Category: Amish


What would you title the chapters of your autobiography? On the Farm; High School & Photography; College and Courting; Centerville Days; Times in Kalona; Principal & Pilot in NW Ontario; Schools in Ohio; Bangladesh Years; Taxiing Amish; Mattress Sales Consultant; Birding & Photography; Retirement Years!

This photo captures several of the chapter titles: Birding, Taxi work, and Photography!

Young mother enjoying a lunch at local coffee shop with her two children!

I’d love feedback on which photo you would choose, if I only posted one? Thanks in advance!

Hats Off to This Collector

Track & Field Day

This brought back memories of the many Track & Field days, I have been involved in, either as a student, or as a principal.

I am not sure I have ever seen any Amish walking on this Rails to Trails trail in Millersburg. The trail is so far from their homes they wouldn’t walk that far. I do see them quite often on the trail with their horse carriages or their bicycles. Over the years they have contributed a lot of money for the trail, because it gives them a safer route than coming to town the whole way on a two-lane highway. I suspect they had been at the nearby hospital, and decided to go for a walk.

Pumpkin Spice Trail in Shipshewana, Indiana gets a lot of traffic.

DAS KAFFEE HAUS – SHIPSHEWANA, INDIANA

I took this photo of these siblings, and the older boy came running to look at my screen to see what the photo looked like, that I took of him! Fun times!

Un-Posed

I was trying to take only pictures, with not too much cooperation! 🙂 Later they cooperated, but I thought this was a great un-posed photo!

Helping Hands

Little fella gets help from his mother and sister in his travels down to see Glen Ellis Falls, in Gorham, New Hampshire!

It looks like the climb down the stairs was successful! A great family to travel with.

Eyes

My cousin’s granddaughter!