I promised photos of the windmills just outside Palm Springs. And I just remembered – got so caught up in the buying and selling of houses, neither of which is fully accomplished yet, that I forgot about it. And I know that every single person reading this has been holding his or her breath waiting for these photos. Now you can get excited, jump up and down, or run around the block, because the photos are here!
Remember how fun it was to run around with those little pinwheels when we were little? Obviously, had we been thinking about anything other than the colors swirling around, we would have seen that we were making energy. If we were of a scientific inclination, we might even have thought about harvesting that energy to power something else. How about running around with this pinwheel?
When I was leaving Palm Springs after the Glamtastic weekend with my twitter friend Nita from Oklahoma, I took a few side roads to see how close I could get to the windmills. It was fun. Oh – for the uninitiated, glamtastic describes the Adam Lambert concert we were at.
What I always see is patterns – the patterns of the blades, of the windmills, how the pattern changes depending upon where you are. I tend to photograph patterns frequently. In fact, in the Nature gallery on my web site, I have a river bottom, cactus, cactus garden, G4-222 of the sand at Pismo, G4-223, the pattern of the aspens in Ouray, Colorado, some sunsets, sand dunes, orchards – all of which caught my eye because of the patterns they created.
I like symmetry also. In these two lines my mind saw palm trees. After all, I was in Palm Springs and Indio, home of the date palms and date shakes. Dang it, I forgot to get a date shake! Phooey.
It was pretty cool that a train went by. A long train of containers stacked double. Making energy, using energy.
I like the tire in the foreground. The only other thing out there that didn’t belong was a toilet! No photo though; too much sun and that white porcelain was blinding.
The train is smiling at me. Like a smile missing a tooth.
Ooh I love these two rows of different types of windmills. I know people complain about these things, but I actually find them quite beautiful – and interesting. And in places where we have plenty of wind – why let it go to waste? That’s what kills me about Bakersfield. We should all have solar panels on our roofs – this is the land of almost constant sun. We need to be moving faster toward utilizing what’s already there. We need to “pick” the sun just as we pick the oranges off our trees.
Just a beautiful photo. In my opinion. And there were patches of snow on the mountains still.
Now it’s time to get out there looking for wildflowers. I’m going to try to get out for a few hours tomorrow. I know I should stay home in case someone calls about the house – but I can return calls. Gotta see what’s out there and tomorrow’s weather will be gorgeous. Gotta get while the getting is good.
Tags: Indio, Palm Springs, wind energy, wind farms, windmills
Great pics! You have made me look at the windmills in a totally different way. Now I see the beauty that you described in your writing! Like I’ve said before, you are an awesome photographer, writer, and person!!
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