A visitor once dashed into our office shouting about a dead horse in the field. The horses came over to it and, just like a bunch of children, took their feet and splashed in the water. To see these magnificent animals just having a good time playing in the water is a sight I shall never forget. Naturally, we have a parade of Amish going by every day. We see carriages pulled by beautiful, prancing horses.
Weekdays there are Amish children on the way to the one-room school, carrying their lunch boxes.
One lad wearing a bright red backpack used to whiz down the road to class on roller blades. And I can t forget the lady who pulls an empty wagon behind her down the road, returning a half hour later with it full of groceries. Finally, there s our neighbor here at Amish Country News . He s an Amish carriage maker, and has his phone outside. While I don t always hear the phone, his dog barks whenever it rings, and I do hear that.