Sunday December 13, 2009

 

 

Visiting Buckeyegirlie

…and seeing Daniel’s Village

Sunday, December 13

 

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 Yesterday morning, when reading buckeyegirlie’s blog, inviting their friends to come and see Daniel’s Village, Cerwin and I decided this was the year to do it, and asked Mary Ann if Sunday afternoon worked for them.

We’ve talked about visiting them, and seeing his village for the past two years, but the timing wasn’t right. This year we had a free Sunday, and since Mary Ann had knee replacement surgery two weeks ago, I wanted to make sure she was doing okay. 

 

 

We began our two-and-a-half-hour road trip following church. It was raining when we left church and it was still raining when we arrived at their home in the neighboring state of Delaware. That was better than the icy roads we had when traveling to church earlier in the day.

 

 

 The Amish couple in an open carriage definitely needed an umbrella.

 

 

 We stopped for a quick lunch about forty-five minutes into our drive.

 

 

 Our trusty GPS unit took us across this interesting bridge…

 

 

 …and right to Mary Ann and Daniel’s house.

 

 

 

 

 We met Daniel and Mary Ann last winter when they invited us to a banquet, but this was the first time we went to their home, and had time to visit and get to know each other better.

 

 

We were honored that Mary Ann’s mother, Alene (sweetmama) right, and Aunt Freda (Alene’s sister) stopped in to see us. I hope I spelled their names correctly.

 

 

It was an afternoon to treasure. (Cerwin took this photo, and I think focused on the clock , but after a bit of work on PIcasa, it’s not too bad.)

 

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I will show you some details of Daniel’s Village in tomorrow night’s entry.

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