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Friday, June 26, 2009
WELL NOW WE MOVE ONTO THE AMISH FARM HOUSE THAT MYSELF, CLAUDIA AND CATHY TOURED - ONCE WE FOUND IT - DON'T ASK OK?
WE HAD A GREAT TIME THERE, OR AT LEAST I KNOW I DID, WE TOURED, LEARNT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE AMISH SOCIETY, PLAYED WITH THE ANIMALS AND SAW SIGHTS WE WOULD NOT NORMALLY SEE....
FIRST STOP - THE BEDROOMS... HERE IS HOW THEY LIVED, NOTICE THAT THEIR CLOTHES ARE HUNG UP ON THE WALL AND NOT IN A CLOSET - NOTE: THERE WERE CLOSETS AS THE HOUSE WAS BUILT ORIGINALLY BY MENNONITES, BUT THE AMISH DO NOT USE CLOSETS, THEY HAVE NO NEED. THERE ARE A SERIES OF DRESSES, THE LITTLEST TO THE RIGHT IS WHAT A BABY WEARS, BOY OR GURL, AND EVENTUALLY THE DRESSES GO UP IN SIZE - NO BUTTONS BUT STRAIGHT PINS, GOOD THING FOR CLAUDIA THAT SHE IS NOT AMISH, I COULD SEE HER FULL OF PIN HOLES, AND SHE WOULD NOT BE ALONE !! OH AND THE QUILT ON THE BED WAS GOING FOR 650 US FUNDS... OUT OF MY REACH ....
THE MEN ON THE OTHER HAND, DRESS PRETTY WELL THE SAME ONCE THEY OUT GROW THAT FIRST BABY OUTFIT, AND THEIR SHIRTS DO HAVE BUTTONS ON THEM BUT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SHOW, THEY ARE ALLOWED SO ITS NOT CONSIDERED SHOWY -
COMING OUT OF THE MEN'S BEDROOM, I FOUND A COUPLE OF INTERESTING ITEMS, AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE THEM AS WELL -
EVENTUALLY WE WOUND UP DOWN IN THE KITCHEN, AND I POSED BY A STOVE - YES NO WORRIES IT WAS NOT ON, NO COAL LOADED AND IT WAS VERY CLEAN !! THEY PROLLY HEARD THE BURN QUEEN WAS IN THE HOUSE AND IMMEDIATELY SAFE GUARDED THE STOVE - 
AFTER THE KITCHEN,WE WENT OUTSIDE TO TOUR THE YARD,AND THE VARIOUS ITEMS THERE. IN FACT, LECATES GAVE US A LESSON ON MILKING A COW - UNDER CLAUDIA'S WATCHFUL EYE LOL
CAN YOU GUESS WHO IS WHOM IN THE ABOVE PIC - I WILL GIVE YOU A HINT, I TOOK THE PIC LOL
WELL THERE WERE A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS THERE, PEACOCK GUARD BIRDS, PIGS, GOATS, PONIES, DUCKS, AND I DID TRY TO TALK TO ALL THE ANIMALS BUT THEY ALL SORTA TURNED AROUND AND WALKED AWAY - HMMMM SOMEONE TOLD THEM ABOUT MY CULINARY ARTS RIGHT ???
I TOOK A WHOLE LOT MORE PICS AND I AM ONLY SHOWING YOU A FEW - I CERTAINLY ENJOYED THE TOUR AND THE COMPANY I HAD WHO MADE IT SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING - AND NO CLAUDIA DID NOT FALL INTO THE HOG PEN LOL BUT THERE WAS A SNOUT STICKING OUT CHECKING US OUT - I AM NOT POSTING THAT PIC HERE LOL
ONE MORE THING I WANT TO COMMENT ON - ALTHOUGH THE AMISH DO NOT USE ELECTRICITY OR THE SO CALLED MODERN CONVENIENCES OF DAY, THEY DO USE PROPANE, SO ITS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE A HUGE WHITE PROPANE TANK BY THE HOUSES - ALSO IT IS THE BISHOP OF EACH CONGREGATION, OR GROUP WHO DECIDED WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN NOT USE, SO WHILE ONE GROUP MAY USE THE PROPANE, ANOTHER MAY NOT... I CAN SEE HOW HARD THEY WORK AT REMAINING SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD AND WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. IN FACT OUR TOUR GUIDE ADVISED US THAT THE YOUNG ARE NOT BAPTISED UNTIL THEY ARE AN ADULT AND CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE CHURCH SO TO SPEAK - AS TEENAGERS THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO GO VIEW THE WORLD TO SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE - THERE'S MORE ON THAT SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO GOOGLE IT IF YOUR INTERESTED... I FOUND IT ALL FASCINATING, AND LECATES FILLED IN A LOT OF GAPS FOR US AS SHE IS WELL INFORMED ON THE AMISH AS WELL - THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY BLOG, AND FOR COMING ALONG ON THE VIRTUAL TRIP... I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT
Thursday, June 25, 2009
THIS IS MYSELF AND LECATES ON THE OPEN CAR FOR THE TRAIN RIDE TO PARADISE AND BACK THAT WE TOOK IN LANCASTER. WE HAD ARRIVED EARLY AND WAS AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER SPARKLER AND A DAY FILLED WITH LAUGHTER, CHATTING, AND ENJOYING THE COUNTRY SIDE. THE TRAIN RIDE WAS AWESOME AND WE GOT TO SEE SOME OF THE AMISH AREA IN LANCASTER, AND EVEN A FEW RELATIVES OF ANOTHER SPARKLER ( THEY KNOW WHOM THEY ARE HEHE).
 
