and get used maybe 50 hours a year! Perhaps they are a good entertainment cost where they can be used all year round. |
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Post by hmca on Dec 28, 2021 22:11:17 GMT
So I took the original picture today for today's picture but had decided to skip today until I checked in a bit ago and saw your question about the crane BuckSkin. So then I took a picture of the wrapped boat and of the crane back in place by the water. However, I see that Clive has posted a video to show you how they work.  Some people rarely take their boats out but use them more as a weekend "retreat" in the summer it seems. They may be from North Jersey or NYC. There is a large pontoon boat that rarely goes out and will sit in the water all winter. Maybe a picture for another day. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 28, 2021 23:08:47 GMT
That third picture cleared up my question whether they backed that apparatus into the water to get the boats. That is very much like the "straddle carriers" that big timber sawmills use for material that is too long to be carried by a normal forklift; they can use two, three, or even more, straddle carriers to support and move very long timbers. Some people rarely take their boats out We are between two of Kentucky's lakes, Cumberland and Green River; usually the reason someone leaves their boat in the water is in hopes that some sort of catastrophe will turn their worries over to the insurance company. For the same reasons, we have a lot of fires caused by friction; an insurance policy gets placed in the same drawer with a mortgage and they get to rubbing against one another until friction ignites them. |
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