Amish Photos

Keeping Warm

Despite what the ads might imply, the miracle heater is not how Amish keep their homes and buildings warm. Here’s a shot of a stove in an Amish fabric shop. With winter around the corner, these will be getting a lot of use.  One thing I always enjoy when staying with Amish friends in the wintertime is the toasty warmth circulated throughout the home by…

The missing photos

Using a Kindle to post for most of the past week meant I couldn’t upload photos. Here are a few I’d like to have included, mostly from Lancaster County.  It was an overcast week, or at least it seemed to be whenever I pulled out my camera. There’s a story behind each of these photos, though I don’t know them all myself:      …

What’s wrong with this picture?

I took this photo of a farm in Lancaster County a couple days ago. At first glance, it seems like a normal farm–you’ve got a barn, silo, picket fence…but something seems a bit off here. Hmm. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Your ideas (or captions) on what’s going on in this photo are welcome. In other news, we got in a Life…

10 views of northern Indiana Amish

After yesterday’s Arthur Amish photos, here’s another ten–from the northern Indiana Amish of Elkhart and Lagrange Counties. I’ll be taking all next week off from posting (family vacation), but will return to a regular blogging schedule Monday Sep. 19.  In the meantime, we’re doing a little contest. I’ve got a few back issues of Amish magazine The Connection to give away (The Connection is headquartered…