Wind Vanes (or weather vanes)
Which way is the wind blowing? Notice that one end of each arrow is larger than the other end so that arrow will point in the wind's direction when air blows over it.
Simple yet elegant vane
A simple vane consists of the four cardinal directions (N, W, S and E) and an arrow on a rotating axis. But most wind vanes are fancier.
I am linking to Jenny Matlock at Alphabe-Thursday HERE
37 comments:
Love this! Again, great artwork!!!
Nice...I can't wait until our barn is up so that I can put one of these up on top.
Great collection. I like the moose and the cart at the top right the best.
Wind vanes are not common in this part of the world, our loss as they give personality to a house.
I really like your fancier weather vanes.
I had never heard them called "wind" vanes before but it's so much more correct. I always learn tidbits of info from you! I think my favorite is the moose because we don't have any of those down here where I live - animals or their likeness on vanes!
I love finding new ones - love that moose!
I am always on the lookout for them. . . you got a great collection of photos of them.
We do not see many of these around here, thanks for the nice mosaic!
What a beautiful collection of wind vanes....make so much sense. Thanks for stopping by. The wind on Sunday was so strong that if you did not hold your car door carefully it could brake your leg if it slammed shut. It was really quite amazing, coming right in off the Pacific Ocean(actually the Juan du Fuca Straight). Hope spring is showing signs of movement in your part of the country.
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I love the moose and JDaniel says he loves the chicken. Great collection!
Fabulous collection!Living in a city, I don't see such things anymore;i love them!
You're so vane! According to some singer. Oh, wait! That was "vain."
Darn.
Well, I like your vanes, anyway. Especially the horse. And the horses and carriages. And the simple one. And the moose. And the rooster.
Don't see many of those around here.
Ha! I just love the moose. If that's a moose.
I love the fancy ones, but the plain one still gets the job done just as well!!!
Love weather vanes. I haven't started my barn out here yet, but when it's built, it will have a weather vane on top of it....
lovely!
I've always thought wind/weather vanes were fascinating :-)
I've made lots of these for export to the USA... and always called them weather vanes. Nice collection, EG.
Hi again!
Great ‘W’ post -as always. Love vanes - totally unique!
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Btw Alphabe-Thursday
those weather vanes are really cool
Weather vanes are really lovely works of art and you have some very nice ones! Thank you for your visit! Happy St. Paddy's Day to you!! Cathy
Weather vanes... always an interesting post.
Oh hooray! A "W" I would have never thought of but absolutely adore.
I'm always enchanted with weather vanes. I have the horse from one hanging in my kitchen and I love it!
And whenever one comes on Antiques Roadshow I get all excited.
Thank you so much!
I really, really enjoyed this link.
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Love the wind vanes! We always called them weather vanes but whatever you call them, the ones in your mosaic are lovely! Love the Moose!
I love these weather vanes. Wish I had one on my barn.
What a beautiful collection of pictures. I so love weather vanes, and I wish I had one perched on my barn.
Teresa
love the photo shots.
they seem very helpful in view at farms.
I love the Moose!
I like weathervanes, too...I'll take that rooster one.
great collection of vanes. I like them. We have one with a horse on the lean-to out in the horses pasture. MB
Gee these are just so beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Let the four winds blow.
Great Post for "W" day! I am a big weathervane fan too!!
I always like the rooster best - there's one on our summerhouse.
I love these!! So many great ones. My dream home is to have one of these. Each time we have looked to buy a home. I have looked at the roof line to see if I could add one.
.....Still waiting until I get the right style home.
happy Green Day!!
oh wow...they are all so beautiful!
Truly a great collection. We don't see too many weathervanes around here :(
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