It's Enough to Frost Your Glass by RodS
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Here's a fun (cold) photo upload, in between renders.
After a couple of sunny, upper 60s spring teaser days, Mother Nature once again demonstrates she does indeed have a twisted sense of humor.
Steve (eekdog) commented in one of his posts about having snow in Colorado. Well, Steve, it looks like your snow slid across Kansas, and spent all day Saturday dumping on western Missouri.
This is a photo of my infamous backyard telephone pole. Those insulators are 4 to 5 inches tall depending on the particular model. The pins they are mounted on add another 1 - 2 inches to the height, so the tops are 6 - 7 inches off the crossarms. This gives you a pretty good idea of how much snow we had yesterday.
The insulators on the far right on the third crossarm down from the top are mounted on what's called a transposition bracket. It holds them away from the crossarm, which is why they are not covered with snow.
I'm soooooooo ready for spring :-P
Thanks for looking, and I really appreciate all your comments, ratings and feaves! Hope everyone has a great (snow free) week!
Comments (21)
Faemike55
Great capture! After several days of nice warm weather and I was able to get a lot of yard work done, today, it decided that it will drop cold rain on us. If it is going to be cold, I want snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
pixeluna
I can't help but laugh and smile at your comments above. This is what we call "Sala sa init, sala sa lamig" in the Philippines. When it's dry and warm where you live, you want snow and cold. It's the opposite for those who live in snowy places. Just got back from vacation and it is nice to see snow, it was a great, fun time. Thank you for sharing this photo. We sure love to see spring too.
Rainastorm
It started out a little gray here, then started snowing REAL hard for a couple hours, mostly melting as it hit the ground though, then it turned into rain...sun came out, turned what snow stayed to slush then it stopped for an hour and is snowing again....but the sun is still out. lol So I can relate to Mother Nature playing tricks on us. lol Excellent shot Rod. Wow...lot of snow there, you can keep it. lol
alessimarco
Wow...those old glass insulators haven't been used for a long time....very interesting shot! Sorry about the snow....it's cold here too!
clemens-k
great shot! glad we have no snow here anymore ;)
Erestorfan
Well THAT is truly sucky!!! Bear ground here in NH...and been in the 60's the past few days...today 50's and gray and expecting rain...but no snow! It has TRULY felt like spring. However, here in NE we are not out of the woods for more snow...but at least it won't last long!!!
bazza
Lovely snow shot Rod I'm just glad we don't get any were I live, further down the Island does though.. Nice capture and another interesting shot of your pole and insulators.. Have a great week my friend!!
adrie
Cool shot my friend, i am glad that the winter is over now.
ImRassilon
Your picture is fantastic, but your insulator display is awesome. I now have "crossarm envy"
Raddar
Very cool. I wish we could get a little of that snow here in Houston. And I had no idea they were still using those glass caps anywhere. I used to have one as a paper weight, until it broke. Mt grandfather gave it to me, I always thought it was an antique. Great shot buddy.
mgtcs
Another amazing shot, excellent image, excellent image of the winter ending!
eekdog Online Now!
cool! love those old telephone poles, have a fe of those glass things on my mantle, great shot rod, sorry about the snow.. steve
auntietk
This is a great way to show how much snow you have! Thanks for the measurements ... it's easy to visualize! Today we went to the beach. :P It was sunny and windy, but not too cold. (At least for me it wasn't too cold. Bill was glad for his jacket!) We've had a very mild winter and are enjoying spring in full swing already! :)
bmac62
Hi Rod. Great picture. Your collection of glass insulators makes me think of my biggest collection...every National Geographic beginning in October 1888 to this month of March 2010... Didn't you tell me you had about 1,000 insulators. The Nat Geos number close to 1200 (early years didn't always have 12/year). How do you spell "obsession"? At any rate, you can measure snow with yours:) But I just use my collection to anchor my house as tornadoes pass by!!!
mrestey
Well, I hate to say it my friend but, BETTER YOU THAN US!! Ha-ha-ha-ha! Sorry. That wasn't very nice was it. Especially after all the help you have given me on my present project. ;-) Be uploading soon ... thanks to you.
MineFujiko
seem that telephone pole wait for spring. In the place where I live, the snow is rarely piled up. Thank you for sharing snow photo.
watapki66
Great shot!
Grimslade
humm, not lookin good; come on down here to South Louisiana and thaw out whydoncha!
Miska7
Very nice scene. Great capture!
MagikUnicorn
COOL SHOT ;-)
danapommet
As the owner of one single chipped and scratched insulator, found on a hike in Lincoln, New Hampshire, I am in awe of this snowy and cold display. Rumor has it that you have a thousand insulators thus cornering the market! That makes it tough for the rest of us! :o)