County Route 49 - Part 3

This is Part 3 of my driving tour of the southern section of County Route 49 (see also previous two posts), and I had come to real farm country:

This large, old farm house was connected to a series of barns in the New England style:

A spectacular series of connected barns and silo:

A small, roadside building that looked as if it had once been a store of some kind:

An abandoned log home, in the process of collapsing:

A pastel green home with a big window for lovely country views:

Another old barn, off in the woods and becoming smothered with brush - or was it a former home? Judging by the door on the right hand corner, perhaps it was once someone's home:

An old barn in spectacular condition:

And lots of horses who didn't seem to mind the cold:

And old farm wagon:

And a traditional farm house, barn and silo:

As I said, this is real farm country - and I hadn't seen it all yet, so tune in tomorrow for Part 4:

Connor Road, Parishville New York

I was on my way home from Potsdam when I decided to turn onto Connor Road to see the sights. This vegetable stand, closed and used for storage during the winter, belongs to an Amish family:

I believe that this barn was Amish also:

The Amish home. A telltale sign is the laundry, hung to dry on the front porch. There was also a giant barn on the farm with a lot of Amish boys playing in the snow. I waved, but couldn't take a picture because I've been told that Amish people find that offensive:

A log cabin with horses:

And a larger Amish home, this one being remodeled:

Here's another view of the above home. You can see that they have begun siding it but not finished:

A large and elegant suburban style home:

Another modern home. Many folks in the north country like country life, even if they have no intention of farming:

And an even larger country home:

As I came to the end of Connor Road, I snapped a picture of this old barn. The snow was slowly sliding off the roof, remaining in a curling sheet as it gradually moved farther from the building:

At the end of Connor Road was this old log cabin. I've seen it before and thought it was occupied, but it looked to be empty this time:

October Is For Pumpkins!

I was on my way back home from Potsdam when I took note of the very many roadside stands selling pumpkins, not to mention a wide variety of gourds and other vegetables. But the pumpkins in particular caught my eye. This stand had nearly everything as well as a locked enclosure to store things in overnight:

This roadside stand consisted merely of a picnic table, a sign and a can in which to put your money. The orange chrysanthemums added to the autumn theme:

This was purely decoration, but especially nice - an Amish buggy filled with pumpkins and a horse, grazing in the background:

A real commercial roadside stand had only a few pumpkins but lots and lots of gourds:

This Amish farm was loaded with both pumpkins and gourds:

Another Amish farm stand with lots of pumpkins:

This too was an Amish stand. In fact, you can see the team of horses uphill behind the stand, beneath the leafy tree:

A smaller, family operation:

And a commercial operation in Hopkinton:

I continued on toward Brushton and Malone, passing this roadside stand. A mile or two down the road, a pickup truck caught up to me and flagged me down. I stopped, thinking I must have something wrong with my car. But it was the owner of the farm stand, wanting to know why I'd taken photos. He'd had recent thefts and feared I was spreading the word about where to steal things. So much for country and small town folk being honest and not needing to lock things up:

Another farm stand, this one with the pumpkins in the back:

This amazing display is actually the same farm as one of the above photos, but taken at a different angle. It was an Amish farm:

Look. Green striped pumpkins! Oh, wait..........never mind:

Exploring Converse, New York - Part 1

I arrived at the farm earlier than usual, unloaded the car and made the dogs comfortable. But it was still early in the day so I decided to investigate a few small, nearby settlements. I began with Converse, New York which, as far as I could tell from the map, was west of Hopkinton on Route 11B between Connor Road and County Road 47. I first stopped when I saw this Amish roadside stand:

A closer look at the Amish farm stand. They'd apparently had lots of winter squash for sale just before closing down for the season:

An Amish home near the farm stand with a new addition in progress:

And an Amish barn with a buggy parked out front and piles of firewood and rough cut lumber:

Not an Amish home, this one had a horse with lots of personality who watched every move I made:

A major construction in progress. I suspected this might be Amish, but couldn't be sure:

A nice home with an antique tractor out front:

And a smaller, simpler home whose owner apparently builds and cleans chimneys:

Lots of barns, big and small:

Sheds and silos. This clearly was farm country. I kept driving and exploring, and will post Part 2 tomorrow: