Hi all!

Due to some requests to show a few more of the hazards removed from playgrounds, here is post #3 for this year. Depending on how much I get done before winter, I will probably have one more post before the season ends.

The knife i found was in the playground behind St. Peter's elementary school. I contacted the police about it because it was close to swings and obviously deliberately placed there.

Be safe Miltonians!

-Scott

Interesting choice I'd say.

Sweet rainbow with a barely visible second rainbow this morning. Hopefully some better photos are out there!

Edit: based on feedback in the comments I may be wrong about these hills being drumlins, as google Streetview from about 15 years ago show this area being flatter. If we have any experts in this field who can shed some light, would be good to learn where the drumlins actually are.

Hey everyone,

I was walking around the green space behind the Milton District Hospital the other day, and I got curious about those massive, smooth rolling hills back there. I always assumed they were just dirt piles left over from developers or deliberate park landscaping.

Turns out, they are thousands of years old and have a pretty wild history!
I did a bit of digging, and those mounds are actually drumlins—which are physical footprints left behind by the Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last Ice Age, roughly 13,000 to 15,000 years ago.

A few cool facts if you're a geography nerd or just like local trivia:
How they formed: Imagine a two-kilometer-thick sheet of ice moving across Ontario like giant sandpaper. It crushed up rocks, gravel, and clay, and the intense weight naturally sculpted the debris into these smooth, streamlined, egg-shaped hills.
The "Basket of Eggs": Geologists literally call this specific layout a "basket of eggs" topography. Because the glaciers shaped them, they all run parallel. The steeper, blunt side points northeast (where the glacier came from), and the gentle tail points southwest (where it was moving).
Why they are still here: Early settlers found them incredibly hard to plow because the dirt inside them (glacial till) is packed tight with heavy stones and dense clay. So, they were mostly left alone as pastures.
The view: Because they give you a bit of elevation, if you stand on top of them on a clear day, you get a completely uninterrupted view of the Niagara Escarpment to the west.

Pretty cool piece of Milton (pre)history!

Custom bike nothing is actually original on it.

THAT'S NOT ME IN THE PICTURE

i found it online

Just above Toronto and below Blackburn Hamlet.

Cool!

Wonder how many of you caught last night’s lunar eclipse? We had a 93% mask, and it looked gorgeous. Took these pics w my iPhone, wish had a better camera. You can almost see the craters profile when zooming in.

I have found about 50 sharp objects in the wood chips just over last year. Keep your kids safe and make sure theu wear shoes at our playgrounds!

Finally a sunny day! Thought I’d play around with my Fujifilm X100VI in downtown Milton.

I’m a beginner photographer. If you have any tips on improvement or suggestions, please share! I’d like to learn.

We’ve brought them home, as the area didn’t have much houses. Will take them to the shelter and scan for chip if we haven’t found the owner.

I've been living out on Tremaine for about 6 years now. Just this summer, I put up some trailcams in the backyard facing the mouth of the woods directly behind the property. We've never really captured anything but skunks.

I recently found this on my cam from last night. Any guesses on what this is? A coyote, maybe?

I’ve noticed this bald eagle hanging out on Bronte (between Main and Steeles) these days. Must be a lot of critters coming out of hibernation and the wood lot west of the Mill Pond must be some hot spot. Just wanted to share among any other bird enthusiasts out here 🤩

It's Niagara Escarpment

Absolutely beautiful!

I hope you all enjoy this picture I took this afternoon, I’m messing around with exposure bracketing. We’re very lucky to have such close access to so many of the Halton Conservation sites :)

I attended the Summer Saturday event and was exploring around areas I hadn’t been before; leading me to the town hall!

I feel that these aren’t any impressive; I’m not very content with the photos as the lighting wasn’t the best (cloudy day). Thought I’d share regardless.

Does anyone know how much something small like this would cost? (No firepit) and recommend some good places that can do this for a reasonable price and free quotes? Thank you!

Am I the only one who thinks lighting up your house like a prison escape is happening is a little bit rude and excessive?

Was capturing sunset photos when he slid in to my frame! No complaints

Not much of a photographer, but I got some drone shots recently. Seems like the right place to post them