Wednesday, April 15, 2009

More Attractive

One of the fascinating things about living in western Pennsylvania is the Amish. Somehow they manage to preserve some semblance of their historical culture in the midst of the modern world. But underneath the outward differences, their lives are really very similar to ours.

They deal with traffic.

buggy

They buy used vehicles.

buggies

They farm.

amish plow


plowing

(Can you see the dogs helping out in this picture?)

plow with dogs

Their children go to school.

amish schoolc2

And they live in houses in the country.

amish farm 2

They just do it all without electricity and pneumatic tires.

I have to admit, sometimes their way looks much more attractive than ours.