Posted 2011-01-28 8:53 AM (#129385) Subject: The beauty of winter
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Posts: 474 Location: White Mills, Ky.
Even though cabin fever is in full swing, I can't help but marvel at the spectacular show Mother Nature puts on every winter.
This is the bridge over the Nolin River in White Mills, KY. It is one of only a handful of iron bridges still standing in KY and one of only 3 still in use. Believe it or not, I have seen this bridge with water up to the guard rails during some of the worse floods.
A view from the bridge looking sown on the dam where the old mill once stood.
A wet, heavy snow this week had the trees bowing in reverence to the glory of winter.
Posted 2011-01-28 10:44 PM (#129443 - in reply to #129385) Subject: RE: The beauty of winter
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Posts: 522 Location: Tucumcari NM
You would never know it was winter around here this year. No moisture at all. The wind just blows the dirt to Texas one day and back to Arizona the next. It has been relentless!! We have had a few days of below zero, but it was nearly 70 today.
Posted 2011-01-30 8:09 AM (#129501 - in reply to #129385) Subject: RE: The beauty of winter
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Posts: 161 Location: S. Central Illinois
Dwight,
Beautiful pics. Took a ride last week during a snow day. Absolutely beautiful--it started snowing again those big fluffy flakes. Very peacefuly. Unfortunately my pics didn't turn out quite as nice as yours;( Where abouts is White Mills?
Posted 2011-01-31 8:53 AM (#129546 - in reply to #129385) Subject: RE: The beauty of winter
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Posts: 474 Location: White Mills, Ky.
White Mills is about 60 miles southwest of Louisville.
I took these photos for a project I am putting together for a fundraiser. Every year the community decorates our little bridge with a beautiful light display for the Christmas season. This year, vandals destroyed the lights. The civic league and community churches are having a spaghetti dinner and auction to raise money to replace the lights. A friend of mine is taking these photos and framing them with some wood taken from one of our old tobbacco barns. I can't wait to see how they turn out! May have to bid on it myself!!
Posted 2011-02-01 8:19 AM (#129601 - in reply to #129385) Subject: RE: The beauty of winter
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Posts: 161 Location: S. Central Illinois
What a shame about the vandalism. Good luck with the fundraiser. I love to ride in the winter--probably my favorite time. Looks like it a be awhile before a safe winter ride--expecting up to 1" of ice today--just to the south of the big snow line.
Posted 2011-02-01 3:51 PM (#129631 - in reply to #129443) Subject: RE: The beauty of winter
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Posts: 99 Location: New Mexico
Marla I know how you feel. Just brown outs here. There is a saying with the wind, "Arizona blows and Texas sucks and NM is stuck in the middle" and visa versa. We had some beautiful weather until yesterday highs upper 60's lows right at freezing, but the next two days we are not suppose to get above freezing which is highly unusual for us this far south. I love the snow, when we get it, but then its only about an inch or so. I just hate the wind. Stay warm and safe with this storm.
Posted 2011-02-02 9:27 PM (#129708 - in reply to #129385) Subject: RE: The beauty of winter
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Posts: 522 Location: Tucumcari NM
I guess I really do need to be careful what I wish for!!
Temps for today were -9 for a low and +6 for a high. The wind blowing at 40 to 50 and wind chills at 30 to 40 below zero. I am carrying buckets of hot water to the livestock because the stock tank heater just can not compete. The fruit trees that were budding out may be dead after this. The animals are weathering the storm well, though.
The beauty of winter
The civic league and community churches are having a spaghetti dinner and auction to raise money to replace the lights. A friend of mine is taking these photos and framing them with some wood taken from one of our old tobbacco barns. I can't wait to see how they turn out! May have to bid on it myself!!
