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Across the Fence:  Windchimes  |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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 Posted - Mar 22 2005 : 6:09:08 PM
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I have had a trusty windchime, with about 12" long metal chimes, probably going on 20 years now. During the last big windstorm a couple weeks ago, the twirly thing broke off... Guess it had reached it's life expectancy, and perhaps beyond. I was shopping for a replacement water filter today, and funny how things just show up when we need them... a big display of reasonably priced windchimes! I chose a larger one this time, 24" chimes because I love the deep tones. It's already soothed me with the gentle breeze that flows through on occasion tonight. When I hear them it's like Spirit saying, "I Am Here".. and that is so calming to me. Does anyone else really love windchimes?
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 22 2005 : 10:29:44 PM
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I just love windchimes and my mom always had them when I was growing up. I have a small one, but it is messed up from the high winds we get here. I would love to find more ..the long ones sound wonderful!! I wish we had that gentle breeze..seems like it is either still or howling wind here!! Maybe I could hang some on my kitchen porch..has 3 walls) and see if they get enough wind to make sounds...yours sound wonderful!!
Jenny in Utah
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Mar 23 2005 : 04:32:10 AM
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I love windchimes! In fact, I have a set of 24" chimes inside my house - I know - everyone who comes in looks at it and then looks at me like don't you know these belong outside in the wind?
Here in the south, the wasps like to build little muddauber nests inside the tubes and then the sound is ruined and the wasps are hard to remove. So I put my most beautiful chimes in my house and when I pass by I ring them myself to hear the lovely sound. My granddaughter loves to ring them - loudly!
Ouside in the garden I use the type that do not have long tubes. That sound is beautiful, too. My daugther brought me a set when she returned from her honeymoon in Hawaii - they are made of wood and have a lovely sound too.
There is an artist here that makes windchimes from old pieces of sterling silver cutlery, spoons and forks. It makes a tinkling beautiful sound too, but my favorites are the ones that are tuned to sound like a cathedral, like the ones in my front hall.
jpbluesky
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Mar 23 2005 : 09:35:50 AM
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I am also a windchime fan. I have a set of tuned wind chimes above the door into my shop pole building so that when anyone comes in or just opens the door to holler up and see if i am there I will hear it and know someone is looking for me. They sound wonderful, a lot better than a door bell. Also have bamboo ones outside as well as a set I made from shells I found on the beach. There is a man in eastern washington who makes the ones out of old silver flatware and I am planning to get a set of them next time I see him at a show or next time I am in Spokane.
Eileen
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Mar 23 2005 : 12:15:49 PM
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Wind chimes are hanging from my screen porch roof eaves right now and making a racket as this wind and rain storm batters them about. The sound is similar to that of a marina before the storm when the wind kicks up and all the bells and chimes are banging and clanging a sort of warning to prepare, like bell buoys in the harbor. Funny how these same chimes under a gentle breeze have a clear bell like tone that is just wonderfully soothing on a clear day.
We used to have a whirligig outside our bedroom window of a goose and his arms would spin around and sound like the geese and it would drive my husband crazy. When we moved we left it behind and the first few months we couldn't get used to no sound of geese!
Now we have an old shop keepers bell on our door so everytime someone comes in the bell rings! It's funny how we are comforted by not only sight and smell but certain sounds!
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2005 : 6:24:20 PM
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I have a windchime hanging from my desk at work. Every once in awhile I'll tap it so I can hear the soothing sounds. Several of us have them and of course there are people who dislike them, but I try not to bonk mine too often or too loud. I did accidentally hit it with my foot today. THAT got everyones attention !
farmgirl@heart
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2005 : 7:50:21 PM
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Okay, Kim, my curiousity is running away with me... where on your desk do you hang a windchime in which your foot could reach it? Off the side, low? I do have a little feng shui type windchime that's an extra... and I could try bringing it to work.. but I'm sorta stumped about where to hang it. I think I would need a hook off the wall or something ... can't wait to hear how you're doing it! We've been having alot of wind lately (and heavy mountain snows.... halleluja!!!), so my new outdoor windchime has really been blessing me with its beautiful sounds. Soothing in these rather troubling times.
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
Edited by - Clare on Mar 29 2005 7:51:28 PM |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2005 : 04:36:17 AM
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I thought the same thing Clare - I could just see Kim high-kicking in her office like a chorus girl! :)
jpbluesky
"Keep us here, all simply in the springing of the year." From A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2005 : 09:29:58 AM
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I wonder if one of those "banana hanger" things they sell would work to hang a small windchimes..like for a desk?
Jenny in Utah
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2005 : 09:59:45 AM
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TERRIFIC IDEA, JENNY! And, I have two of those!  |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2005 : 4:53:27 PM
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I don't know why I thought of it..I don't even have one. I am glad that would work though!!
Jenny in Utah
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2005 : 08:33:11 AM
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I enjoy windchimes too.We have the "tuned" metal, clay pipes, old spoons, bamboo, etc... Today, however, the 60 mile per hour wind gusts are taking a toll on the chimes! It's a bit of a cacophony out there! I also have two small ones that hang in my kitchen windows to catch the easterly breeze on it's way into the house, and another small one in the bedroom that catches the breeze from the west.
Sharon
PS Jenny, I love the way you think outside the box! One of those little Christmas ornament stands would work too, if the chime were small enough. |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 31 2005 : 2:57:46 PM
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I had to laugh at the high kiccking remark! I sit at a computer all day and to my right there was this thing with holes in it. So I took the smallish windchime my friends grandaughter gave me as a thank you (butterflies kind of a blueish/purple color) and a paperclip and hung it from the corner of my desk. It hangs towards the floor.
I love the banana holder idea! I think my windchime might be too long for it though. I'll have to experiement. (or get a small windchime)
farmgirl@heart
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