Up and spinnin’

If you’re not one of the blessed ones of us who gets to drive the roads in this beautiful valley every day, let me fill you in on the newest thing to appear in the skyline…
A windmill at the Front Porch Farm!

I’m not sure whose idea it was to get a windmill as a landmark for our store, but one of the guys remembered seeing one advertised in the Capitol Press, and after lots of digging through old newspapers, we found it hidden in the classifieds. A windmill for sale in Oregon. Sounded like a project that should include my dad, since he lives in Oregon, and almost everything semi-crazy that my father-in-law has done for the last twelve years has included my dad, too.

So last spring when my inlaws took my sister-in-law to school, the guys went and disassembled our new windmill. A Dempster, originally from the midwest, brought out to Oregon, and now spinnin’ in its new home in Washington!

My husband spent some time this last winter fine-tuning it and replacing a few parts. And finally, we had time to devote to the project–and the help of my dad once more!

Now you don’t need to watch for the power lines crossing the highway or count the miles from Addy. Front Porch is easy to spot. We’re right below the windmill…