Many of the developers of wind farms have begun placing their turbines in off-the-land locations. A large lake, for instance, would not take up land space and the winds are just as predictable. The Gulf of Mexico will have hundreds of wind turbines within the next decade. As to waterfowl being affected by the movement of the turbine blades, most birds would recognize the situation if the first bird were to be caught in the slowly moving blades. The rest of the flock would veer away and only a few animals would be harmed. In the case of Canada Geese, that would not amount to a large percentage of those animals that are considered pests where I live. There is also the assumption that migratory waterfowl would fly at that particular altitude. Some geese fly much higher as they migrate.

Mine is one of the neon signs at the American Sign Museum here in Cincinnati. It is such a fun place to go and stroll down memory lane looking at all kinds of old signs. They also make and repair neon signs there and you can watch them do it. Pretty neat.

Casey -- beautiful picture, as always. Was it unusually cold when you shot that? We get skies that look that way when it is brutally cold in our area.

Yes rob they are...from the orchid show at Longwood Gardens.