and salmon, the whale, its tin ball of spume. Up the hill toward the meadows, each flickered its household's obsession: the fisherman's cod, the dairyman's Guernsey, the goose perched high on the ...

Antique weathervanes represent an often overlooked part of American history, one steeped in amateur expression by the common people. Much like barn quilts, these unique fixtures of the American ...

Consequently, I am grateful to Angelo Hornak who photographed this gallery of magnificent weathervanes for his book AFTER THE FIRE, London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hawksmoor & Gibbs. Spire of St ...