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  1. TomK

    Very nice picture you got there, Erik

  2. Near Wooster, maybe?

    My husband and I met at the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Wayne County, OH. A wonderful college!!
    I’ll bet one of the women’s dorm employees was of Amish or Mennonite background. When one of the students left her suitcases in the lobby, this lady hung a sign over them: “Whose suitcases these are better take them upstairs.”

  3. Amish Stories

    I’m liking that image as well Erik, and id say that one would be a keeper and would make a great back ground for a computer screen. Richard from Amish Stories. http://www.Amishstorys.com

  4. TomK

    Also judging by the contents of the picture I would say you are somehwere in a farm area of Wayne County… Mind you, it’s just a guess though…

  5. Candis

    Beautiful picture! Thanks for sharing it.

  6. What a beautiful picture, maybe one day I’ll get there myself.

  7. Hey, it looks like your artistic side came out on this one. Good shot!

  8. Anne Arthur

    Very atmospheric picture, love it……

  9. Kevin Lindsey
  10. Marilyn in New York

    That’s a beautiful picture. I live in Wayne County, New York.
    Marilyn

  11. Naomi

    Wayne County has both Amish and Hobits?

  12. Diane Paulson

    What's with the box?

    Is that a mailbox he’s getting into? Low flying bird house? Photoshop it out and wow, you’ve got great!

  13. Kathy Rowe

    Great picture, as usual, Erik. Hope you are having a wonderful time. Be safe.

  14. Beautiful!

    Beautiful photo Erik! You have an artist’s eye for image. I put this one on my computer desktop.
    Your posts go so well with my morning tea.
    Thanks,
    Margie

  15. Alice Mary

    Gorgeous shot! (New book cover? Hint, hint?! :-)) I like the figure, myself!

    Alice Mary

  16. Leo

    Photo

    Great photo. My favorite Amish areas are Holmes and Wayne counties in Ohio.

    1. BettyJean Fritts

      Somewhere in Wayne County, Ohio

      I visit Wayne and Holmes Counties once a year and love the photo. Perhaps I have even been past that house. I love seeing, reading about and learning more about the Amish. May they continue to enjoy the freedoms they do now.
      BettyJean

  17. Robin Wyatt

    I would love to be there in that picture.

  18. Betsy

    One of the things I love about visiting Amish Country is the dead silence you can experience sometimes. That special kind of quiet that comes from no cars, no refrigerators humming, no leaf blowers! To me this photo captures that quiet. Thanks Erik.

  19. Alice Mary

    Ahhh! Silence without "shushing"!

    Betsy, I would LOVE to experience that kind of quiet, at least now and then. There sure isn’t much “silence” at the library where I work! (And we’re not allowed to “shush”, anymore.) It “sounds” like heaven!

    Alice Mary

  20. Kimphy

    A perfect moment captured. How I would love to wander into this photo! ^.^

  21. Mona G.

    GREAT PICTURE ERIK, YOU DO GOOD WORK 🙂 KEEP IT UP AND YOU NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT WRITING ANOTHER BOOK, AS MUCH AS YOU VISIT THE AMISH, YOU WOULD HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND WE KNOW IT WOULD BE THE TRUTH…..AND IF YOU HAVEN’T THOUGHT OF THIS IDEA, THEN I’M IN IN FOR THE CUT…..LOL

    HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A GREAT VACATIO, AND GETTING US LOTS OF GOOD RECIPES OF THINGS YOU’VE EATEN…..YOU COULD ALSO ADD SOME RECIPES TO YOUR NEW BOOK I SUGGESTED :)…..

  22. Mona G.

    Sorry for the errors, should have reread it before I submitted….hey Erik, do you think you could work on this and let us review it before we hit enter? That way we could correct our mistakes……

    I meant to say in it, not in in…..and for vacation, I omitted the n…..sorry about that….I do not like mispelled words…..so next time I shall reread before I hit enter 🙂

  23. Glad you liked this shot. In answer to some of the questions, I’m not exactly sure how far I was from Wooster, my Wayne County internal compass is a lot weaker than my Holmes County one.

    That is actually a mailbox in the foreground. I did not even notice the guy until after I took the picture 🙂

  24. SpeedySmed

    Probably gone pass there..

    I’m a bicyclist in Wayne County and probably have cycle pass that Amish farm many times. I’ve been riding in the county + Holmes county for many years now. Cycling is a great way to see the slower pace of the Amish community.

    1. Pumpkinvine bike trail in Amish Indiana

      Speedy that seems like great riding country. Probably harder once you get into the gravel roads more common in Holmes. I am not a biker, but did ride a bit in Wayne County, once. Also the Holmes County trail.

      They have opened something similar to that one in northern Indiana called the Pumpkinvine Trail. Looked like it was getting some use when I drove across it a few times last week. It is going to run from Shipshewana to Goshen but it’s not all open yet. http://www.pumpkinvine.org/

  25. Gregory SJ Soltis

    May I Use a Photo?

    Dear Erik,

    I am a graduate student at Cleveland State University working on a project for the state of Ohio. It is a best practices in planning resource for Ohio Municipalities. The website is http://balancedgrowth.ohio.gov/ . I would like permission to use your photo of Amish in Wooster county. If you agree to allow me to use your photo, how would you like me to cite you? Thanks in advance!

    Best,
    Gregory SJ Soltis
    Graduate Assistant to Dr. Mark Salling
    Northern Ohio Data & Information Service – NODIS
    Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
    Cleveland State University
    work phone: 216.687.3802
    cell: 216.502.7311
    g.s.soltis@csuohio.edu
    gregory.scott.soltis@gmail.com
    http://nodis.csuohio.edu