Amish Farmer Selling His Baseball Card Collection
Here’s one I hadn’t seen before: an Amish farmer in Lancaster County is selling his baseball card collection via online auction. Amish play baseball and softball, and there is certainly interest in the sport in some quarters. Amish have hobbies and pastimes of course, but we tend to hear about ones like hunting. So I’d never heard of adult Amish with baseball card collections. But,…
No, I Won’t Say Cheese
Amish resistance to photography is fairly well-known. But not by everyone. Or at least it’s not respected by everyone. Tourists can still be a problem, frustrating the Amish and even causing accidents. The Amish believe posing for photographs is a form of pride. Reporters dealt with the issue, some tactfully, others less so, while covering the Nickel Mines incident last year. There are exceptions to…
Pure poetry!
I felt a tear well up in my eye as I thought of the sun setting on the agrarian way in America.
Thank you for these lovely photos.
Gorgeous!
Ruth and Debbie, very kind of you, my pleasure. But at least it hasn’t quite set yet, which is nice to consider.
I am from Ohio and I love to visit Ohio Amish Country! I used to go there all of the time with my Grandma. There’s so much to do and it’s so beautiful!!!