Visit to the Amish

Amish boys on the way home from school

This week we spent a couple days in my almost-favorite (well maybe favorite) part of Wisconsin, the Kickapoo River Valley in the Cashton/Westby area, mentioned in a previous post. There is a huge Amish community there, and after running into an Amish friend (not to be taken literally) in town and having a nice chat, Mr. C. and I drove out to the countryside. By the way, I asked our friend Sam how long it takes him to get home from town. One hour. I saw the sun low in the sky and suggested that we let him go, so he wouldn't have to drive horse and buggy home in the dark. He wasn't the least bit in a hurry and said he was going to first get something to eat and still had more errands to do in town. You wouldn't catch me driving at night on those hilly, curvy roads. Yikes! And he wears black clothes and drives a black horse and black buggy. At least he has a slow-moving vehicle sign on the back of the buggy.

Amish Parking Garage

in Westby.

No. Really.

These young men were out picking up all the leftover

pumpkins from the field.

The white building on the left is an Amish schoolhouse.

 Hay binders by McCormick

All lined up and waiting for next year.

The Amish farms in this area are gorgeous.
Evidently, school was just let out for the day.

A collage of signs we see in the area.

Oops! How did this get in here?

Tom Kitten and Mr. C.

 If you follow me on Instagram, you've already seen this.

Amish cattle in their traditional black attire.

I took this photo a couple years ago,

and some of you will remember it.

It's probably my all-time favorite.

Amish kids learn responsibility at a young age!

 Corn Shocks on an Amish farm

This is all for today, although there are a few more Kickapoo River Valley photos I'll probably share next week.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Linking to Eileen's Saturday's Critters

and Tom's Barn Collective

and Maggie's Mosaic Monday

and Monday Social 

 

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Wisconsin Barns, Good Fences, and Treasures

At the end of March, when we were in the SW part of Wisconsin for a family funeral, that gorgeous driftless area of our state had a snowstorm. So although the day out at the cemetery was snowless, thank goodness, there was snow on the ground the next day.

These photos are from that day. This first photo reminded me of the stone walls of Yorkshire, (oooh, my favorite), and I had to share it with you. I cloned out [yes, a bit messy] the name under the mail box to protect the owners from the hoards of folks who would otherwise descend upon their property to take photos of that beautiful stone wall. :-) (We'll ignore that ugly piece of equipment in the upper right.)

 Horse barn and fence in the same general area

Although we live in the beautiful rolling hills of NW Wisconsin, the Kickapoo River Valley really does have us beat for gorgeous landscape.

Another Good Fence

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