We recently took a photo op drive and ran across this Amish farm. It was very pretty. I was excited to catch the Amish man pulling the cart around the corner of the field on the left but I don't think he was too happy that our car stopped for a couple of seconds in the middle of the road.
@homeschoolmom Thank you Lisa. No, we didn't stop anywhere to get Amish food. There was a small area of shops that might have had Amish baked goods but we didn't stop to shop.
The Amish don't like it when you take their picture. we stopped once and asked if they mind and we were told right out that they prefer we don't take their picture. needless to say, you got yourself a great shot of their farm and of him and his buggy.
@bruni Thank you Bruni. You could be right but I didn't think he was able to see the camera since I took it through the windshield from inside of the car. He and his buggy had just came around the corner in the field. He gave us a not so nice look and I was thinking it was because we stopped the car on the road for a few seconds to get a good shot and I was thinking he didn't like us staring at him and his farm. I know the Amish don't like to have their picture taken so I try to respect that. I was just so exited to see the buggy turn the corner that I was happy it made it in the picture. Sorry to ramble on with my response. :)
@mittens now that's ok. I try to sneak a picture now and then. there is a Amish farm on the way to our son's place. in fact, my husband went there many years ago. the sons of this Amish farmer where working in steel and had a steel cutter. Hans was working way out somewhere close to them and had needed a piece of steel cut to finish the job and was sent there by the guy he did a renovation for. I remember him telling me this when we drove by the farm years later..
What a gorgeous scene Marilyn especially with the Amish buggy on the left............I always try and take a photo of them when we see them when we're travelling!
magnificent composition of this country scene. would be nice to see more of this Amish village. I have only seen it on TV of films, and its never really to their advantage
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I have heard conflicting stories about taking pictures of the Amish. I live in the middle of an Amish settlement. Our neighbor is Amish. I know that the Amish give their daughters cloth dolls that have no faces. I once was told that they don't like having their pictures taken because they believe that it will take their souls. I also have heard that it is permissible to take pictures of young Amish before they take the vow to follow the Amish traditions. I asked my neighbor and he told me that he and his wife don't mind having their picture taken. So it could be that the older Amish don't want their pictures taken, but younger ones are more accepting of it? I know many things in an Amish settlement is dictated by their Bishop. I don't know how much of that plays into it. Amish buggies travel on our road. Some will wave back and some won't. So there could well be Amish who just don't like us "English", as they call us. I have heard stories of young "English" boys that just torment the Amish because they are different. Singling out and smashing their mail boxes and or even pulling up behind them at night when they are in their buggies on a road and bumping the rear wheels of the buggy with the bumper of the truck they are driving.
P.S. this is a wagon. Looks like it could be filled with corn shocks. Amish buggies have wooden lower frames that (depending what settlement they live in) are painted black and they have either no top or have a canvas top that are painted a light brown or white in other parts of PA or other states.
@skipt07 Thank you for the information, Skip, and it was very interesting. It's so cool that you live so close to the Amish. I really don't know too much about the them.. It's sad that English boys would tease them like that, too. You are right about it being a cart and not a buggy in the picture. I wasn't sure what to call it so I just said buggy. I should fix that.
@mittens - Wagons are pulled with two or more horses, buggies only one. So think of wagons as trucks and buggies as the family car. It is sad that people cause trouble for what they don't understand! You couldn't ask for better neighbors!
I love the scene and the exchange of information between you and @skipt07 - very interesting to learn about the differences. Their way of life is certainly interesting.
September 18th, 2016
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P.S. this is a wagon. Looks like it could be filled with corn shocks. Amish buggies have wooden lower frames that (depending what settlement they live in) are painted black and they have either no top or have a canvas top that are painted a light brown or white in other parts of PA or other states.