Sunday Funnies - Butterfly Fingers

Here is my shot of this unsusual sculpture sitting in a rural yard, a few miles south of Shawnee, Oklahoma. I have no idea who created it. In the large version you can see the words “Welding, Machine Shop, Sand Blasting" on the side of a utility trailer on the left side of the shed. As mommypeace points out, the base is an old windmill. The rest is probably just scrap sheet metal. And a vision. And a hidden talent. I was surprised that I can find nothing on it with Google except the photo you see here and the one from mommypeace and one on a site called That’s Weird. There didn’t appear to be any sign of life around and I am not sure I would have approached anyone anyway. I have made it a practice to avoid disturbing these people on rural roads and small towns. I have learned through painful experience that very often these people live in rural areas and small towns because they don’t want visitors. So I will wait for someone else to turn up details. I have no doubt that information will eventually turn up. Flickr is quite powerful and there are at least two pictures of it there now. It is in plain site on Oklahoma highway 177 between Stratford and Sulpher, Oklhoma on the west side of the road. Of course, I didn’t pay any attention to mileage or anything technical like that.

The Profile (more than you really wanted to know) is here.