Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines

wind machines: LadyD Books
Skywatch Friday

 James Taylor wrote a song, Fire and Rain and there's a piece to the lyrics that remind me of these wind machines or wind generators that my husband calls them. We saw these things on the road, I believe it was Highway #80 as we were heading south, leaving San Francisco, or I suppose you could say heading north, depending on the perspective.

"Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground."
Anyways, here's the famous easy-going James Taylor song that I love, just in case you're not familiar with it.


desert scene with solar energy wind machines: LadyD Books

Wind power is looking more and more attractive, although I must say this photo I took looks pretty sci-fi to me! Wind power is beginning to look more feasible as a supplemental energy source but who can afford to have it completely?

wind generator

wind power

solar energy


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America In The 1900s and 1910s
The Friday 56
 Recently I've been reading this book by Jim Callan that has to do with Decades of American History. Many of you remember or had read about a powerful earthquake that hit the San Francisco area of California on April 18, 1906. Here's a snippet from page 56...

"Gas lines crumbled, producing huge fires throughout the city. There was no water to try to put the fires out because the quake broke most of the water pipes. The quake only lasted for about 1 minute, but the fires spread and burned out of control for several days."
Wow... the chapter goes on to say that at its peak it covered 500 square blocks and witnesses claimed the flames stretched a mile into the sky. I guess the overall damage from the quake was staggering, to say the least. They say that 25,000 buildings collapsed or burned with a quarter of a million people homeless.

I read that President Roosevelt asked Congress for $2.5 million to help rebuild the area, but San Francisco authorities turned down offers of help from other countries. They said they wanted to show that Americans could take care of themselves.

grandson dreaming while napping: LadyD Books

grandson in carrier: LadyD Books

Photos for Color Connection. Sweet dreams Riley! Someday YaYa and Grandpa will be reading books to you and maybe big brother will, too!

grandpa reading children's books to his grandson: LadyD Books


Yes, it's true. The fourth grandson arrived rather quickly on January 19th and now that makes 5 adorable grandchildren for us. Our family is truly blessed and our book library is growing rapidly.

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19 comments:

  1. One of my favorite James Taylor songs is "Fire and Rain." I love his distinctive voice. I enjoyed your Friday 56 entry too. Sounds like a good book to read to learn more about that period of history.
    My Book Beginning/Friday 56 post features Perigee Moon.

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    1. I agree, Sandy. His voice is so clear and soothing.

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    2. Oh how little ones love to be read to (and getting them calmed down at the same time!) Very cute baby! Interesting that in Holland the new windmills are called wind generators (if you would translated the English into Dutch)!

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  2. Oh, congrats on the adorable new grandson...and I love James Taylor songs. Also the look of wind machines.

    Thanks for the beautiful snippet...and here's MY FRIDAY MEMES POST

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  3. Congratulations. I love that last shot!

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    1. Thank you, ladyfi. Oh yes, grandpa reading to his grandson.

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  4. So many wonderful things in this post....

    ((HUGS))))

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  5. congrats on the new baby, LadyD! those are wonderful and precious photos of your grandchildren, what a touching scene. - visiting here form color connection. enjoy the weekend!

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  6. awwww - too cute! Congratulations! Great post :)

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  7. Palm Springs has a lot of wind generators in Banning Pass where the wind really blows. Driving by I am always distracted by them when they are turning, not a good thing on a busy freeway. - Margy

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    1. You're right about that, Margy. Sometimes it's good to be a "looky- lu" and other times it's just not safe! Thanks for stopping by.

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  8. I always liked James Taylor songs and they still remind me of my twenties! Beautiful skies behind the wind machines.

    Congratulations on the birth of your precious little 5th grandchild! We will be welcoming our 4th grandchild in August. What a blessing!

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  9. I must say these wind generators are fascinating to me. Driving out to the desert tonight these all come into view about the same time as you crest the hill near Whitewater, and at night, they are all blinking red in unison (I guess so planes don't hit them).

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  10. Windmills always amazed me :-) awww! the baby is precious :-) Love the reading time as well :-) Saying "Hi" from Color Connection :-)

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  11. Awww look at that precious bundle of joy!

    Color Connection linky is up now for this week.

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As always, so nice to hear from you!