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Across the Fence:  Windchimes  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 07:03:50 AM
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How do you all feel about wind chimes? Do you love them? Hate them? Do you like the high pitched tinkling chimes or the low deep chimes?
We were given a Mare and Foal metal cut out wind chime for Christmas. It's beautiful and while I don't normally enjoy the sound of Windchimes so much as to put one up, I did put this one up. I must admit that I have really come to love it.
Nora just found a wind chime at the Dollar store that she loves so we bought that and put it outside as well. I am hoping the two chimes work well together!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 08:07:45 AM
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I love them, all of them doesn't matter what the sound is but then I like the wind too. I have 3 on my back porch and two on the front porch.
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
1903 Posts
Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
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Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 09:21:55 AM
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i love them...as i am getting older i find that i like both sounds however my fave is the deep bamboo or real low sounding ones....im anxious to find my box of chimes and get them back out!!!
i have a bad habit of buying them for gifts then keeping them!
i dont currently own any that are the sound i truly love-those seem to be pricier!!!! of course!!!
Farmgirl # 2139
~*~ counting my pennies and biding my time; my dreams are adding up!~*~ |
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 10:50:13 AM
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I adore windchimes...I just got a cool pewter creamer to make a windchime with old silver plated silverware I have that has worn so much they can't be used anymore...been dragging them around with me for years because they were from my 1st marriage & I just couldn't get rid of them...I have tiny tiny chimes that sound so pretty that I like to hang up in the trees...I have a dead peach tree that was planted in the 1920's that is so pretty I am decorating it with windchimes & birdhouses this spring....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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LucyLobo511
True Blue Farmgirl
177 Posts
Mari-lyn
Capron
IL
USA
177 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 11:11:58 AM
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I love them and could have a dozen in my yard. They have to have a soothing sound to them high or low as long as it does not clank. I saw the most beautiful ones at Silver Dollar City in Branson for a small cost of 1000.00 you could have an organ in your back yard they were tuned perfectly.
My DH is going to try and make one.
Insane and Blissfully Happy
Mari-lyn
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
1257 Posts
Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
1257 Posts |
Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 7:11:29 PM
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Its funny you should say Silver Dollar City, I lived a few years down there in Branson..I loved the old Silver Dollar City when it still had dirt roads & not the hoopla it has now but its still fun to go to....Michele'
Chickens rule!
The Old Batz Farm
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13634 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13634 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2011 : 12:40:24 PM
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I love wind chimes!!! I have to use the heavier metal ones because of our winds! Have a couple of the metal triangle ones and they each sound different. I love all the pitches as long as they are "musical".
I have some smaller ones with the metal tubes closer to the side of the house where they are bashed about so much by the wind.
I'd have more . . . :)
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
From my Heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
From my Hands - www.cjscreations-ceejay.blogspot.com
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6614 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6614 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2011 : 12:41:44 PM
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I too love them and I would have them all around the house if hubby would let me. They keep him awake at night:-)
Hugs,
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2011 : 9:44:18 PM
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I had a Bamboo one ('had' is the key word)...we had one heck of a wind storm blow through...next day,,,I had Bamboo sticks,as much as I could find, all strewn over our property! lol!
Make mental note...take wind chimes down when expecting strong winds! lololol!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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fille de ferme
True Blue Farmgirl
2344 Posts
Madeline
Meadow Lands
Pa.
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 03:29:02 AM
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Hi all :) I hope you do not mind if I chime in ? ;) I am still exploring all the threads this wonderful place has to offer & I seen this one & had to share. I love my wind chimes they are called Gentle Spirits, they are 3 feet long & sound like a symphony when the wind blows them. People often inquire where I got them. They are playing now, there is a gentle breeze & sound so pretty, when the wind blows harder the sound is different :) They have with stood many a nasty wind storm but when I go on vacation they come inside as I am afraid someone might snitch them as they have stolen other things in my yard :( Well, thank you for allowing me to chime in ;)
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 03:46:20 AM
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LOVE! Especially the big ones.
Ours is on the front porch and is in the mid range
Found it at Garden Ridge a few years ago and took 20 minutes trying to decide on the right pitch and melody |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 06:20:13 AM
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I really like them, as long as they're hand tuned, like the Stoddard chimes or ones like them. Also, I have a fondness for them because one of the very first Christmas gifts Justin ever gave me was a beautiful copper wind chime that was tuned to the Gregorian scale. It's like a whisper in the early spring, when the March winds come in.
I actually had to replace the hanging wooden part because the weather had finally done in the string.
I also have a chime made from antique silver. It's clangy, but really adorable.
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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forgetmenot
True Blue Farmgirl
3602 Posts
Judith
Nora Springs
IA
USA
3602 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 5:20:02 PM
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I love wind chimes. We don't hang them too close to the house though. I hang them mostly in a little hidden garden out in the woods. It surprises family and friends when they walk around our property.
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4195 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4195 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 6:29:11 PM
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I would love some hand tuned wind chimes. Oh they sound so beautiful. But they are pricey!
Michele |
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Violets November
True Blue Farmgirl
342 Posts
Violet
Exeter
California
USA
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HealingTouch
True Blue Farmgirl
3448 Posts
Darlene
Kunkletown
Pa
USA
3448 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2011 : 09:55:57 AM
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I love wind chimes. I have many but the one I love the most used to hang on my Mother's porch for years. No one else wanted it so it now resides on my front porch and it is up all year. It has a beautifl tone and has withstood all the elements and chimes daily. It's my daily reminder of MOTHER! It's funny how sometimes what you might think the least of, turns out to be a Blessing! I have many things that aren't valuable in $ but are more than any $ could buy. Her robe hangs with mine. Her sweater, aprons, plants inside and those popping up outside...PRICELESS!
Be Blessed,
Darlene
Sister 1922
God first, everything else after!
When Satan's knocking at your door, just say "Jesus will you get that for me?"
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Mar 19 2011 : 11:21:39 AM
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I love them. The lower tones are my favorite, and my English Pointers too. The higher clanky ones, make her bark!! And well, that defeats the purpose, and I'm sure the neighbors hate it. All of mine lasted years on the farm, but in moving to Rio Vista, on the top of the highest hill, they are no more:(. I'll be investing in a more rugged set, if I find the right tones for me and our huntin' girl.
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908
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