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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Pine Tree path
Photo by Georgia McKelvey
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Pine Tree path
Photo by Georgia McKelvey
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Amish friends called on Saturday and wanted to come for a visit to our
house on Sunday. We invited them for dinner Sunday afternoon
then returned them home in time for the evening milking. We all
helped them with the farm chores.
After our meal we all went to a service at Longwood Manor, a local assisted living center, and then returned to our place for dessert and a Sunday afternoon sing along. The children were intrigued by the piano.
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
Mike is holding the bull.
Ester's chore was feeding the mules.
My brother Mike and I pitched hay into a giant feed shredder.
I was assigned the chore of feeding a hungry newborn calf as Naomi looks on.
The children manage to make a good time of being out in the barn with their folks during the chores. Naomi enjoyed wearing her brother's hat!
Moses was pleased to show us his mule riding skills.
Mike, my brother who is visiting us from California, rides a mule bareback for the first time in his life.
The sunset was beautiful (but poorly captured in this photo).
Moses continues to show off his mule riding skills as Sadie joins her great grandmother who is slowly walking up the lane for a visit as she recovers from knee replacement surgery. Later we drove her back to her "Daudy" house at the end of the lane.
After our meal we all went to a service at Longwood Manor, a local assisted living center, and then returned to our place for dessert and a Sunday afternoon sing along. The children were intrigued by the piano.
Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white,
All are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
Mike is holding the bull.
Ester's chore was feeding the mules.
My brother Mike and I pitched hay into a giant feed shredder.
I was assigned the chore of feeding a hungry newborn calf as Naomi looks on.
The children manage to make a good time of being out in the barn with their folks during the chores. Naomi enjoyed wearing her brother's hat!
Moses was pleased to show us his mule riding skills.
Mike, my brother who is visiting us from California, rides a mule bareback for the first time in his life.
The sunset was beautiful (but poorly captured in this photo).
Moses continues to show off his mule riding skills as Sadie joins her great grandmother who is slowly walking up the lane for a visit as she recovers from knee replacement surgery. Later we drove her back to her "Daudy" house at the end of the lane.
Today's
Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
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(In some cases you may also need to click again to start the song.)
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(In some cases you may also need to click again to start the song.)
"In His Time" Video
"Bringing In The Sheaves" Video
"Jesus Loves The Little Children" Video
"Jesus Loves Me This I Know" Video
A word about our photos today: Many of you know that the Amish have some reservations about photography. Based on our friendship and association with the Amish the last ten years we make the following observations:
1) They undertandably don't like to be treated like tourist objects as they often are in Lancaster Country and in other areas where people come to "see the Amish".
2) They understand that their mode of transportation and farming methods are interesting and accept distant photos from the road. But Jesse was annoyed one time at a gawking stranger who came back his country lane one time.
3) The biggest issue is identifiable facial photos. However even in this regard the Amish do not necessarily all hold the same view. I took a lot of facial photos of the chirldren with their parent's permission and they enjoy having a record. But they have requested (which I of course honor) not placing these photos up on the web. The children would excitedly pose for photos and then gather to see the small picture on the camera screen. "Let me see, let me see."
Today's photo of the Pine Tree path was taken by my cousin's wife, Georgia. She posts her photos here.
"Bringing In The Sheaves" Video
"Jesus Loves The Little Children" Video
"Jesus Loves Me This I Know" Video
A word about our photos today: Many of you know that the Amish have some reservations about photography. Based on our friendship and association with the Amish the last ten years we make the following observations:
1) They undertandably don't like to be treated like tourist objects as they often are in Lancaster Country and in other areas where people come to "see the Amish".
2) They understand that their mode of transportation and farming methods are interesting and accept distant photos from the road. But Jesse was annoyed one time at a gawking stranger who came back his country lane one time.
3) The biggest issue is identifiable facial photos. However even in this regard the Amish do not necessarily all hold the same view. I took a lot of facial photos of the chirldren with their parent's permission and they enjoy having a record. But they have requested (which I of course honor) not placing these photos up on the web. The children would excitedly pose for photos and then gather to see the small picture on the camera screen. "Let me see, let me see."
Today's photo of the Pine Tree path was taken by my cousin's wife, Georgia. She posts her photos here.
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