Tuesday July 24, 2012

 

 

Visiting Jake & Rachel

Roy & Deb’s Amish Friends

Saturday, July 14

 

 

This was our first visit to Jake and Rachel’s farm. They are good friends of Roy and Deb (our daughter) and planned this evening as a birthday party for Roy.

 

 

Their farm is beautiful and well-cared for.

 

 

An open carriage was ready for one of the sons to go out for the evening. If I remember correctly, they have six sons and three daughters.

 

 

How I would enjoy a garden that looks like this.

 

 

 

 

There must have been thousands of blackberries.

 

 

 

 

There were lots of beautiful flowers.

 

 

Jake’s business is building wagons.

 

 

This is his stock of wagon sideboards.

 

 

 

 

This aluminum wagon is my favorite. I think I would like it for garden and yard work.

 

 

I could pull it around the yard, then dump the sticks and weeds on the burn pile.

 

 

I didn’t ask, but it appears that they also assemble these.

 

 

Remember when Roy and Deb raised little goats that were rejected by their mothers, then took them back to the farm. This is where they came from – and now they are on the roof.

 

 

When Roy called them, they came down and ran toward him.

 

 

Diana is holding one of three cute puppies.

 

 

Deb had their newest rescued raccoon, Presley, along because she still needs lots of care. She was found sitting on a road, close to death and full of ticks. Roy and Deb shaved her and removed the ticks.

Their vet did not give Presley much of a chance to live through the night, but she did – and is doing quite well. Her favorite food is scrambled egg.

 

 

It was a glorious evening – made even more beautiful by all the horse and buggies that went by on their road.

 

 

Most were open carriages.

 

 

 

 

After a delicious supper of grilled chicken and potatoes, macaroni/potato salad, and watermelon, several played cornhole. Above are Diana and Emma.

 

 

Melvin and Jana were on the other end.

 

 

Then Cerwin and Miss Rachel took a turn. Rachel has the same name as her mother, so told me she is Miss Rachel.

Mrs. Fisher’s (Mrs. Rachel) dad, was not doing well on this particular night, so we had supper without her. She was with him a few miles away. We visited with her later in the evening after he was taken to the hospital.

 

 

 

 

On the other end is Roy’s friend Sterling and his daughter’s friend Tyler.

 

 

Tomorrow night will be the birthday party for Roy. I’m not sure who came up with the idea of getting him forty-nine gifts because it was his forty-ninth birthday on July 7. I think it was Melvin or Emma.