High Tech Windmill

There has been a request for a photo of this windmill. It's functional, but not traditional. It stands on the Macalester College campus near the athletic field and the tennis courts. I actually noticed it a couple of years ago because I played quite a bit of tennis there during the summer and the windmill is close, pretty tall and hard to miss.


I also include for completeness the information about the wind turbine that is posted nearby. The photo is also somewhat of a self-portrait, blurred but unmistakeable.


There was tennis tonight outside. I went to the courts early for maintenance purposes. It rained yesterday and I was pretty sure that there would be puddles on the courts. And the leaves from the trees just outside the fence have been falling inside. I brought a barn broom and a rake. I ended up mostly using the broom and by the time we began play the court was dry and nearly leaf free, and I was well warmed up. We played three sets with various combinations of players: 6-4, 6-0, 6-1. Bill brought his "turkey trophy" to be presented to the guy who wins the fewest total games during the night. It's a way to rub a guy's nose into his failures on nights when he's not playing well, I guess. I was able to avoid carrying the trophy home with me, but it is meant to be a traveling trophy and thus will be back Wednesday. If I win it, I'll probably think of a way to turn it to ash.