I thought there were no wind vanes to be found in Balclutha until one day I spied a harness racing one from the highway. Another time I spied a wind vane on the other side of the highway. This evening I found THREE MORE wind vanes in Balclutha! I wanted to photograph all five so here they are…
For: Weather Vane Wednesday Challenge – Jan 23, 2019
Harness Racing
Opposite side of the highway and closer to town: Weathercock
One Property, Two Vanes: Fishing and Hunting (popular activities here in the south)
— Fly fisherman reaching out to scoop his catch into the net; and yes, those are upturned boots on top of the trunk and branches.. quite surreal!
— Duck shooting: Hunter, retriever, ducks
— and I couldn’t resist taking a photo of the coal wagon in the front garden
Mystery weather vane on a hill, on private property, too far away to get close. Nigel took this photo as he has the best cellphone but I guess we need him to take a shot with his Olympus — It might be a person bending over into the wind. what do you think? Nigel thinks its a pre-historic Haast’s Eagle. I think he could be right!
Above image is tightly cropped, the one below is only lightly cropped.
Text by Liz, photos by Liz except the last one by Nigel; Exploring Colour (2019)
I like the fisherman and his pedestal best.
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Me too Tanja! So entertaining!
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These are some fascinating weather vanes, as we call them, or wind vanes as you do. However, I just love that coal wagon on the track in the front garden. Thank-you!
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Either name is fine! I really liked the coal wagon too so I took a photo of it even though I was really just looking for wind vanes!
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These are very creative vanes, thanks for sharing them
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You’re very welcome Alice! Glad you enjoyed them!
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These are great! Thanks so much for taking part in the challenge and giving us a windfall of vanes to admire. I’ll include a link back to your post in next week’s Weather Vane Wednesday challenge.
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My pleasure! I liked your photo of the horse wind vane too.
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These are all so wonderful. They are really pieces of art
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Glad you enjoyed them Lisa, thank you!
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You have some great weather-vanes over there…..reckon that last one is an eagle… 🙂
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Thank you! It probably is an eagle, yes 🙂
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