They purchased a home a few years back and the windmill was in the yard. She knows how much I love my Kansas garden and thought it would be a nice addition.
Right now it is setting in the corner of my strawberry patch.
I haven't decided if I will paint it, my hubby thinks I should but I really like the aging. I mean how many farmers get out and paint their big windmills!
It looks right at home with our tin man.
I have a coffee table book by J R Hamil who does watercolors of Kansas.
"These Windmills on the prairie bring life giving water to the cattle grazing the Flint Hills"
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Ann
Great thought for "W"! Mine has blown apart with the winds of the last two years. I plan to replace it sometime soon. No one around here paints their windmills either.♥♫
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid I loved to watch for windmills as we traveled. You don't often see them anymore.
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WHEN on road trips across the country, I'm always interested in the WINDMILLS I see. Often the WIND doesn't seem to be cooperating as WE WHIRL by. WHAT a thoughtful niece you have! Kate, ABC Team
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but windmills give me a sense of peace.
ReplyDeleteGreat subject Ann! You know that I live near the windmills of Kinderdijk.It's a ten minutes walk to the ferry and then a fifteen minutes walk to the mills.
ReplyDeleteThese mills are my favourite places.I met several bloggers there.If you ever come to Holland please let me show you these mills!
Wil, ABCW Team
I remember when WIL posted about them; a different design, but similar concept. Nice.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW
Last year we spent two weeks in The Netherlands and became fascinated by the beauty and workings of the windmills. Your post is a lovely reminder of that wonderful time. I think your garden windmill is gorgeous! I wish I had one just like it.
ReplyDeleteSuch a nice gift from your niece!
ReplyDeleteLove your garden windmill and your tin man, - windmills are very pleasant to watch when they are turning in a light breeze, - quite meditative.
ReplyDeleteLove your new wind mill and the tin man too!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely shouldn't be painted. We have a different kind of windmill in England -- more like those in Holland. I didn't realize until quite recently that Yorkshire had windmills as well as those in Norfolk. Don't like the great big turbine ones though. There's quite a big windmill farm out near Palm Springs. I know we need the power but it does spoil the desert landscape.
ReplyDeleteI definitely like the look of the aging windmill. I wouldn't paint it if it was mine. Carver, ABC Wed. Team
ReplyDeleteLove your rustic windmill and also the tin man! So fun looking in your yard and garden.
ReplyDeleteI vote for leaving the windmill as is!
How lovely - we don't have too many windmills here but they are such a whimsical and wondrous thing to see!
ReplyDeleteWow! I have not seen a smaller windmill so far.
ReplyDeleteWindwall by a strawberry patch with a tin man nearby - how lovely! Sounds like a fairytale to me.
ReplyDeleteHazel
can you power my TV?
ReplyDeleteVery nice gift you got. I like it the way it is also. I might be hard to get paint to stick will when it's exposed to the elements.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful WINDMILLS:) Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice for W, and I love the little tin man too!
ReplyDeleteI would leave it as it is. Looks so nice unpainted !
ReplyDeletewow sis I love your windmill! I need one here to remind me of home. love ya! Debbie
ReplyDeleteLeave it as is. Looks good that way. I have a small one but is not as neat as yours.
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