THE COUNTRY SIDE IS SIMPLY AMAZING AND A MAZE AS I SOON FOUND OUT - ITS A GOOD THING THAT LECATES WAS KIND ENOUGH TO BRING ME UP HERE, AS SHE ALSO WAS THE PERFECT TOUR GUIDE, RELATING TO ME ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AS WELL - FOR INSTANCE, MONDAY IS WASH DAY FOR THE AMISH, NEVER KNEW THAT...
 
THAT MAZE WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FALL WHEN THE CORN IS AS HIGH AS AN ELEPHANT'S EYE !!
EVENTUALLY WE GOT TO PARADISE AND THEN THE ENGINE HAD TO BE TURNED AROUND BY A COUPLE OF HANDSOME ENGINEERS....
 
ONCE THE TRAIN WAS RE ATTACHED, WE HEADED BACK TO THE STATION AND I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME MORE WONDERFUL PICTURES TO SHARE WITH YOU ...
 
BY THE TIME WE RETURNED TO THE STATION, IT WAS GREET AND MEET TIME, TO MEET UP WITH YET ANOTHER SPARKLER WHO WOULD BE SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH US, IT WAS CLAUDIA TIME - NOW THE FIRST PIC DID NOT TURN OUT SO GOOD BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN WITH MY CAMERA AND I HAD FORGOTTEN TO TAKE IT OFF THE SETTING IT WAS ON FOR THE COUNTRY SIDE AND SET IT FOR CLOSE UPS. BY THE TIME I REALISED MY MISTAKE I WAS ABLE TO FIX IT FOR THE PIC OF CLAUDIA AND LECATES....
WELL THAT WAS THE MORNING - NEXT EPISODE - THE AMISH COUNTRY FARM AND THE BURN QUEEN, NOW STAY TUNED CAUSE IN THAT ONE YOUR GONNA GET A MILK THE COW LESSON..... AND I AM NOT SAYING NO MORE.... NOPE NOT ANOTHER WORD TILL TOMORROW - HEHEHEHE   
Friday, June 19, 2009
NOW YOU KNOW I CAN NOT COME TO THE SMITHSONIAN WITHOUT VISITING THE WORLD OF PREHISTORIC, I MUST OF SPENT AN HOUR THERE ALONE, TAKING PICS AND VIEWING THINGS AND READING - I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THIS PART, SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE PICS...
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AND IT WAS NOT JUST ON LAND BUT IN THE AIR AND IN THE SEA AS WELL, THESE INCREDIBLE CREATURES WHICH LIVED WAY BACK WHEN, ARE STILL A POINT OF FASENATION FOR MANY TODAY, AND NOT JUST YOUNG CHILDREN EITHER.
  
OH AND BEFORE I WENT IN, LECATES WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE A PIC OF ME NEXT TO A BURLY KINDA FELLA .... 
NOW BE SURE TO STAY TUNED BECAUSE TOMORROW'S BLOG IS GONNA RAZZLE DAZZLE YA.... THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THE BLOGS, AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMENTS, YOU ALL ARE WONDERFUL !!
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