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Thank you all for your gracious comments and favs. My only wish is that the trees in the background weren't there. Maybe I'll remove them in PhotoShop. I was talking to my neighbor and he said he and 2 of his brothers just returned from a huge horse auction in Mount Hope, Ohio. People come from all over to these auctions. Some come down from Canada. The day they were there they only sold Belgiums. He mentioned two horse in particular. One was a stallion and it went for $10,000. Price of a nice full frame camera eh! :-)
There was a pregnant mare that was impregnated by the stallion mentioned above. She went for $5,000. He has his eye on one that he said matched one of his horses, but it hadn't been broken. He came home empty handed.
It is fun to watch, but it can become boring. The length of this field is approximately 100 yards (91.4 meters). He'd would plow the length one way and then he would let the horses rest for 3-5 minutes. He'd plow back and let them rest 3-5 minutes. The only thing we could think is that since he hadn't really worked them through the winter months, and he was breaking them in slowly.
@alophoto - I have heard conflicting stories so it may be up to the individual or the settlement/bishop they belong. I have asked John and his wife and they have said that they didn't mind. I have heard from other people that they were told the Amish didn't want their pictures taken. I know their little girls have dolls that don't have faces. One story I heard said they they don't mind you taking pictures of their children but once they take the vow to follow the Amish way that they didn't want their picture taken from then on. I believe that the Mennonites are okay with you taking their pictures. But the Mennonites also have cars and some use electricity. My son-in-law was good friends with John and John was open to him asking questions. When we first moved here the family that lived at the farm was pretty open about their ways. John parents were a little more private.
@alophoto - PS Just to play it safe, when I take their picture I don't include their face. One story I heard was that they believed that if you took a picture of their face they would lose their souls. I also heard that story when I was in Turkey. I don't know for sure if either story is true.
Thank you all for your gracious comments and favs. My only wish is that the trees in the background weren't there. Maybe I'll remove them in PhotoShop. I was talking to my neighbor and he said he and 2 of his brothers just returned from a huge horse auction in Mount Hope, Ohio. People come from all over to these auctions. Some come down from Canada. The day they were there they only sold Belgiums. He mentioned two horse in particular. One was a stallion and it went for $10,000. Price of a nice full frame camera eh! :-)
There was a pregnant mare that was impregnated by the stallion mentioned above. She went for $5,000. He has his eye on one that he said matched one of his horses, but it hadn't been broken. He came home empty handed.
It is fun to watch, but it can become boring. The length of this field is approximately 100 yards (91.4 meters). He'd would plow the length one way and then he would let the horses rest for 3-5 minutes. He'd plow back and let them rest 3-5 minutes. The only thing we could think is that since he hadn't really worked them through the winter months, and he was breaking them in slowly.
i get what you mean about the trees but at the same time i do like them too