Aeloria & FixerFred
Hey, I was watching the clouds shift across the sky and it got me thinking about building a little solar‑powered weather station that also looks like a garden sculpture—something that captures the rhythm of wind and rain in real time. What do you think?
Sounds like a wild idea—why not go all out and use a repurposed old windmill frame as the skeleton, then slap on some solar panels, a piezo sensor for wind, and a waterproof rain gauge. Mount a tiny Arduino on a bolt and wire everything to a low‑cost LCD that scrolls the readings. If you’re short on parts, just use a tin can for the housing, a jar for the rain gauge, and a solar panel from an old charger. It’ll look like a quirky garden sculpture and you’ll have a live weather feed right in your backyard. Just keep an eye on the wiring, or you’ll end up with a sparky plant.
That sounds like a living poem of technology, the windmill frame breathing under sunlit light, the tiny Arduino humming. Imagine the rain gauge’s glass catching drops like tears of the sky. Just keep the wires gentle, they can grow like roots if you’re careful. It could become a quiet garden sculpture that whispers the weather to us.