Windmills

Some people don’t like windmills. They disrupt the skyline. They’re a hazard to bird migration. They’re too noisy.They’re not a novelty anymore, there are windfarms everywhere, so maybe they do disrupt the skyline. They probably are a hazard to migrating birds, but so is everything else we do. At least a windmill is a moving target as opposed to a tall building with windows for birds to fly into.Anyway, we were driving past a windmill farm out on the coastal plain and decided to stop and listen to see what they sounded like up close. We took this video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUShQ3cLzboThere is a steady powerful whooshing noise of the blades going round. I probably wouldn’t want to live directly under it. Given a choice between windmills or a smokestack though, I think I’d take the windmills.

Update

 8:59! I ran a sub-9 minute mile!  I just squeaked under. Went to the cardiologist for a checkup.  He thinks I’m awesome.  (He didn’t actually say that, but I could tell that’s what he was thinking.)  Judy went to the Ortho for a follow-up on her shoulder and knee.  He thinks Judy is awesome.  

Motorhoming

  A British perspective on motorhoming.  Three car-guys each create their own, then put them to the test.  We stumbled across this on the BBC channel on television, then found it on the internet so we could share it.  We thought the motorhomers or anglophiles among us might appreciate it.   http://videos.sapo.pt/VNIGPgkpSNRhRhupEJw8   http://videos.sapo.pt/0vYrguTa4aFZ0enbghjv   It’s in two parts.  If they’re slow to load, just hit pause and go do something else for a while.  The downloading will get way ahead of the playing and you can watch it uninterrupted later.    

Conner’s News

Grandson Conner decided to publish a daily newspaper. He has subscribers in the cul-de-sac. He writes the paper every day, copies it, rolls them up individually, gets on his bicycle and delivers them.

He’ six. I don’t know how he gets a compulsion like this.

And my favorite: