The Old Ways in a Modern World
I took this picture near my old family farm in Wisconsin last October. There is a large Amish community in the area now. This is the local cheese factory that we sold our milk to when I was growing up.
I took this picture near my old family farm in Wisconsin last October. There is a large Amish community in the area now. This is the local cheese factory that we sold our milk to when I was growing up.
Not a thing wrong with the old ways.....was a far more genteel time....and I know I am not the only one wishing for, if no more, than the courtesy practiced in bygone days....
about 1 month ago
How wonderful that this building is still there for you and others to remember your childhood
about 1 month ago
The ability for the Amish to hold on to the old ways is amazing. Not an easy task in todays world. I noticed a parking cone on the back of the buggy, how funny.
about 1 month ago
Oh how I wish you could go back to the more genteel time. I admire the Amish for holding onto the old ways.
about 1 month ago
That's not a parking cone, it's a triangular sign so that people in cars will notice them on the road.
about 1 month ago
Thanks for sharing. My wife and I grew up in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California - an agricultural region scattered with small towns. I took a few days off a few years ago with the thought of photographing a few of these towns - dating back to the 1860's. I found that most of the "downtowns" no longer existed as I remembered them. Replaced by shopping malls or torn down for redevelopment that never really happneed.
Shoot 'em while you can...they won't last long.
Will
Shoot 'em while you can...they won't last long.
Will
about 1 month ago
The slow moving vehicle triangle is required on modern farm equipment as well as the Amish horse-drawn vehicles that travel on the roads. Another contrast of the old way in the modern world.
about 1 month ago
any vehicle designed for operation at speeds not in excess of 25 miles per hour or normally operated at speeds not in excess of 25 miles per hour, shall display a triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear of the vehicle when traveling on a public highway at any time of the day or night.
about 1 month ago
This is a beautiful photograph! The light and dark, angles, the ladder and yes the triangle. I am waiting for someone to step out of that buggy! Really nice work!
about 1 month ago
That is a neat old house. Is it as large inside as it appears? We have amish not far from where I now live, and very near where I grew up. Whenever there is an accident involving a slow moving buggy and a car, it usually does not bode well for the occupants in the buggy. Usually happens when a car is going uphill, crests the hill and there is the buggy that had been hidden from their view.
It does appear that an electrical service line is connected to the house or another building. Could be a thick clothes line, but looks too high for that and too straight to be any kind of limb. I know there are some strains of amish that do not shun all "modern conveniences".
I honestly do not want to live long without my electricity. I am on public utilities so I have water and can flush... but everything else is electric. I can handle short spells but when it stretches into days... yuck.
It does appear that an electrical service line is connected to the house or another building. Could be a thick clothes line, but looks too high for that and too straight to be any kind of limb. I know there are some strains of amish that do not shun all "modern conveniences".
I honestly do not want to live long without my electricity. I am on public utilities so I have water and can flush... but everything else is electric. I can handle short spells but when it stretches into days... yuck.
about 1 month ago
