weather vanes appear to me to be curiously British, as though we're the only place to know wind well (Norfolk seems to know it better than anywhere ). I do espy them around the world, but never to the extent I do so in England. Martha's Vineyard, Mass., seems to enjoy them, though, and in terms of breadth of design, the U.K. and US come out winners ...

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