This fall we visited a place called the Homestead Hollow, where they have different events throughout the year.
This one weekend they had the harvest celebration. They took a step back in time and showed how
things were done in the “good ole days”.
They even provided babysitting service!
These folks were “a pickin and a grinin”. They were playing some southern gospel and country music.
Dexter was fascinated with the man who was doing some magic.
Just more pics of different things they were doing to take you
back in time. Was wondering to myself if they knew that there is still
people who dress like they, the Amish.
There was a lot of vendors set up trying to sell their crafts and also a lot
of good food being made. Below, Isaiah is enjoying a fry pie, which was
a pie filled with custard, sweet potato, pecan , and few other varieties.
The boys had fun getting a ride on the wagon pulled by some mules. This man was very proud of his
wagon, telling me that is still the original and over 100 years old.
They also gave rides on ponies which we couldnt pass up.
Fun! And was this on a Saturday? I like Dexter's shirt, 'cause I think most of us around here would agree~esp. when Saturdays mean that Phil will be home. :)
ReplyDeleteCharmaine, I got your note, check, and candy for D last week, but I left for the weekend right after getting it, so I didn't give it to him til yesterday. If you could only have seen his delighted eyes and how much that meant to him!! He kept exclaiming how good it was, how kind it was of Dexter to send it to him, etc. I told him that we should write a thank you note for Dexter, thinking that I would help him do it sometime. But just a few minutes later he comes back into the room and hands me a sticky note all marked up . . . and he said it was for Dexter.
And then last night he was telling Phil all about it and must have gotten inspired with 'thankfulness' all over again because Phil overheard D talking on a pretend phone, calling Dexter and talking, talking about how kind he was to send him candy, 'thank you', etc.
The heart of a child, right? And we are amazed almost every day how much little gifts mean to him. It totally makes his day if Phil leaves a bread crust or a few carrot sticks "leftover" in his lunch box for D. It's the first thing he checks when Phil comes home from work. :)
We miss you guys . . . your children are growing up so fast (like ours, I guess. :)) . . . have a good day!
Great post! i love how you guys are embracing the culture you are living in. It's a privilege to share with others in their way of life, even tho most of this post is put on ( except the pickin' and grinning, of course) i can still tell you are among proud southerns. Fun, fun!
ReplyDeletei got your invitation....on my blog. Thanks! you are on our list. We'll try and give you more than a weeks notice, but we are talking about Nissley's here, what can i say?
enjoy your autumn.
Love all the pictures! I am pretty sure that we sort of "know" the mule owner. We used to be in home group with his son. However, I didn't know it until after we had been to Homestead Hollow :)
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