wood, water, fire and air

Spent half the day stoking this thing as our coal range is broken and I need hot water. Now I am all smoky!

[Mek]

Sorry to hear about the broken coal range. Photo is 'da bomb' tho!

[Julie Duncan]

Yet, what a fascinating photo! :)

[Darinka]

Awesome!Love the tones and texture!Perfect exposure!Fav!

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot.

[Kathy]

LOVE this!!! I remember days of having to heat water outside and cooking outside because we had no electricity from a hurricane that had gone through!!! I wish I would have had a pot like this to heat our water!!! What is it or was it used for before the water? It has such character and I'm a bit of a fire bug and love the flames. Awesome composition and a FAV!

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[Amrita]

Interesting shot! Unexpected things make great pictures :)

[Stephanie Swift]

Wonderful pov and texture, and I love the lick of flame at the bottom. Sounds like a difficult day for you though.

[kali]

@cashew its called a thermette and as you can see its been around a long time and made a lot of hot water

[Yao RL]

At least, it gives you almost all the elements for life.

[kali]

@yaorenliu yes and I forgot metal...

[kali]

and the bricks are made of earth so I guess that covers it!

[Jasper]

Like your title!

[Mike Gifford]

All primary elements!

[Isaac Trippet]

Beautiful tones.

[kali]

@isaactrippet thankyou :)

[Maggie]

Love this shot. These were so handy, we had one we used for picnics. A NZ invention I think and they were standard WW II army issue. A few twigs was all it took and the kettle was boiled. I hope your range is repaired soon - this wouldn't be much of a picnic on a cold wet day.

[kali]

@snaphappi yes, i poked my finger through the flue it was so rusted, but it is repaired now I so appreciated the hot shower this evening ,

[Annie D]

love the thermette - beautifully photographed