The local Amish community held an auction to raise money for Amish in need of financial aid. That could be to pay for medical expenses or to help a widow. We had forgotten about the event and happened to be going to a Dollar General which is across the street from the auction. It was wall-to-wall people, cars, and buggies. This is only a portion of the buggies parked in the area. There were as many cars and trucks in others areas.
@ludwigsdiana - Some time ago our Amish neighbors hosted church. There weren't this many buggies but there were still a lot. An Amish man came to our door and asked if he could borrow chalk. Evidently everyone forgot to bring some. We are guessing that they used chalk to write their names on their buggies that was easy to remove. My question is since there are so many that share the same last and first names and they don't have middle names just initials what do they do for repeats?
Our neighbor is John M. Byler. His father is Henry. Normally his parents would have named him John H. Byler after is father. But there were already 2 other John H. Bylers in their settlement as they call it. So they named him John M. Byler taking his mother's first name, Martha. I don't know what they would do if there are two or more John M. Bylers?
@onewing - Anything and everything. Farm equipment, livestock, quilts (made by the women), leather goods, (harnesses and such). Clothing, hats and I imagine toys for the children such as Amish dolls that have no faces. The women bake everything from pies, half moon pies, cookies and doughnuts which are sold outright to any interested buyer and home made ice cream. Not only do the Amish attend but it's open to us English as they refer to us or non-Amish.
Looks amazing. Pardon my ignorance regarding the Amish, I've known only one family here in Australia, these are horse drawn? Where are the animals parked? Thanks for the narrative!
@kartia - Yes they are horse-drawn. You can see the road in the right-hand corner of the photo. It goes up a slight grade. Just 50 feet on the right side of the road they have an area where the horses were kept.
@taffy - Things change, even in the Amish community. You mostly saw the brown canvas-topped buggies when we moved into the area. Now we are seeing more of the ones I jokingly call, convertables lately.
They are a tight-knit community in every sense of the word. I hope their efforts paid off and were successful in giving their neighbors the funding they needed. Great slice of Amish life shot!
@olivetreeann - I was talking to our Amish neighbor after it was over and I asked him if he had any idea how it went. He said that it went very well. They sold more than $10,000 worth of baked goods alone than they did last year. No, that's not a typo. That, is unbelievable.
Our neighbor is John M. Byler. His father is Henry. Normally his parents would have named him John H. Byler after is father. But there were already 2 other John H. Bylers in their settlement as they call it. So they named him John M. Byler taking his mother's first name, Martha. I don't know what they would do if there are two or more John M. Bylers?