Road to the Amish

The Amish are fascinating people; so talented and resourceful. Today we headed to Etheridge to find some homegrown vegetables. We ended up with lots of corn, tomatoes and red potatoes, oh and don’t forget the watermelon for $2—not bad. Okay—just found a fresh loaf of bread—still warm—yum! Yes, I had to break off a piece for a taste. And cinnamon rolls with pecan topping. Yeah, I tried that too. (they were a little on the stale side) We didn’t see any buggies on the road until we were ready to leave the area. We saw some young boys coming in with a load of watermelons on their horse drawn cart and a man plowing his fields with a horse drawn plow. There were lots of children around and a cute little baby girl sitting in the middle of a pile of watermelons content with patting them with her tiny hands while her sister watched over her while swinging on the tree swing. I found an “Indian bead” necklace which looked like some type of seeds. I asked what they were made from and the lady just said, “A plant.” Okay. Said I could go look out back if I wanted. I guess I should have. Jim thought it was poisoned—I hope not. The lady said one customer called them “Indian teardrops”. They do look a little like teardrops. I also picked up a hand woven basket. It has the name of the person who made it on the bottom. It happened to be the name of another farm that we stopped at. I’m always surprised that they also grow tobacco on some of the farms. There wasn’t as much as in the past, but a large field. I love seeing the little schoolhouses which aren’t very big. I wonder how many children fit inside. I also wonder if they have their own curriculum to follow. Tuesday must be wash day since there were many lines filled with clean white shirts and blue pants and skirts. If I ever have any questions—I just ask mom. She’s read so many of the Amish fiction books that she knows a lot. At least I suppose most parts are true. I’d rather believe her than the Amish reality shows. I don’t understand why they do those shows. Seems it would disgrace them. Hmmm. For dinner we tried out the corn, squash and tomatoes. Well, not too happy with the corn. Was expecting it to be delicious and sweet. This batch wasn’t and Jim bought 41 ears. He scraped the corn off all the cobs and froze it. We’ll try it again off the cob. We will return! Mom does enjoy driving through the countryside and seeing all the Amish.