Amish - Featured 8/8/05

Bonjour Darrell,i've always wanted to make a trip and photography the Amish,i heard they are very camera shy and i understand perfectly,they have the right to live the way they do and i have a great deal of respect for them.You've taken wonderful pictures,even in the house,do you know them personnaly?I love the Buggy and the Barns shots also the ones of the man working the field,great album my friend thanks for sharing these wonderful moments!Luc

said kligon 2005.06.28 at 15:21:28 PDT

Hi Darrell, Congratulations on being featured with your wonderful album. Great photos. Best wishes. Ray and Eileen. (UK)

said viking153 2005.08.08 at 00:16:58 PDT

Hey Darrell, Great album and well deserved feature. Real treat takin a peek into their lives! Hope u have a great day! Take care, Pud, East TN

said pud623 2005.08.08 at 00:21:52 PDT

Very interesting album, dear friend! Congratulations for the feature! Definitely something different than the usual flowers and landscapes. Well done! Greetings from Japan, Yoshiyuki Tanaka

said tanaka62 2005.08.08 at 00:41:32 PDT

Hi ya Darrell, what a facinating album, I can remember draft horses being used, but never pullin and engine to work the machinary, they must be doing something right, by the look of there houses and buildings, good album and I would like to offer my congratulations on such a fine feature, Ken from England

said hircock100 2005.08.08 at 01:01:47 PDT

Hello Darrell, Congratulations on your featured album today, your photos are great, Thanks for sharing. Bravo et merci. Luc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

said maxeclip 2005.08.08 at 01:17:38 PDT

Hi Darrell, I'm so glad to see you featured here today, because I know your life is going to get real busy in the next few days. Congratulations on the feature, and enjoy your day of fame. Nice photos in this album, best wishes from Keith in Sydney.

said magikeith 2005.08.08 at 01:27:43 PDT

Bonjour Darrell,it is a wonderful surprise to see you Featured this morning my friend.I've loved this album from the the first time i saw it;i see you've added some beautiful additions too.Congratulations on this very well deserved honor and thanks again for sharing these great moments.Have a fantastic day!!Luc

said kligon 2005.08.08 at 02:48:35 PDT

A vary good look into the world of the Amish people. These are the kind of albums I like..A little History, A little Mystery..I've visited several of your other albums..Your work is GOOD!..Thanks msdek

said msdek 2005.08.08 at 03:02:18 PDT

Hi Darrell! Congratulations on your featured album today! Whooohoooo!! So happy to see you featured. A wonderful look into Amish life. Fantastic album! Thanks for sharing with us all and enjoy your special day. Take care my friend...Darlene

said briansbabe2 2005.08.08 at 05:02:49 PDT

I had the same buggy as the the one for sale- and a great horse here in NJ for several years. I used them only for pleasure but never for real work. Great photos! Henry

said redwing1102 2005.08.08 at 05:09:45 PDT

Hello Darrell, Thanks for a fascinating glimpse into the Amish culture. Congratulations on a very well deserved feature. Doug in California

said dyetter 2005.08.08 at 05:21:14 PDT

What a wonderful album. Also to be invited in an Amish home. That must have been exciting. Congratulations on being featured today. Caroline Louisiana USA.

said wmcaroline2003 2005.08.08 at 05:27:32 PDT

Hi Darrell! Congratulations on your featured album today. I enjoyed the slideshow of the look into the Amish Community of Arcola, Illinois. We have never visited there yet, but did see many Amish communities in PA when our daughter lived out there for a few years. Hope you will have a wonderful week! Sharon

said photoop23 2005.08.08 at 05:40:20 PDT

Hi,CONGRATULATIONS what great album,it has been a real pleasure to watch on a slide show,thankyou for sharing such good pictures,enjoy your day,if you have a minute to spare please take a look at some of my albums as there are many of Butchart Gardens and other BC taken in May this year,take care Ann (Chester UK

said annedm1 2005.08.08 at 05:50:26 PDT

Congratulations on having your Amish album chosen as todays feature. It's truly amazing how these folks get along in the world usiing just their brains/brawn and the old ways. Lorrie/Wyoming

said sodapop90 2005.08.08 at 06:04:14 PDT

Hi Darrell, congratulations on being featured today, with this Amish photos album. It was nice to watch by slideshow, well done. All the best, George in the Scottish isle of Shetland.

said gpleask 2005.08.08 at 06:57:14 PDT

Congratulations on your featured album! This brings back memories of a visit to Pennsylvania several years ago. Best wishes. Jim in Longview, Washington

said jwb592002 2005.08.08 at 07:27:33 PDT

Hello Darrell and Congratulations on Your Featured Album! Great Collection of the Amish Settlement in Arcola! Love their Bugy Sales Business, not affected by gasoline prices, huh!! Enjoy Your Special Day, Thanks for Sharing! Ted

said torretab 2005.08.08 at 07:40:37 PDT

Congratulations on this very instructive album of the amish's way of life. Thanks for sharing. Yan/Ottawa

said zegale 2005.08.08 at 07:47:49 PDT

These Amish people have managed to make time stand still. Your pics reflect that very well. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on being featured today. Don/BC, Canada

said donkeyquod 2005.08.08 at 08:38:39 PDT

Darrell, Wow! What a great album of a great subject! Congratulations for having this awesome album featured today. I want to give you and others who are interested in the Amish a heads up regarding the largest population of Amish in the United States. I understand that Holmes County, Ohio, has approximately 17,000 Amish living in it. This area is located south of Cleveland and east, northeast of Columbus, Ohio. The Amish people I encountered there were extremely friendly to outsiders like myself, and the products they create are superb. I am an architect who believes that the Amish kitchen cabinets from a factory that I saw in the area is unsurpassed. All of their business is done by word of mouth and they do not even have a website. Because of my expressed interest in barn architecture, I was invited by an Amish farmer to observe an Amish Barn Raising. The photographs that I was extremely fortunate to obtain of this event can be found in my own album entitled "Amish and Amish Barn Raising". I hope you have an opportunity to visit it after you finish celebrating the honor bestowed upon you today. Thanks for sharing your album with the Webshots community. Bill Cable (heyburn3)

said heyburn3 2005.08.08 at 09:12:31 PDT

I like your Amish album also your plain truth album. I have something similar going. God is good! I have many "hits" on my Bible albums each week. Have a good one!

said ezear11 2005.08.08 at 09:45:57 PDT

Hi Darrell, congratulations on your feature! Your photos are very interesting and fascinating. It's good to get to know about other "cultures" aswell. And to respect people's different ways of living. It's a huge world and there is plenty of room for all of us, no matter how we may differ from each other. Thanks for sharing your great pics, enjoyed my visit alot. Have a wonderful week, friendly greetings from Salla, Finland

said sallap 2005.08.08 at 10:06:41 PDT

Wow! thanks for sharing this beautiful collection & congratulations on ur well deserved feature! Sassine El Nabbout, LEBANON

said sassinabbout 2005.08.08 at 10:13:48 PDT

Hi Darrell, this is a very interesting album and your pictures are beautiful. Congratulations on being featured today. Greetings from Israel, Yair.

said ykarelic3 2005.08.08 at 10:55:57 PDT

Hi ya Darrell,A huge Congratulations on your Fantastic feature!! You have done an incredable job as always captureing the ways,and things of life.Really enjoyed my visit!! You take care now, and Gods favor be with you.xxoo your friend Marilyn :):)

said velvet259 2005.08.08 at 10:59:56 PDT

Congratulations!! very good album, with some really great shot! Thanks for sharing your wonderful photo. Enjoy your day...Patty from Indiana

said pattypoo115 2005.08.08 at 11:01:49 PDT

Loved your Amish photos - they fascinate me. A.J. in Southern West Virginia pegasusdajw176@yahoo.com

said pegasusdajw176 2005.08.08 at 11:02:53 PDT

Wonderful Shots! Thanks for sharing! Chris

said chanlittlefour 2005.08.08 at 11:09:24 PDT

Very nice photos! Congratulations on your feature! Candi

said candistackable 2005.08.08 at 12:20:21 PDT

Hello and congrats on featured album. Interesting photos. Thank you for sharing your photos.

said 19mimi63 2005.08.08 at 14:12:25 PDT

Darrel, nice photos, but I was under the impression that the Amish do not like to have graven images made of themselves. When we travelled to Lancaster, PA in 1988, this is what we were told. I had this gorgeous photo lined up. A sunset shot with a carriage coming down the road--just perfect. But when the carriage got up to me, I remembered and dropped my camera to my side. The Amish man nodded an emphatic "thank you". It was better than getting the shot.

said dmjoyner1 2005.08.08 at 15:18:19 PDT

Congradulations on the featured album!!! I just love the Amish photos!! They live a simple but hard life compared to ours in the modern world..Thanks for sharing...Rene in South Carolina

said indianlover104 2005.08.08 at 15:19:53 PDT

Hi Darell;congrats on this weldeserved feature.Thanks for taking me with you on a virtual trip to the Amish land.It was very interesting and so green.I wish you all the best and enjoy your day in the spotlights.Belgium greetings.Mary-lou.

said louke105 2005.08.08 at 15:21:27 PDT

Hi Darrell: Very nice album. I live about 2 hours south of the Amish communities in Lancaster County, PA and enjoy driving through the area very much because of the Amish scenes similar to these. They are indeed a very interesting people. Congratulations on being featured today and thanks for sharing! Ken - Maryland

said mrtoastie 2005.08.08 at 16:46:41 PDT

Hello Darrell! Congratulations on being featured today, thanks for sharing. Michel

said nttl2k1 2005.08.08 at 17:21:08 PDT

Hello Webshot Friends, Thanks to all of you that have looked at this album. Some interesting facts. Many of you have heard, that the Amish don't like their picture taken. This is true, but why? You can find the answer in the Bible. Look in the book of Deuteronomy. Note that you don't see a church picture. It is because, they use their homes. Look at picture number 5, that wagon is loaded with seating, they have church in their homes. Amish use horses and gas or diesel engines with a P.T.O. shaft and hydraulics to power some of their equipment. Note the modern haybine, powered by an engine, pulled by 4 draft horses. Note the grocery store, when I first went in, I noticed what looked much like fluorescent lights. But in truth, the lighting comes from the sun, shining on mirrors, that reflect a light that is bright enough to light up the store inside much like electric would. Note that the homes are close to each other, in some cases, they actually join. But why is that? It is so the younger ones can take care of their parents, when they become old and need assistance. So the Amish take care of each other, preparing the food, having a two night visitation when one dies. Taking care of all chores, preparing the food for the family of the deceased. If one family has a hardship financially, they all pitch in to have an auction, to raise money. We can learn a lot from the Amish, the world would be better off, doing as the Bible teaches in the Golden Rule. America could take some lessons from the Amish. The Golden Rule Matthew 7:12 12 “Do for others what you would like them to do for you. This is a summary of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. New Living Translation Thanks for looking, thanks to each one that has put in a comment in my guestbook. May God Bless... Darrell

said worldwide1001 2005.08.08 at 18:04:21 PDT

Wonderfull pictures. Thanks for sharing. Congratulations. Kirsten, Denmark.

said donner51 2005.08.08 at 22:03:45 PDT

thankyou for your nice picture I have enjoy looking at them

said ladyinred176 2005.08.09 at 11:00:51 PDT

Hi Darrell, You've a real nice album here and congratulations on this feature. You're welcome to visit my site whenever you wish. Best regards from the Oregon Coast. Ron

said rboise 2005.08.09 at 18:41:46 PDT

Congradulations on the featured album in 8 Aug! Thanks for taking me with you on a virtual trip to the Amish land. i enyoyed that. Thanks and take care: Mikael / Sweden

said mikaelomarika 2005.08.10 at 05:25:51 PDT

Darrell!!great album! God Bless you and keep you!!weezie

said weezie5501 2005.08.11 at 15:19:20 PDT

Hi Darrell!! HOO-RAY!!!! Have been out of town and now see this wonderful album was featured! Great job!!! Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work! God bless, Shaun

said shaunhouston 2005.08.15 at 07:33:41 PDT

Hi Darell....WOW!! I have sure missed a lot of friends special features this year...Fabulous look and Congratulations on this great album and I do admire their simple way of life Their wonderful patchwork is world famous and have seen some pieces years ago in Noosa. They are to be admired for their beliefs and I wouldn't mind the lack of electricity in my life. Things would be much more down to earth and full of more direct communication. A great album my friend and I enjoyed their view of life. Tks also for your kind words in my feature the other day as your uplifting words are always appreciated. Take care and have a really great day...Kindest regards. Em from Aussie

said emphotos103 2005.09.11 at 00:59:53 PDT

Thank you for your kind words on my October Ride Album.Silver Dolors do grow wild here but they are becoming scarse.And again your Amish Album is fantastic.Joan of Plattsburgh,NY

said joanph41 2005.12.11 at 04:34:37 PST

Hello Darrell, very hardy congratulations (belated) on your 1st Amish featured album. I missed this one when I praised your December featured album. So many people never add descriptions on their photos it’s a special joy to find another who does. Despite the 1000 words each picture conveys they never the less miss the details – like the hand cranked windshield wipers on their buggies (#6) and the church service seating wagon (#7). Thank you for sharing, and thanks for your comments on our "Albuquerque Sunsets - Featured 12/13/2005" album. I wish you a Merry Christmas this year and many, many photos into the future. Ed&Helen/Albuquerque

said edandhelen 2005.12.15 at 10:04:42 PST

Interesting album to see something of Amish people, who live in a totally different world. Thanks for your kind words in my guestbook, Darrell. Groeten, Mieke

said miekesphotos2 2005.12.18 at 13:48:41 PST

Your Pic's in Dec 8 2005 were great, I would like to know more about How the Amish live , And also about their teachings especially church and their belief's, I enjoyed all the pictures, I was so amazed at how the Amish live Would even like to visit some of the Kind Amish people some day, That is if I had the money to travel. Thank's for Your awesome pics, angel432005, in case You want to visit my page sometimes. Alabama

said angel432005 2005.12.25 at 22:06:04 PST

Bonjour Darrell,you have quite a number of great albums my Friend,but i don't know why,this one has got to be my favorite,i've always been fascinated by the Amish,but it is such a big trip for me to go where they live that i don't think i will be able to go there,so i'm seeing their way of life trough your talented lense.Thanks to you for sharing and for your visits during the past year,they were always truly appreciated,wishing you a Healthy,Peaceful and Happy New Year!Luc

said kligon 2006.01.02 at 04:06:04 PST

thanks for sharing and giving an insight into the world of the Amish. Greetings from Germany

said eishauch 2006.02.18 at 03:31:25 PST

Hi Darrell, Grat album, my friend. Your job is wonderful. I Hope to see again in my life. wishing you a Healthy,Peaceful and Happy New Year! Brazilian Friend - Dalvo Maia

said dalvo100 2006.11.16 at 18:15:36 PST