Peru Road, Town Of Lawrence, New York - Part 1

It was a clear, beautiful winter day in the north country, and I decided to take a driving tour on my way to Potsdam. I chose Peru Road, in the rural town of Lawrence, NY. My first stop was this woodsy home with firewood stacked up outdoors:

There were a few big, modern suburban homes, but I skipped them, searching for older places, reminiscent of country life in the past. This barn, wagon and outbuildings was just what I was looking for:

I drove right by this home, thinking it didn't look old enough, but then backed up to snap a picture when I noticed, on my way by, how scenic it was. What a lovely home in the country:

I stopped to photograph this home, but several small, furiously barking dogs sent me quickly on my way. It wasn't until I got home and looked at the photo that I saw the hanging deer carcass, the bird feeder and the big dog:

Peru Road has some prosperous looking Amish farms, and this one is perhaps the biggest and most picturesque:

This is the house which goes with the above farm:

There were corn fields and hay fields all along the road:

This honey stand stopped me in my tracks because I recognized it. I used to buy honey from this self-serve stand when it was on the highway, but then it disappeared. Apparently the bee keeper moved to Peru Road - or maybe he quit keeping bees and sold the stand:

This magnificent barn was behind the honey stand:

A field of Amish corn shocks:

Another prosperous looking Amish home:

And a beautiful Amish barn. There was more yet to see on Peru Road, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:

A November Day On The Farm

Perhaps your remember this photo which I posted on November 11 where I wondered what that little red "locomotive," which I'd seen on County Route 54, really was. I never got an answer until a few weeks later when.................

 This team of massive horses went by pulling it:

I stood by the side of the road with my camera and the driver stopped to chat and give his hard working horses a rest. They were pulling not one, but three wagons, loaded with firewood:

 And a few moments later he was on his way once again:

 With all three wagons in tow:

 And right outside my house, they were belatedly (because we'd had so much rain) harvesting corn and dumping it into big trucks to be hauled away:

 But in the process, they left lots of corn on the road. I shoveled up three buckets full and could have gotten much more if I'd had more containers. Both the cows and the chickens were quite happy to see corn in their feed bowls:

 And the chickens have taken over everything, helping themselves to the cattle's feed and tromping all over the barn. I spent a lot of time shooing them away:

 And the cattle were getting friendlier each day. They were also gaining weight at an amazing rate, drinking up to almost 300 gallons of water per day:

 Besides mending fences, clearing fields and tending livestock, I treated myself regularly to some locally raised, minimally processed honey:

 They use old jars and ask you to return them when you're finished with the honey. It's all self-service and on the honor system, although there's a lock on the cash box:

 And I have a jar of honey on my kitchen counter at all times: