A windy holiday

Today is National Windmill Day.

I love modern windmills (not necessarily a popular opinion, that’s okay.) To me, they are kinetic art, and I love seeing them lined up along a hilltop or standing like an army across a windy landscape.

The Dutch created National Windmill Day, which makes sense because almost every postcard from Holland has an old-fashioned windmill in it. They also have a lot of modern ones, too. Windmills can be found all over the world in different styles. Before the invention of the steam engine, wind power was commonly used for a variety of purposes. The first windmills were used in Persia in AD 644. 

Wind power may someday be a primary power source for some areas of the world, but like a lot of good ideas, it needs to be improved. I just like watching the elegant white towers spin. It makes me happy on many levels.

If you want to watch an awesome cartoon (it won an Oscar) about a windmill and its inhabitants, check out this Disney Silly Symphony from 1937.