The cow jumped over the moon, and here she is doing it in cast aluminum. The Cow Over Moon weathervane shows a cow mid-leap above a crescent moon, with the four compass letters below. It goes on children’s playhouses, on the small barns of people who keep a cow or two, and on garden sheds owned by people who just like the rhyme.

How the Cow Over Moon weathervane is built

The cow, moon, and directionals are cast in the USA from recycled aluminum. Aluminum won’t rust, which matters for a piece that lives at the highest, wettest point of a building. An all-weather coating covers the casting and is covered by a five-year warranty. The vane is made in the USA.

Black or Verdigris

You have two finishes to pick from. Black turns the cow into a sharp silhouette against the sky, so the shape reads from a distance. Verdigris is the soft blue-green of aged copper, and it suits an older barn or a cedar-shingled shed. The photo shows the cow in full leap and the crescent moon below her, so you can see how the figure reads from the ground.

Where it goes

Most people put the Cow Over Moon weathervane on a roof peak or a cupola, but it works on a tall post at the back of a vegetable garden too. Set the N arm to north and the cow swings to face into the wind. Since there’s nothing to personalize, the only decision is the finish, and there’s no spelling to proof.

The weathervanes category has the rest of the figures, including a butterfly and a hummingbird for gardens that aren’t going for the farm look. And the cast bells are a natural pairing with the Cow Over Moon weathervane on a barn or shed, since a bell by the door and a vane on the roof have always gone together.