Thursday 23 July 2009

Sky Watch friday 42


Red Sky at night sailors delight.

Lower left is the sun set on Wednesday night.

Today Thursday has been so nice, we travelled to Heckington to see one of the few remaining eight sailed windmills, in Lincolnshire.
It is a Tower Mill dated to 1830, see top left picture and lower right, to designs by Michael Ingeldew.
It was repaired in 1890 and ceased working in 1942. A huge amount of money has been spent bringing it to the standard
you see today. It is a tourist centre and part of the Heritage trail.

Top right is a cloud over our home later this evening.

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There are many volunteers taken over from Dot and Tom the founders of this meme. Thanks to them all fpr their time and energies in maintaining a smooth running this weekly event.
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27 comments:

Dancin Fool said...

Wow! They are such lovely shots and compliment eachother so well. Just lovely.

Sylvia K said...

Marvelous shots! Lovely variety of gorgeous skies! Perfect!

Photo Cache said...

Very lovely collection (as always). I enjoyed seeing the windmills. Happy weekend.

Pearl Maple said...

Nice collage of skies from your place. Thanks for adding to the fun with sky watch friday.

Carver said...

I love those windmills. Wonderful shots of the sky.

Inday said...

Great clouds above the windmills.

EG CameraGirl said...

How cool! I didn't know Lincolnshire has windmills!

bowledover said...

Hi Bonnie Bonsai, I could only find a game site when I returned your visit.
Thanks for your visit and comment.
Have a great weekend.

clairz said...

Lovely photos. Thank you for sharing via Skywatch Friday.

Jane Hards Photography said...

We used to say shepherds but then I am from Birmingham. We don't really have many sailors on the canal. I wanted to thank you so much for your words today. Meant a lot. I am going to seriously look into a book idea this summer. Of course you would have to be in the credits.

Now your images. It's the way you place then in the montage that always jumps out at me. Each image compliments the next. You introduce me to places I never knew existed.

Bradley Hsi said...

It was nice that the preservation work allow us still be able to view this magnificent structure. Thanks for sharing and have a nice weekend.

Dewdrop said...

Sun dogs rock! Yours is awesome! I also love windmills, and these have such a charm to them. Awesome collage, as always!

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

BD: What a neat look at the windmill. We just have the new little ones here. Where the Heck did you go? Heckington, now I know what is there. LOL

Baruch said...

A great collage with great looking sky

Deborah Godin said...

Nice collection of shots - love that little smidge of rainbow, top right!

Tammie Lee said...

Nice series of photos, the bottom right corner image is wonderful.

Carol said...

Great photos...I love the windmills...and the red sky at night....

Eric said...

Very nice, love them all, my fav is the windmill picture below on the right!!! Well done

Have a great SWF.

Greetings from NL

Michele said...

Just look at that wonderful red sky... spectacular!!
And you caught a bit of a sun dog as well... nice! I have seen them but never got them on a photo.

Hugs and kisses, be well, my friend.♥

Anonymous said...

I enjoyed reading your post. Very nice shot for SkyWatch Friday.

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Arija said...

Love the sun dog and that beautiful windmill.

Essence of Maine said...

Stunning photos!

Pollyanna said...

The windmill pic is fantastic - like a postcard.

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jabblog said...

There's something magical about windmills. Lovely photos of such a simple, clever device.

SandyCarlson said...

I really like what you have done here. These photos are wonderful. The warmth of that sunset, the elegance of those windmills. Thanks for a taste of where you are.

Louise said...

These are all fabulous! I love the windmills. And your the cloud and your sundog are wonderful! The cloud is good by itself, but the sundog is a treasure!

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