Thursday, November 13, 2008

Sky Watch: Amish Farms and a Sunset


I've been posting different scenes this week from my visit to the Amish Countryside of Sugarcreek, Ohio. These are some of the farms I saw along the way. This was one of the newer farms in the area. I love the old wagon to the right of the silo.
Windmills dotted the countryside.
We were there at corn harvesting time.
This one is my favorite. I love the peeling red paint, the white silo, the puffy white clouds,the old wire fence and the horse crazing lazily in the pasture. It has all the right elements for a peaceful scene.
We spent the entire day in Sugarcreek. As we headed home the sun was setting beautifully over the countryside.

Be sure to click the Sky Watch at the top of my post to visit others posting their views of the sky from around the world.

68 comments:

Kerri Farley said...

All are fabulous...but I think my fav would be the one with the windmill! Looks like a wonderful area to visit! I like places like this....not a lot of hustle and bustle. I'm definitely NOT into hustle and bustle!

Suffeli kuvailee said...

beautiful photos and sunset!!

Unknown said...

Beautiful and it looks so peaceful.

Juliana RW said...

thanks for sharing this. it is beautiful

My SWF post this week : in HERE or HERE. I hope you have time to visit. Thanks

Anonymous said...

I love that last one the most;-)

Mine is, HERE.

Linda said...

Beautiful. We were in northern Virginia a couple of weeks ago and we saw a lot of farms like this.
I thought they we all very beautiful and simple.

EG CameraGirl said...

The Amish sure keep their farms looking great, don't they? Your photos are wonderful.
Happy Sky Watch!

Anonymous said...

Great series of shots and that last one is a beauty! :-)

Som mine dager er said...

Beautiful beautiful. And the last one is truly breathtaking. Congrats.

Marit

bowledover said...

Each picture is full of grace. It is good for the soul to take in such sceans.
Thank you for sharing.

Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens said...

Carletta I was looking forward seeing your SW this week. They are lovely photos from the country. I love the cornfield already harvested, every thing looks neat and tidy. The red barns are beautiful too. The whole series has something comforting with the blue sky bedded in some white fluffy cushions, it is a little like, at 7AM life is still alright!

Anonymous said...

These are wonderful shots Carletta. What a pretty part of the country you are showing us.

Rose said...

That sunset is absolutely wonderful...and I do love the other scenes as well...specially the fodder shocks!

imac said...

Great post, love the farms and cart.

Anonymous said...

I am fascinated by the Amish and their culture too. Yours is a lovely picture essay of what I imagine is their life. Lovely contribution to SWF.

Photo Cache said...

Lovely pastoral scenes. Thanks.

Raven said...

Beautiful skies... something beautiful about farms and countryside like that. And the sunset is gorgeous.

Unknown said...

Lovely set of photos, Carletta!

Have a nice weekend.

Som mine dager er said...

Hi again

Yeah, both Santilli and me hade almost the same pictures. What a coinsidence! I was on the left side of the plane and he on the right ;-D

Marit

Pearl Maple said...

Beautiful collection of photos for Sky Watch Friday, thanks for sharing with us all. It is the best fun when we get guided tours as part of Sky Watch.

Thanks for sharing and your kind comments on my post earlier.

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous sunset.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Said it before but this a world away form anything I will see here. Fascinating and such a beautiful sunset.

judi/Gmj said...

Your fave is my fave. Have you tried in sepia? Great tour you captured in pictures.

Neal said...

Beautiful Carletta. I like all of them. I didn't get around to sky watch this week.

BTW, go here and upload a picture and see what you can do with it.

Jientje said...

Ooooh, I love that last one Carletta!! What a beautiful sunset!

Brad Myers said...

Good photos, I guess I take these things for granted sometimes since it is everyday life here.

Anne-Berit said...

Lovely photos,all of them!

Twisted Fencepost said...

Beautiful, serene and calming pictures. Makes me want to go visit and maybe stay awhile.

Luiz Santilli Jr said...

Hi my Friend Carletta

Wonderful photos but I love sunset!
Sunset or sun rise are magic moments of our life!
I feel so!!

Luiz

Reader Wil said...

Beautiful photos, all of them!

