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I’d like to share what probably is a contrast to the photos I’ve previously posted on this blog. I took these some time ago while back east. Some may recognize without any introduction the place, for those of you who don’t know it’s Pennsylvania Dutch or my preference Amish country. In an attempt to summarize for those who don’t know, it’s an area in the eastern part of America where a people originally from Germany have settled in America. The name Pennsylvania Dutch is a misconception that over time hasn’t been corrected from the original misnamed. The area they live doesn’t neatly fit in Pennsylvania and they are not originally Dutch. Dutch comes from the mispronunciation of the name German. Deutsch. I, like many others have an affection for the atmosphere of area for its quiet, peaceful & timeless beauty. It harkens back to a different time in America, which as you can see by the Amish gentleman in the mule drawn cart, have no intention changing.
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Thanks Joshua.
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 15, 2012 @ 5:34 pmHi Marcos, thanks!
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 15, 2012 @ 6:36 pmIt certainly does look peaceful. I can see why you’d be drawn to it.
Comment by Cafe March 15, 2012 @ 10:11 pmI love the mules’ ears, they’re so cute =P
Hi Janice, I think it’s ears are like that (alarmed) cause it sees me taking it’s photo.
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 16, 2012 @ 3:40 pmVERY NICE !
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Comment by MOM March 15, 2012 @ 10:59 pmHI MOM, THANKS! LOVE ALLEN
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 16, 2012 @ 3:37 pmThanks Ruth, Karen, Artprofilesworld, Hardy, Geographic Designer & Dmitrii!
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 16, 2012 @ 5:09 pmNothing like that here in the UK. Would love to get over to the US to see things like this one day
Comment by Kim Ayres March 16, 2012 @ 6:59 pmHi Kim, They are quite unusual as a group. You’d love the area too. Very beautiful.
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 17, 2012 @ 7:12 pmI studied at Gettysburg and was always fascinated by the Amish and their throw-back culture. A friend recently told me that she visited an Amish shop, one I never knew existed, which closes at sundown. A talkative group, she said. Wish I had known when I lived there!
Comment by Christine Adams Beckett March 16, 2012 @ 7:55 pmYour photographs are beautiful.
Thanks Christine!
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 17, 2012 @ 7:09 pmThe Amish people are an interesting group. I have visited Mennonites which have a similar belief system, and their way of living is a big contrast to modern life. The fact that they live in a community hardly having any impact of the environment is very positive, but then I have more problems with the strict hierarchic and paternal way of organising the society, it’s so controlled.
Comment by munchow March 17, 2012 @ 2:53 pmHi Otto,
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 17, 2012 @ 7:08 pmThen your pretty knowledgeable about them. When I finished posting this I thought I should have mentioned something about the Mennonites too as they live side by side in the area. It would be easy for someone not familiar with them to think their life was quaint..it’s fairly strict and they have a certain austerity in their mannerisms.
Thanks Malou!
Comment by Allen Capoferri March 17, 2012 @ 7:14 pmOh wow! The second photograph is just amazing!
Comment by Personal Concerns April 5, 2012 @ 3:36 pmThanks! Photography on the move.
Comment by Allen Capoferri April 5, 2012 @ 3:40 pmand on the move very well too!
Comment by Personal Concerns April 5, 2012 @ 3:54 pmThank you Bente. I checked out your blog. Cool photographs.
Comment by Allen Capoferri April 23, 2012 @ 3:07 pm