Good Fences and Some Reflections

Theresa is always saying 'put a fence in front of it'. Here we are looking down at the local Little Kanawha River behind my favorite type of fence. I'm always drawn to barbed wire fences. I like their rustic nature. They do their job and aren't so obtrusive to the landscape.  How many of you have ever heard this quote by Sophia Loren? It makes me smile.
"A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."

 

I zoomed in on the river below. In the top left of the photo where you see the white branches of some sycamore trees notice how muddy the river is from the recent snowmelt. You can tell by the skyline in the first shot that the sky wasn't spectacular that day. There was enough sunlight to reflect the color of the sky in the very muddy river and give some color to the otherwise drab view.

Last week I posted two photos of a recent sunset (here). Here is another view of the sunset as reflected in the gazing ball in my front yard. The photo isn't as sharp as I'd like and the ball was somewhat dirty but I like how it turned out.

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Watery Wednesday: Crunchy River

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I know it's frozen water again this week but I really wanted to share this scene. This is the Little Kanawha River here in Parkersburg. I had to ask myself if it was really this cold. The river flows to a bend in the river and then there is an older bridge with piers in the water. When the river began thawing it got backed up at the bridge and kept backing up. This picture was taken Sunday afternoon and the temperatures haven't gone above freezing since so it is taking a little while to melt. Our local TV station reports that the river will most likely rise at least six feet as the ice melts. Flood stage is at ten feet.

This reminds me of the scene from Superman when he goes 'home.'

I don't think there will be any fillups anytime soon!

For those of you who need to see the water - a neighbor's roadway beginning to thaw. If you enlarge it you can see the little ripples of rolling water.

Even the ducks at the park are sitting and waiting patiently for the thaw.

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Watery Wednesday: Locks On The River

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The Walls Come Tumbling Down.
If These Walls Could Talk

No longer needed for the heavy river traffic of days gone by.

The thunderous water plunges.

Wells Lock

Elizabeth, West Virginia

2008

These abandoned locks are about seven miles from my home. I took these photos a few weeks ago so the leaves are still green and lush along the river. I'm sure my Grandpa probably fished here many years ago. I can still hear him say to Grandma, 'Mommy, I'm going to Elizabeth; I'll be back after bit.' Wells Lock was built in the late 1800's and serviced the timber and petroleum boom of the area. Today the lock provides a glimpse into this past time and while the lock is inoperable it still dams the river.

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My World #2 : Fort Boreman Hill

A couple of weeks ago before My World began I had posted some photos from atop Fort Boreman here in Parkersburg, West Virginia. (here) Most of those dealt with the Ohio River. Today I'm going to revisit the site and tell something about the site itself. Fort Boreman is the site of a Civil War fort on a hilltop overlooking the scenic valley formed by the confluence of the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers at Parkersburg. Built by Union troops to protect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad terminal and the key commercial river facilities in the valley, Fort Boreman was named for West Virginia’s first governor, Parkersburg citizen Arthur I. Boreman. The Fort Boreman site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Looking Down The River

This is looking upriver and over historic downtown Parkersburg. The Ohio River is to the left in the photo and the river under the highway is the Little Kanawha. Looking across this river to the hill on the other side you can see a cell tower. This hill is known locally as Quincy Hill and was thought to also be used as fortification of the rivers; but no evidence of that has ever been found. I will make mention again here for readers who didn't see my previous post that if you look closely you can see the floodwall that surrounds the city to protect it from the flooding river. There is a more closeup photo in my previous post if you have time to visit it.

In my earlier post I was able to catch a sternwheeler on the river and just as I was leaving the other day I waited to get this photo of a barge carrying coal down the river.

From high atop the hill I could look down and zoom in on the local television station and it's array of satellites.

As I hiked around the hill I found an opening to view the Little Kanawha River as it flows toward the mighty Ohio.

Hope you have enjoyed your visit to my little corner of the world today.

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