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The Simple Life?
A "road trip" for the Amish means more than taking a quick shower, racing to the dryer to pull out freshly cleaned clothes to wear and patting on some makeup before turning out the lights on your way out and turning the key to the engine - stopping briefly on your way out of town to gas up the car.
The horse has to be fed, watered, kept in shape, hooves shod, well trained and well behaved. Then you also have to do upkeep on the carriage and make sure any rotting or drying leather is repaired or replaced. Then you have to take the time to brush the horse to get off any loose dirt that can rub a sore into its withers or elsewhere when it is tacked up. You also have to know how the tack goes on and get it on securely but not too tight.
Your children are finally all fed and cleaned up and dressed - we won't even go into how long that took without electric or modern conveniences... just picture the clotheslines dotting the Amish country with handwashed clothes swaying in the breeze. You too, are finally ready to go, with your nice dress and bonnet.
That horse has to be kept steady when there is a semi truck riding too close behind or barreling down the road toward it head on. After all, you have precious cargo in that carriage... and no seat belts. No adjustable seats for you. No shocks to absorb the pavement - for you, your family or the horse.
How long does it take to drive into town when you average 5-8 mph? Try it sometime. They were at least 15 miles from the nearest small town in the direction they were headed. 2-1/2 hours in to town to do their business and pick up supplies and then 2-1/2 hours drive back home. Can you imagine how many times you might hear, "Are we there yet?"
They can't lock up the carriage when they are in town so they carry their purchases from store to store. Their horse is expected to stand patiently, while flies pester it. Then expected to get them safely back home. No cell phone to call anyone for help should they lose a wheel or the horse go lame. No, they don't just pull a car into the garage and forget it when they get home. They carefully remove the tack, brush out the horse and make sure it has plenty of hand raked hay and water for the night.... all before sitting down at their own supper.
And yet, it is a simpler life. Where you know what goes into cleaning your clothes, into the foods that you eat, how things work and how to appreciate what God gave you.
If you have a trip planned to Amish country, make sure you get up early one morning and go for a walk. When you hear the clop clop clop of the horse's hooves hitting the pavement, I hope it makes you think about the lives of the people and animals who live that way and I hope you appreciate all they have to offer.
There's nothing quite as rewarding as being among them and feeling that peace.
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Copyright: Jenny Gandert
The morning light catching on our kitchen cupboards. A simple and minimalistic composition. © Nicole S. Young
I don't usually blog for other things but Simple Things sent this bed and night stand out just when I needed a new bed for my house, and it is perfection. I am using the PG version. This bed set is available at this round of Uber - and I think it would look smashing in my Shotgun House. The Highboy is by me. The house is my "real" home in the Grove which has never been released because I like that mine is the only one.
I walk among the trees thinking I already took picture of everything in the forest in all those years. Tons of photos of every season, every weather, every emotion. And then a fog falls down and it is like a new world to explore all again. Yet sometimes it is better to keep it simple.
Another photo of this striking building. Also see Simple Abstract 218 (flic.kr/p/2pBaBWF).
The information for my comments below was sourced from Wikipedia.
The Toast Rack, (the Hollings Building), is a Modernist structure in Manchester, England.
Completed in 1960 as the Domestic Trades College, it became part of Manchester Polytechnic, then Manchester Metropolitan University, until closure of the campus in 2013.
Designed by the city architect, Leonard Cecil Howitt, it is known as the Toast Rack due to its distinctive form, which reflects its use as a catering college.
The architecture critic Nikolaus Pevsner described the building as "a perfect piece of pop architecture".
It was Grade II listed in April 1998 by English Heritage who describe the structure as, "a distinctive and memorable building which demonstrates this architect's love of structural gymnastics in a dramatic way".
A semi-circular restaurant block is attached to the west and is informally known as the "Poached Egg".
Manchester Metropolitan University left their Hollings campus in 2013 as they consolidated their facilities towards the city centre.
The building is awaiting redevelopment.
This is Gateway House, Manchester, completed in 1969. Architect: Richard Seifert. It stands over Manchester Piccadilly Station.
This is the latest photo in my 'Simple Abstracts (Architectural)' album. Here's the link to it: flic.kr/s/aHsm8T8Sjm
Just a simple card using background stamps and some colors that appeal to me.
Thanks for Looking.....
Stamps used:
K5175 Houndstooth Pattern
S5216 Grid Pattern
S5208 Designer Woodgrain
S5141 Four Leaf Grid
Hero Art bote cards Soft Pool and Apricot?
Hero Arts buttons and Gems
It's often about the simple things, isn't it? Painting and photography are first about seeing, they say. Writing is about observing. Technique is secondary. Sometimes the simple is the most difficult.
Linda Olsson
tones: AllEdges and Bärbel's PS/PSE actions
texture: kim klassen
wish you a good weekend :)
NEW: "i love your work 6"
The thunder and the rain
The way you say my name
After all the clouds go by
The simple things remain
The sun, the moon, the stars
The beating of two hearts
How I love the simple things
The simple things just are
Oh, the ocean and the sky
The way we feel tonight
I know that it's the love that brings
The simple things to life
The sun, the moon, the stars
The beating of two hearts
I love the way the simple things
The simple things just are
I love the way the simple things
The simple things just are
The simple things just are
The simple things
Just are
(Jim Brickman)
..oO(weekend ahead! Can hardly wait .. hope, your day is perfect! Have a wonderfull weekend and take care!)
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