Chapter 1 - Amazing Peru Street, In The Town Of Lawrence, New York

We'd suffered through so much miserable weather that when a minor January thaw hit, I jumped in the car and headed out to Peru Street, a rural road in the town of Lawrence. It was time for a driving tour. I was surprised that the first house on the road was so large, modern and expensive:

But mostly, Peru Street was rural, with hay fields covered by crusty snow and ice. There were grooves through the snow made animals. My fields had them also, but I had no idea what sort of animal made them - something with short legs, by the look of things:

I slowed to a stop to photograph this attractive log cabin home, but the two Malamutes tied out front were not pleased to see me. I snapped a quick photo and hurried on my way:

This looked to me like a gingerbread house. Or maybe I should ask why everything reminds me of food:

A mobile home with a nice deck, a big spruce tree and two play houses, one of which, the one on stilts, was just about the nicest play house I'd ever seen:

The road also took me through forests:

And past Amish corn fields, filled with corn shocks:

And there was a long section of the road with one Amish farm after another. This one, I thought, was particularly beautiful from a distance. I noticed the traditional white house and red barns. But they'd added a green barn also, the barn color which once predominated in this area:

I slowed down for a closer look as I passed by the front of the above farm:

And enlarged the center of the photo so you could see the buggy, dinner bell and clothesline:

Another Amish farm (note the clothesline), but this one had some large farm equipment. My guess was that a neighbor was doing work for them:

I wasn't sure this was an Amish farm until a woman, all clad in black, walked out the barn door with her horse. You can see both of them between the barn and the house. Notice the electric lines. They may be merely passing over the property or these may be Amish who are allowed electricity in the barn (though never in the house). Peru Street was long and fascinating, so I kept driving. I'll post Chapter 2 tomorrow: