This Amish man was making his way home during an April snowstorm. I had seen a robin in our crabapple tree and I had just put my 150-600mm lens on to try and get a picture of it when this Amishman appeared without warning. I didn't have time to zoom in to get more of him and his horse. I bet he wishes he hadn't taken the convertible to work today.
@joysfocus - I know it's been a while since you posted your comments Joy, but I was reminiscing through some of my photos that made it to the Popular Page and came across this one and I read your comments. I guess I missed it when you wrote them. We live in what is known as an Amish community. Many of our neighbors are Amish. Our house sits on a portion of what used to be a farm. The owner parceled off two lots at the front for their two sons. The Amish at some point in time bought the farm which is behind us. We have had a great relationship with our neighbor. The father and mother moved to Chautauqua, NY about 5 years ago and their youngest son took over the farm. I believe that happens frequently. The son then gradually pays back to the father the price on the agreed upon amount much like you do to a bank. It is enjoyable to watch them farm using teams of horses to plow, plant and harvest. They do own gasoline tractors but they primarily use them to power their machinery to fill their silos or if they move a piece of equipment to a neighbors farm or borrow equipment from a neighbor.
Their tractors can't have rubber tires they have to be metal but they are allowed to cover the cleats on the tires with strips of rubber (cut up pieces of tires) to keep from damaging the roads.
These Amish have no electricity. They heat and cook with wood stoves and use kerosene for their lamps and some wives have kerosene ovens. Sometimes they have shared baked goods that have a slight kerosene smell or taste. Our present neighbor's wife is a gifted baker. If she has a kerosene oven it works well or she knows how to operate it properly because we haven't received anything that had even a hint of kerosene.
The husband who is in his twenties does farm but he has worked for different sawmills as a day job. Can you imagine getting up at 5 or 6 am, do chores, go to work for 8 or so hours then come home and farm? Me either 😄
As a side note, if you ask the adults how old their are they usually can't tell you for certain. They celebrate their children's birthdays but the adults don't seem to put a lot of importance on keeping track of their own birthdays.
That is my perspective of the Amish in our area. I understand they can differ in other Amish communities.
Their Bishop has a lot to say about what is acceptable and what isn't in each community or settlement as they call them.
They aren't a whole lot different than the English as they refer to nin Amish. Some are extremely friendly and others won't wave as they ride by in their buggies.
A friend of ours used to manage a business that sold Amish made furniture and other wood products. Most of the items were made by Amish craftsmen in Ohio. The Amish craftsmen wanted to buy a fancy piece of equipment to make fancy carvings and details on their products that would speed up the process. The Bishop told them, no. So, according to my friend all the craftsmen chipped in on the price of the equipment to buy it. That way the Bishop would have to change his mind or he would have to punish a large part of the community for not adhering to his edict. So, they can be much like the English.
October 16th, 2020
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Their tractors can't have rubber tires they have to be metal but they are allowed to cover the cleats on the tires with strips of rubber (cut up pieces of tires) to keep from damaging the roads.
These Amish have no electricity. They heat and cook with wood stoves and use kerosene for their lamps and some wives have kerosene ovens. Sometimes they have shared baked goods that have a slight kerosene smell or taste. Our present neighbor's wife is a gifted baker. If she has a kerosene oven it works well or she knows how to operate it properly because we haven't received anything that had even a hint of kerosene.
The husband who is in his twenties does farm but he has worked for different sawmills as a day job. Can you imagine getting up at 5 or 6 am, do chores, go to work for 8 or so hours then come home and farm? Me either 😄
As a side note, if you ask the adults how old their are they usually can't tell you for certain. They celebrate their children's birthdays but the adults don't seem to put a lot of importance on keeping track of their own birthdays.
That is my perspective of the Amish in our area. I understand they can differ in other Amish communities.
Their Bishop has a lot to say about what is acceptable and what isn't in each community or settlement as they call them.
They aren't a whole lot different than the English as they refer to nin Amish. Some are extremely friendly and others won't wave as they ride by in their buggies.
A friend of ours used to manage a business that sold Amish made furniture and other wood products. Most of the items were made by Amish craftsmen in Ohio. The Amish craftsmen wanted to buy a fancy piece of equipment to make fancy carvings and details on their products that would speed up the process. The Bishop told them, no. So, according to my friend all the craftsmen chipped in on the price of the equipment to buy it. That way the Bishop would have to change his mind or he would have to punish a large part of the community for not adhering to his edict. So, they can be much like the English.