A few days later the doe and fawn were spotted again. This time they hung around long enough to get some good pics.
Time for a little clean-up activity.
Feeding time!
Time to leave this yard, can't stay in any one place for too long!
The windmill project....
I decided to build a windmill for the backyard some time ago, but didn't spend much time on it. Been collecting pieces and parts for it for a year or so. I did not have a specific design in mind. It just sort of evolved over time and was based mostly on whatever metal parts and pieces that were laying around to use.
Here's a photo of it during the build process. Each vane is a foot long, with the diameter of the entire fan measuring 32 inches across.
The blades are 16 gauge steel, as is the rudder at the rear. The bearing for the fan assembly is meant for the wheel of a garden hose cart. The whole enchilada is sorta heavy!
The pipes used for the frame were left over from a trampoline.
Here it is in the final position, it only needs the guy-wires installed to hold it steady.
It's fun to watch it catch the wind and flip around and spin. There's plenty of wind for it this time of year.
