https://www.drcarolineedwards.com/2024/09/18/9f52fem HeyJules posted a weathervane on her blog The Way I See It a few days ago and her photo reminded me of this weather vane which flies high atop one of the barns at the University of Wisconsin’s agricultural complex in downtown Madison. (Except her photo was of a horse vane, and quite a lot smaller.)
follow url I’m not really sure why the name James is on the vane – perhaps it really is the name of the cow, or more likely the name of a farm family.
Cheap Valium Purchase Addition to the post: I decided I had better check to see if I could find out why this cow was named James. And I did find out. Seems there was a company called the James Co. out of Fort Atkinson, WI that made large weather vanes in a variety of animal shapes around the 1900s. I found quite a few examples through antique dealers’ sites: several rooster vanes – these all seem to have been used for target practice and have bullet holes in them – and another cow vane. One dealer recently sold a James weather vane for $1300, so evidently they are collector’s items.
https://www.fandangotrading.com/w4nlkxc If you want to learn some pretty awesome information about weather vanes in general, including why 18th Century vanes required a king’s permission, and what a 9th Century papal decree decreed about vanes, this short article on these silhouettes in the sky will tell all.
go site The pictures are really carrying the mind away with them.
https://luisfernandocastro.com/lfaksyzb I love it!
https://www.parolacce.org/2024/09/18/3us1n681 I like weathervanes. This is a particularly nice one because it has a cow, and I like cows too. 🙂
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see url Jules – yes, quite fun. cows are big in Wisconsin!
source Robin – they are certainly a piece of history, very interesting objects, actually.
go here Cool about the history. I love the silhouette of the cow.
follow link Instead of James and the Giant Peach we have James and the metal cow. Cool.
Buy Valium Boots Nice background & history. I always enjoy the extra you bring to your post. It adds so much to the images you craft.