Windmills

I meant to post about an interesting sight that has just popped up in northcentral Indiana in the last year or so--a HUGE windfarm. I noticed the windmills a year ago when I drove to Chicago on I-65 for a SATERN meeting, and was reminded of them on my trip to Gary to return the children to their stepmother on Monday. According to the Internet, there are 444 of them, spread out all over the country near Fowler, IN. I'm not sure why they thrill me so. Perhaps because there are so many of them. They go on for miles and miles. Now, here's the other part of the story: when I was returning to Indy in the dark, I came upon what looked like runway lights, then realized that the red blinkers were on the windmills--and every one of them winked simultaneously! It brought a smile to my face. How do they do that??

I haven't done much today. Have been working on my Sunday School lesson. I've had inspiration, but when I dig into each idea, I find that there isn't much that can be done with the class without computer presence, so I have shifted ideas at least three times. Ugh!

I will be driving to Spencer, IN, tomorrow to talk about SATERN to a radio club there. It should be a pretty drive with fall colors just about at peak. If I can get my bottom out of bed early enough, it should be fun!

My daughter keeps sending me pictures of flowers asking if I know what they are. Unfortunately, I don't, usually. California is a different planet from the Midwest. I can figure out things that are familiar to me. We just don't have as many possibilities here as they have there! Meg reports that they had a 3.1 earthquake this morning. That's not a biggie, but she felt it. (Actually, she felt one here a couple of years ago. Since I was still in my waterbed in those days, with grandchildren and dog prancing around on the bed, I didn't feel it.) I worry...

Back to work on the SS lesson. Wish me luck!