Credit Where It Is Due

Credit Where It is Due

I like to make photographs, and I enjoy being praised for what I have done. But God teaches a different attitude, one of thankfulness and humility. He pointed that out to me recently. I DO NOT MAKE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ALONE. I didn't create the light, or the technology which makes photography possible. I didn't buy my camera, it was a gift from my husband. I didn't give myself the ability to see through the camera in order to make an image which others find pleasing. It is right to use what I have been given to the best of my ability, but it is wrong to take credit for what I have not done. God made the light, the elements which are used to manufacture the camera, and the world from which these images come. He has given me gifts: people to teach me, eyes to see with, and a brain to process information. I am thankful for these gifts. He deserves all the praise, not I.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

D is for Dirt!

Here, for ABC Wednesday, is Dirt! A species of dirt usually called sand...

In northern Idaho where I live, sand must be stockpiled for spreading on icy winter roads. That is what you see here. The machine operator starts at the bottom of the pile and pushes it higher, adding dump-truck loads each day until there is enough. I'm sorry there are no people or autos in this picture to give a sense of size, but the machine doing the pushing is about 12 feet tall. (I'm not up on metric measurements, but I believe 12 feet would be a little less than 4 meters.) This pile is not complete, but should be sometime soon.

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8 comments:

Mara said...

That is one massive amount of sand. Don't they use salt or grit on your roads?

Dimple said...

Mara-The sand could be called grit. On paved roads a liquid de-icer is sometimes used, and it may have some kind of salt in it; I don't really know. But on the gravel roads, and below certain temperatures, sand is used.

Joy said...

Your state looks well prepared for winter with that pile. We had got used to a long spell of mild winters here in the UK, until this year, and some areas nearly ran out of salt.

m.d.weaver said...

D is definately for dirt. My uncle used to pile dirt as well way back when. They had lived in Ellis Idaho, about halfway between Salmon and Challace. He had also worked with the giant machines whose wheels were about fifteen feet tall.
I haven't been to Koocanusa yet. Just got back from a Glacier day trip and the next trip is another day visit to the Ross Creek Cedars.
I'm looking forward to your up-coming post about fishing. I used to do that with my uncle as well. Fond memories.

DUTA said...

That's interesting to someone like me who lives in a place where there's practically no ice and snow in winter.

Jay said...

Dirt is everywhere, some useful, some not so much. Your dirt beats all this week. Never seen so much in one place!

On behalf of the team, thanks for taking part in ABC Wednesday this week! :)

Roger Owen Green said...

seems like a lot, but it'll depend on demand

Dina said...

I love this scene. Forest and sand.
Bulldozers are always fascinating to watch.