The Sunday Re-Run and an Update to Same

A couple o' years ago I posted the piece immediately below on the Dalley Windmill Collection, one of Portales' minor claims to fame.  I went searching for a suitable reference link to include in the re-post because the quoted link is dead.  In so doing I found out the Dalleys are trying to donate their collection to Roosevelt County.  From the Portales News-Tribune:

A Portales man wants to donate his life-long windmill collection to the county to be used as a tourist attraction, an idea the city turned down several years ago.

Bill Dalley brought the matter to the Roosevelt County Commission on Tuesday.

Dalley has been collecting windmills for 30 years.

“I would like to keep them in the county, because most of them came from the county,” Dalley said.

[...]

Roosevelt County Commissioner Bill Cathey said he likes the idea, and thinks the windmills could be best displayed at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, and maybe even downtown on the square.

“I’m going to do all I can to preserve and keep the windmills together,” Cathey said, adding he will work with the fair board, city council and chamber of commerce to try to move the idea along.

I hope Commissioner Cathey is persuasive in his arguments.  I'd hate to see this unique Americana collection broken up and sent off with the four winds (ahem).

And now my post from two years ago...

The Dalley Windmill Collection

 Anyone who’s traveled on the American Great Plains knows that the landscape is dotted with windmills... most of which are still functioning, drawing water for cattle and other livestock. In some parts of the country the standard joke is the windmill is the Unofficial State Tree. That’s probably true here on The High Plains of New Mexico, as trees of any sort are in very short supply. 

One of Portales, New Mexico’s minor claims to fame…and they’re ALL minor, come to think on it… is The Dalley Windmill Collection. From Southeastern New Mexico (The Arts, Museums, and Must-See Sites) (ed: dead link):

The Dalley Windmill Collection
One of the residents of Portales has a collection of 75 windmills from around the world. You can drive by and see all of the beautiful windmills. On a good and windy day they will be turning and charming the eyes of viewers.
Address 1506 Killgore St., Portales, NM
Phone (505) 356-6263

“A good and windy day” would be nearly any day in P-Ville, except for today. I took a ride out to the Dalley’s place earlier this afternoon to take the pictures you see here. I had hoped to talk to Mr. Dalley and get some background on his collection but no one was home…alas and alack. I was able to take pictures, though… and this post contains three such.

This is the first of what may be many windmill photos. I also put up more (and different) photos of Mr. Dalley’s windmills at The Summer Photo Project 2008. And, apropos of nothing… You’ll be able to tell when The Muse goes off to wherever it is she goes from time to time… coz there’ll be more windmill photos.

As always...click for larger.

I posted more windmill photos if'n you're interested, Gentle Reader.  My Muse has a habit of going AWOL, as noted above.