Dr.John said...

I just love farm pictures and these are so well done.

maryt/theteach said...

Aren't they just so clean and perfect! I love the light and dark effect! :)

Anonymous said...

Good evening Carletta! I'm guessing it's evening where you are. I really love these Amish country shots. The cornstacks are fabulous!!

Michele said...

A beautiful tour of the Amish Farms... a wonderful area. I am always pleased to see your photographs. =)
~Michele~
Mountain Retreat- Canada

Mary said...

Oh, what beautiful countryside! Your favorite is my favorite, too. Love how those clouds hug the landscape! Happy SWF. :)

Jim said...

Hi Carletta, I pick the horse grazing picture as my favorite, followed by the windmill shot.
I was wondering how long it took you to get out of state and thinking probably as long (an hour and a half) as it takes us to get to our Texas beach in Galveston. It takes about least three hours to get out of state from here, to Louisiana.

Happy SkyWatch, I'm doing it again this week (Little Photo Place). Not nearly as pretty as your Ohio sky but I did find sky.
:-)
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Mojo said...

I have a lot of admiration for the Amish. I'm pretty sure I could never live the way they do, but I can certainly see why they choose to. And these photos illustrate the point beautifully.

Grammy said...

Great photo's & amazing colors. The last one is so amazing.

Unknown said...

I love the windmill!

Jim Klenke said...

The color in the last photo is nice, but I love the farm pics.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Carletta: You made some absolutely wonderful captures at Sugarcreek. You made beautiful country scenes that are outstanding.

dot said...

Wow, just beautiful..every one of them! My favorite is the one with the horse and barn.

Anonymous said...

I saw similar scenes growing up, but looking at these photos from HAwaii makes them seem far, far away and just a little bit foreign.

Anonymous said...

You are close to Ohio! We got off the Interstate and followed your river for quite a few miles.

Thank's for getting over to my blog. There wasn't a first post. Mine here was a heads up that I was WW'ing late.
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Anonymous said...

SkyWatching late, that is!
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Unknown said...

That's good country ... and what not a better season to see it.

Day4plus said...

Fabulous Amish photos and an excellent sunset. MB

rhoen said...

beautiful shots, carletta!

Mine's HERE! Thank you for your comments!

Dirkjogt said...

Like them all, great set of pics!

Leora said...

Sugarcreek looks like a nice place to visit. I like the red peeling barn, too.

Steve Buser said...

I love this scenery

George Townboy said...

Absolutely perfect, in all aspects, Carletta!

Anonymous said...

Great shots, view and country.

Anonymous said...

These are fabulous sky watch. love them all.

Pietro Brosio said...

It's a beautiful trip in the countryside, Carletta. I like very much this sequence of photos.

Lilli & Nevada said...

These are all great photos Carletta, i love that last photo, and its interesting to see how they did the corn husks

maryt/theteach said...

I agree, Carletta, Santa BETTER bring a new camera! :)

Robin said...

Beautiful sunset, such golden colors. I love that old peeling red barn too. There is something very special about weathered wood, isn't there...

bowledover said...

Thank you for your visit and comments.
Yes the colours are as they were in the sky.
This is the first year that I have been fully aware of the vast range of colour in the skies.
Either my head was in the ground previously, or they are increasing in colour.
Have a good week.

juliana said...

we don't have anything like this amish farm here. great photos, thank you for sharing :)

me ann my camera said...

Wonderful buildings and countryside. Love the last photo. Happy Skywatch!

Arija said...

Lovely farming photos Carletta. I particularly like the stooks in the fiel. I've always been partial to harvest scenes.

JunieRose2005 said...

Carletta,


I love all your country scenes!Nothing prettier than country things to me!!


Junie

DeniseinVA said...

Hi Carletta, great shots you've taken here. That is wonderful countryside, and gorgeous photogaphs. Thanks so much for sharing them.

Lana Gramlich said...

All very lovely! Thanks for sharing. :)

Mary said...

These are great shots. I agree that the barn shot is super and love the sunset as well...and all of them!

Janice Thomson said...

I like how clean and neat everything is in these farms. Beautiful photos and closing with the sunset is superb.

Gretchen said...

Just beautiful!