Windmill (windmill and barn now gone 2009)

Windmill was still working on this dilapidated ranch. Water was

still pumping out for the cattle but the barn was rotted.

good capture, i like the dynamics. the cloud in the background goes so well with the shape of the windmill. well done.

sincerly Joe B.

Ah ha....an original and interesting perspective on an old windmill. Most windmill shots are of the whole thing, tower and fan, and I've seen dozens of them, this one is "fresh". The fans of the windmill and the old boards on the barn look like locking cogs and Joe was right about the clouds mirroring the windmill, gives the image a nice sense of motion.

I appreciate the comments from both of you. I've watched this place deteriorate for the last 25 years. The windmill is still pumping water for the Angus cattle (formerely Charolais, then before that Brahmas). The barn will be gone in the next storm this year and a tiny piece of history with it.

Lots of old homesteads in my area and I can see a yearly progression of deterioration and loss of history.

the same in upstse new york. corn fields are being turned into house fields, no landscapeing just a house with no charm or personality. farmers know they are sitting on millions in property value. my farm will be a farm till i die.