Give it a Whirl

I don't know what it is that I love so much about windmills.  When I was a kid I also was fascinated by pinwheels and would get dizzy from blowing them and watching them spin.  When I got older I mounted one on the handlebars of my first two wheeler and rode as fast as I could down the longest street in our neighborhood. . The idea that wind could create energy was magic to me.  So it's no surprise that I love to photograph them as well.  This one is in the Heritage gardens, the first place we took our friends Sharon and Steven when they came to visit.  I love how the shadow creates the fourth paddle here.  Thankfully it was a slow spin kind of day...