Category: Amish


Happy New Year’s Eve

I decided for my last post of the year to use AI to create this photo! I asked AI to create a photo with the following description: Create me an image of a 7 year old girl with red hair, braids, and a smile. I didn’t have a photo of a young 7-yr old girl that I recently chatted with. Doing a taxi job I went to a Christmas gathering to pick up a family that had hired me. While waiting this little girl came out to talk to me. I was pleased to see her, and rolled down my window so we could chat. She said she came out to see me, because she hadn’t seen me for a long time! That blessed me! I pray that you will all have moments of pleasure like this in the coming year! AI did a nice job, though my friend’s hair was not quite as red, and her was neatly combed. However you celebrate New Year’s Eve, may the last day of 2024 be special for you. Maybe you can even bless someone with your presence!

Scootering

The first photo was one of the first photos I took. Likely in 1961. The Amish girl was my classmate. The plane is the plane that I flew for  many of my total 440 hrs as a pilot. The last photo is of me and my son, enjoying breakfast because today is my birthday. Today is also World Photography Day, and National Aviation Day. So 3 things that make today special, and the reason for the three photos.

Harvest

An Amish farm after the shocks were made!

Bull’s Eye

Brothers during their lunch break.

A nice spread of shots in and near the bull’s eye!

Farm Buildings

A conservative Amish farm, with its typical un-graveled lane.

Sweet Lady

My Aunt Betty, a fine lady I have known all of my life. I was privileged to attend her wedding. Many good memories. I always look forward to my visits with her.

Young lady walking to a neighbor’s wedding. Note the cool backpack!” The orange cone is supposed to help slow down the vehicle traffic, because of all the folks walking, buggies and vehicles entering and exiting the homestead.

Men lining up according to their age. Then at a certain before the service, they go in with the oldest gentleman going first. When I attend an Amish wedding or church service I like to make sure I go in with the older gentleman (after all I am 75!) so I will likely be able to sit on one of the handful of chairs they have for the elderly, so they don’t have to sit on a bench that doesn’t have a back! 🙂

The buggies (carriages) in the foreground with the men line up behind them in photo. With the heat we have been having this last week or two, they are for sure using the open buggies.

The hay rake and baler stand idle while the people attend the wedding.

Here are two of the three wagon loads of hay that were sitting in the barnyard. I assumed that when I returned to pick up the taxi customers at the wedding these wagons would still be loaded waiting for the wedding attendees to come and unload them. I was surprised when I drove by and they were empty. I saw some young men near the farmstead so obviously they stayed home to put the hay away while the parents, and maybe sisters attended the wedding.

The third load of hay waiting to be unloaded.

Share the Road

It’s haymaking time in Ohio!

Amish coming together for a funeral service. The five ladies on the right were my Taxi passengers, including my Aunt.