Sentences with word «weathervane»
A weathervane is a device that shows the direction of the wind. Full definition
Its about time that we take the focus off of Iowa as some sort of weathervane for the rest of the country.
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Siôn Simon's variation on Tony Benn's dictum that there are signposts and weathervanes in politics is worth keeping in mind as the Tory - led government crawls from crisis to crisis.
$ 26.50 This cast of an old weathervane horse is of aluminum, painted black.
Loving the rustic rooster weathervane too.
I was just on this quest for a cute weathervane not too long ago and here is my top:
** FYI: the Museum of American Folk Art in NYC has a 3 - story wall filled with antique weathervanes.
He's a greased weathervane, changing direction on issues as quickly as the wind direction changes.
I LOVE the Alaskan Weathervane scallops from Vital Choice (< — affiliate link).
The race in Buenos Aires serves as a political weathervane for Argentina's future.
The slick, media savvy, ambitious, weathervane politicians, reincarnations of skincrawling types like Blair and Mandelson — and I'll happily put Owen Smith and Stephen Kinnock there as well.
We believe Labour should be a sign post party, not a focus group obsessed, weathervane party, so that every voter in this country knows exactly what we stand for and who we are are standing up for.
Thanks for stopping by, Ann, and congrats on your incredibly cool weathervane!
These days, G.W. gets drunk most nights, ending with an early morning toss of his hat onto the bull weathervane atop his giant house.
That experience was so transformative that he has since viewed the iconic singer / songwriter as something of a cultural weathervane.
KING Art Games states that BoUT 2 will follow the adventure of four protagonists from the first game: Ivodora, Wilbur Weathervane, Nathanial Bonnet, and Critter.
Works such as Two Models, Owl, Cardinal, Eagle Weathervane (2008) and Model with Two Boats (2008) are typical of Pearlstein's carefully arranged scenes, where figure and object are on equal terms, with one allowed no more significance than the other.
The exhibition features a dozen metal weathervanes introduced in the 1860s and»70s, created to reflect the owners» occupations and preferences — sheep vanes for textile merchants, cows for dairy farmers, and cod, whale, or ship vanes in coastal communities.
Graham's Erasmus weathervane, made for the cupola of the Whitechapel Gallery in London, shows the author, modeled by the artist, reading a book while riding a horse backwards (elaborating on the anecdote that Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on horseback).
Heart and Tulip Weathervane, mid to late 19th C, Pennsylvania forged iron with gilding and polychrome, 24 x 91 x.75 in
Expect to find paintings elevating weathervanes, hydrangeas, lobster, mussels, copper pots, pears and more.
The practice of gauging wind direction dates as far back as ancient Greece, and decorative weathervanes were common on churches in medieval Europe.
2005 It's a Big White World, Mercer Union, curated by Dave Dyment and Natalie De Vito, Toronto, Ontario Weathervane, traveling exhibition, Ottawa Art Gallery, Oakville Galleries, UQAM Montreal, curated by Karen Love, 19 Rainstorms, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
«Kami Kaze» is sacred figure of the Divine Wind an ethereal being, a deity whose breath and wind creates energy that moves weathervanes, fans and flags, birds and insects, a positive deity creating a temporal freedom for all touched by this spirit.
London Design Biennale 2016: design duo Barber and Osgerby have installed a giant weathervane at London's Somerset House to help the city's residents find their way «at a time of national turbulence» (+ slideshow).
The more robust our Earth monitoring programs, then, the better use we can make of this mathematical weathervane.
Consider also that many U.S. congressman and senators learn their chops in state government, and most politicians are weathervanes anyway.
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The top picture of the super cute weathervane shows a little peek at my deck.
That beautiful weathervane pointing north, might just be it!
Lantern from Ikea a few years ago and the rusted weathervane was a flea market find.
An antique horse weathervane used as a sculpture, lamps made from antique English riding boot forms and a set of 18th - century German horse engravings contribute to its equestrian flair.
An antique folk art horse and an old rooster weathervane add character to the family room.
that whale wall art is a piece from a vintage weathervane.
Two Models, Rooster Weathervane, Luna Park Lion and Blow - up Dinosaur, 2016.
The works in this exhibition, drawn from a private collection in Maine, represent some of the finest designs and iconic forms of the late nineteenth century, the heyday of weathervane production.
The shingle roof is topped with a whale weathervane.
Obviously a man of no substance which explains his weathervane approach to policies.
As blogger David Climenhaga writes, «[v] ery possibly the quality of the field will be a weathervane for the party's chances of survival.»
writes, «[v] ery possibly the quality of the field will be a weathervane for the party's chances of survival.»
With the winds blowing against a globalized economy, the dollar has become the weathervane of geopolitics and international economics.
Taking a snapshot of Newman's position at any one time is always risky ¯ not, to be sure, because he changed his mind every other day, like a weathervane spinning around in a high wind, but because his thought was always, even in his early evangelical days, so gossamer - subtle (to which his gossamer - subtle prose serves as the perfect mirror).
It acts as a weathervane, pointing to the way a particular production of Twelfth Night understands itself: as something broad and harmless, or as a dark piece about human cruelty, or as something wavering between.