New Windmill

Have I told you that I'm fascinated by windmills?  It comes from seeing one on my grandparents farm in Oklahoma.  

Here is a painting I did of my grandparents barn and you can see the windmill.  I painted this from a photo my SIL D'Ann took when they visited once, the barn was in poor repair.  I do think I added the windmill and outhouse using my artistic license.  :-)

 So.. when we went to Coastal Farm & Garden to pick up chicken and wild bird food, I saw a nice tall windmill in their garden center.. and a few days later Dayle bought it for us!  Then began the painstaking assembly by my dear long-suffering husband.  :-)  After he got it all put together I went out to survey it and said... umm.. errrr... the cross pieces are incorrect.  What?? He said!!  Yep, my dear, they were not aligned properly.  The ones on the bottom and also the ones on the top.  Then I kept him company (and watched him like a hawk) while he took it all apart and figured out how to put it back together correctly.  :-D

Then when the base was together he started assembling the windmill head.  Once that was done our grandsons helped him put the top part on the base and screwed it all together.

He still has to screw on some cross pieces for stabilization and then will put it behind the salad garden bed.  The older windmill was Kristi's father's and so she will be taking it and placing it in her garden.  

Sister Begonias.

Remember me telling you about the invasive species we're battling here on the farm?  Wild cucumbers.. EVIL things that grow like a foot a day.. here is one of the "fruits" that grow on them.. packed with seeds.  Ugh.

The Hydrangea is setting out flowers.  :-)

The ornamental grass behind the bird feeders was looking lovely in the sun this morning.

And so.. it's a gorgeous day today and we'll be outside doing this and that.  I'm going to harvest some salad greens for dinner and Dayle is making us all scrambled eggs with sausage, mushrooms, spinach and sprinkled with grated Tillamook cheddar cheese and fresh snipped chives for lunch.  YUM!  

I am not ignoring all that is going on here in our struggling country.  I'm doing what I can to support what is good.  But I also am trying very hard to elevate my mood and my world around me.  I urge all of you make your world as happy as you can.   ((hugs)), Teresa :-)