Thursday, December 11, 2008

SkyWatch #22

A whirly-twirly WELCOME to you from chilly northeast Iowa, USA. Be sure to spin your way to the official
SkyWatch Friday site to catch the complete list of this week's links!

We have a miniature, ornamental windmill next to our garage. The windmill's apparatus is quite authentic-looking, and it spins merrily in whatever breeze happens to come along!


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Do you ever have a hankering to see gaze upon GREEN in the darkest days of winter? A manipulated photo such as this one can be posted on the Paintbox Pictures blog. I highly recommend a visit......the photos there are works of art! That unique blog was established by someone who was very involved with the operation of the excellent SkyWatch Friday site.......Old Tom Wigley, or Wom Tigley, or whatever his name may be!


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HAPPY SKYWATCHING!
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20 comments:

Photo Cache said...

It's fun to tweak the photos a bit sometimes. Happy weekend. Hope it's not tooo cold out there.

Tanya Breese said...

I love these and the last one is fun! Happy swf :)

Gail said...

Great pictures!

Guy D said...

Great shots, thanks so much for sharing.

Cheers!
Regina In Pictures

Laura ~Peach~ said...

beautiful photos I LOVE windmills real or fake they just make me all warm and mushy inside :)
Happy SWF! Hugs Laura

Ruth Hull Chatlien said...

I love the top one.

Say hi to the cows. :-)

Country Girl said...

Oh, same to you, Jeannelle! I see you posted on Paintbox again. I haven't been over in quite some time.

Anonymous said...

Nice shots for SWF! Very Christmassy template too!

Jeannelle said...

Hi, PhotoCache, shutterhappyjenn, Tanya, Gail, Guy, Laura, Ruth, Country Girl, Ms Hays,

Thank you all for stopping by! Yes, I'll give greetings to the cows for you, Ruth!

Grammy said...

I Very much enjoyed your beautiful photos.
Have a great sky watch week.
Grammy
Mid Missouri. USA

Adventure girl said...

Cool effects! Did you see my skywatch. I couldn't beleive it. Straight out of the camera.

The Good Life in Virginia said...

enjoyed your windmill...yes, playing with the photos is such fun and sometimes you can lose track of time getting involved with it. i love the textures that one can create.
have a great weekend.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Very interesting looking images and lovely skies.

DesertHen said...

Lovely photos.We have an actual windmill in our valley, but I have never photographed it.....now maybe I will.

Jeannelle said...

Grammy,

Hi neighbor to the south. Thank you for your kind words.

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Adventure Girl,

Thanks for stopping by! Yes, I will jump over and see your SkyWatch, too.....sounds like you got a good one.

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Good Life,

Oh, one can really WASTE alot of time doodling with the photos, but it is so much fun.

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babooshka,

Thank you for stopping by and for your kind words.

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Deserthen,

Oh, yes....do take pictures of that windmill and show us sometime. They are a great photo subject!

Unknown said...

Wind is the invisible element of skywatch ... always present, but hard to see. Well done.

Corner Gardener Sue said...

Hi! I found you through your comment on a Skywatch blog. What a fun post!

We are neighbors, as I am from Nebraska. I live in Lincoln, though, not a farm.

My dad had uncles who were brothers and shared a farm. I have a picture of me next to the fenced in cows when I was quite young. I used to sing to the cows, and they would look at me. I always thought I'd like to live on a farm, but as an adult, wondered if I would have liked it so much if I did and had to get up early to do chores.

Merry Christmas!
Sue

Mary said...

Oh, I love that little bit of sun peeking out from under the cloud in the second photo! We had almost a whole week of rain here, so your blue skies look beautiful! Heck, even your green sky looks wonderful!

Have a wonderful weekend, Jeanelle!
xoxo,
Mary

Arija said...

Ineresting shots. We have 3 working windmills.They are pesky things to keep in good repair.

Jeannelle said...

Hi, Robert,

Yes, "who has seen the wind?" Thank you for stopping in!

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Hi, Sue,

Thank you for stopping by and introducing yourself! That's a cute story about the cows looking at you when you sang.....cows ARE very curious.....you should see them crowd in to look at me when I'm pointing a camera their way!

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Hi, Mary,

Yeah, winter blue skies are a treat....if only they were warm, though. Thank you for stopping in!

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Hi, Arija,

Oh, that's very interesting, that you have windmills in use. The wind is a fairly steady source of power, I'm sure, but as you say, a windmill must require much upkeep. Thank you for visiting!