Recent Posts Tagged With 'weathervanes history'

• QUINCYAN\'s METAL PROJECT

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 08:35 in copper, weathervanes, weathervanes history

  When Quincyan Bruce Helmreich decided to make a weathervane to top off the new roof and cupola on his barn, he found he had a lot of questions. The library carried books on the history of weathervanes, but there was little guidance on how to make t...

• ABOUT WEATHERVANES

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 05:25 in weather, weathervanes, weathervanes history

  DENVER - Not so long ago, farmers and gardeners watched the sky for signs of threatening weather. Before radio, television and the National Weather service, weathervanes provided the daily forecast. A change in prevailing winds helped to indicate the...

• STOLEN HISTORY in WEATHERVANE

  Posted on Thursday October 30th, 2008 at 07:11 in weathervanes, weathervanes history

  In 1907, a house with a barn alongside it was built on Holden Street and a weathervane horse was placed on top of the barn. As the weathervane twisted and turned to the vagaries of the weather, below it the occupants of the home rode the winds of c...

• TALK OF WEATHERVANES

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 08:21 in weathervanes history, classic weathervanes

  On Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Julie Lindberg will offer an illustrated talk, “Folk Art on High,” which will explore the connoisseurship of weathervanes. This event, sponsored by the Piscataqua Decorative Arts Society, will take place at the Tyco...