Summer, where about are they? I LOVE Alpaca Yarn!

A fine ride at the cruise

and nearby was this 'rat rod'

The ‘River’ room display at Longwood, very serene with blues and grays.

Hubby and I went for a drive to a garden nursery that had a market, boutique, lunch spot and some animals. We quickly fell in love with this fellow!!

And there were some youngsters.

A butt shot, but it's such a cute butt! ha ha

Great photo, Elizabeth!

'Noopy (Snoop) sneaking a little hay off the trailer under the lean-to of the new barn.

I like the technology that allows me to see where I've been, where I am, where I'm going and how long it will take to get there.

Old technology....

I puzzle I got to do yesterday. Great fun!

To: roy4me

That is interesting "old" technology. That is a Pelton water wheel driving a sandstone grinding wheel. That setup is very dangerous. I wonder if the owner knows how dangerous it is. That is a sandstone wheel that is meant for slow speed only. Typically, those were spun by a foot treadle and speed was of no concern. However, that wheel has a very low speed rating. That pelton turbine has the capability of spinning the wheel above its bursting speed. When I was a boy, an acquaintance of mine was severely injured when he spun up a low speed sandstone wheel with a Model T engine. The wheel 'exploded' into 4 pieces striking him in the chest. He nearly died and did not live long afterward finally dying of complications from that injury.

The speed of that setup is determined by the velocity of the water and pulley diameters. Maybe there isn't enough available energy to over-speed the wheel. However, the danger potential is there without a speed governor or meter.