Welcome to this SkyWatch Friday post........zooming into your eye-space from northeast Iowa, USA. Visit the official SkyWatch site to find hundreds of sky links from around the world!
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From where I live, the eastern horizon is punctuated every day by plumes of steam from
the Hawkeye Renewables corn processing plant about ten miles away, near Fairbank, Iowa. The plant produces ethanol for powering motor vehicles and a corn by-product for livestock consumption. Here's a recent article about this ethanol plant from the Oelwein Daily Register, including an aerial photo of the corn-processing facility.
*If we pivot about 135 degrees to our left we will see a now-defunct source of power........an old-fashioned farm windmill. This one stands out in a field and used to have a water tank sitting next to it.......the windmill would revolve in the wind, powering an apparatus which pumped water out of a well for livestock to drink.
Sorry......there's not much sky in this photo......but, there's a little bit of SNOW.......and, corn still standing, waiting patiently to be harvested. This could be a SnowWatch or CornWatch photo!*
Thank you so much for stopping by! Happy SkyWatching! (If you're viewing this on Thursday and are celebrating the U.S. holiday.......Happy Thanksgiving, too! Oh-h, I'm so full of turkey, I can hardly move.......gotta go wash the dishes now.)
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14 comments:
I like the layers in your photos. I'm OK with just a little sky. I love the bits of snow on the ground.
Happy Thanksgiving. Don't let those dishes get you down.
Happy Thanksgiving.
We also have a little snow but more is expected.
Happy Thanksgiving sky watch... I am so stuffed LOL... dishes are done however and I am trying to catch up... Hugs Laura
Jeannelle, I call this sky pollution. I have it on my Skywatch too, in a different form which I should have called visual pollution.
Your windmill is very pretty.
Happy SkyWatching, Happy Thanksgiving.
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I may have mentioned before (forgive me for repeating then) that my sister lives in Center Point, just north of Cedar Rapids.
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Beautiful colors, thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
I love the layers in the 1st one...
Hi, Leora,
Thanks for stopping in on Thanksgiving! Dishes are done, nap is taken, all is well.
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Hi, Dr. John,
Hope you've had a wonderful Thanksgiving! You can keep that snow.
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Hi, Laura,
Thanks for surfing in even while tired and stuffed. Don't work too hard now.....take a rest.
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Hi, Jim,
It probably is pollution....I'm hoping alot of it is steam from the corn cooking. That old windmill would have been pollution-less, of course.
Oh, yes...I've zoomed past Center Point along I-380 many times. Sorry to say I've never driven into the town proper.
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Hi, Guy,
Thanks for stopping by! Cheers to you, too!
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Hi, J.Andrew,
Thank you for visiting! I liked the layering in these photos, too....I think that's why I posted them together.
Love the windmill. One used to see lots of windmills like this one, but they are fast fading into history in most places. In my youth, when we would visit a rancher friend, I very much enjoyed sitting on the edge of the stock tank and just listening to the blades turning and the water being pumped up; it's a lovely sound.
We had a lovely, clear day here with temps in the 60's. Rain and cooler weather come this weekend.
I love the layers in the sky on the first picture. Very nice.
As usual, lovely photos Jeannelle. Happy Thanksgiving my southern friend. I am still offering up thanks although we have long ago had our turkey here up north.
i too like the layers in the first shot...thanks for sharing with us.
Wow, Pat.....that's neat, your description of being near an operating windmill....cool! I think the Old Order Amish in our area still utilize the old-fashioned windmills for pumping water.
Your Thanksgiving Day weather sounds wonderful!
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Hi, Faye,
Thanks for stopping by and for your kind words!
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Hi, Trish,
Your comment is heart-warming! Thank you! And, yes, we should be thankful every day for all our many blessings!
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Hi, Good Life,
Thank you for visiting and commenting. Hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving Day!
Wonderful pictures.
lionsmane
That first photo is scary. The second tranquil.
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