Rural Elmer Road, Town Of Lawrence NY

One morning I was in the mood for a driving tour, so I grabbed my camera, got into the car and headed to Elmer Road, where I knew I could find much rural beauty. The first farm I passed was this classic pair of barns, with a silo and hay bale elevator:

Farm equipment, a red barn and baleage stacked up for the winter:

In my mind, Elmer Road should be called "Elbow Road" because of the sharp turn it makes - and right at the turn is this log home:

They had two horses in the field, though I only managed to get one of them in the photo:

Two outbuildings, one apparently in use and the other not:

I have photographed this woodsy home before, set back in the pines like a forest hideaway. This, however, may be the first time I've seen it in the winter. It still looked woodsy and welcoming:

A series of outbuildings, apparently leading to someone's home, mostly hidden by trees:

I came to this ambitious and prosperous looking Amish farm, with its twin barns and twin silos:

I got a closer view of the silos and one of the barns as I passed by:

Another barn, this one with a traditional buggy parked outside:

The same Amish farm had a roadside stand and another barn beside the house:

And the house had laundry drying on the porch, a tree swing and a children's sled:

Still the same farm, I passed this workshop and windmill:

They also had a busy, prosperous looking sawmill. But that was the end of Elmer Road. I then turned right on Alburg Road, but I'll post those photos tomorrow:

Peru Road, Town Of Lawrence, New York - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour of rural Peru Road (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) and stopped for a photo of this Amish sawmill. I thought the small sign on the wall might advertise lumber, but it was for sawdust, presumably to be used for animal bedding:

The boulders in this stone wall were huge, as big as Volkswagens, so I had to assume they were moved with modern power equipment and not Amish horse power:

Another Amish farm:

I snapped another photo as I pulled past the front of the house and noticed a wood furnace on the front porch. I'm not sure how they moved the air without electricity, but apparently they'd figured out a way to do it:

Just past the house, I saw the buggy parked by the small outbuilding:

This gigantic old barn in the middle of a corn field looked as if it hadn't been used in many years:

An Amish farm with a windmill and a water pump:

Another old barn which apparently hadn't been used in a very long time:

This old farm house was not Amish, and it appeared as if there was a board blocking the use of the front door. The sign on it did not say to use another door, however. Instead it just said "Eggs For Sale:"

Another long abandoned old barn. It's sad to see them falling into disrepair, but they are expensive to maintain and not many people can afford to do that:

A handsome farm house behind giant, old maple and pine trees:

My last stop on Peru Road was at the Willis H Thomas auto garage, closed many years ago. It was out of business when I passed by here the last time and the tow truck was parked in exactly the same place. It might now do well as a sort of museum, commemorating times gone by:

Alburg Road In The Town Of Moira, New York

I took a driving photo tour of Alburg Road, heading south, and stopped for a picture of this well constructed outbuilding with a blue house door installed:

This small building was, I think, a one room Amish schoolhouse. Notice the buggy parked to one side and the outhouse out back. Also, the large bell and chimney are commonly seen on Amish homes and schools:

I looked on the map afterwards to identify this pretty stream and apparently it was Lawrence Brook:

Two small outbuildings of unknown purpose:

I then came to a large barn and silo, with Holstein cows lounging nearby. I knew from previous drives that this was another Amish farm:

There was an older farm house plus a new, Amish built house:

The newer home was built in the traditional Amish style:

This farm also had a sawmill:

I continued on Alburg Road and came to these three deluxe hay wagons, parked and ready for service in the coming hay season:

And the farm they were attached to looked large and prosperous:

The farm house itself was well kept and attractive:

And had a wonderful view out over the valley below. I liked their clever mailbox too:

Beef cattle roamed the fields near the road and I noticed many newborn calves among them:

As I neared the end of Alburg Road, I gazed out over the scenic valley to the east, at more farms, fields and Alburg Brook:

Jewitt Road, Franklin County Route 19

I discovered Jewitt Road because it looked like a quick way to get where I was going. But I saw immediately that it was a scenic gem, and I had my camera with me, so:

This old barn was well kept but still retained the old look:

A small but useful barn in great shape:

A collection of barns and outbuildings within a board fence. It looked to me like it could have been set in Wyoming or Eastern Oregon:

A lovely, small barn with fading colors:

The adjacent willow tree helped give color to this barn as it glistened in the sun:

The Lucky 711 Tack Shop (horse supplies) had two elaborate pieces of what I assumed to be chainsaw art - the horse head near the sign, and the man shoeing the horse at the right edge of the photo:

This barn appeared to have steel siding, but even that was beginning to lose its paint:

A large sawmill operation with a complex of buildings:

A family farm with lots of buildings:

Another family farm, a page out of history:

This farm had an orchard in the front yard, each tree meticulously pruned. I felt rather ashamed of my own untrimmed apple trees. The barns in the back, the old silo and the farm house with big front porch all helped to make this one of the prettiest farms I'd ever seen:

I was just about to the end of the road when I photographed this field full of farm equipment. There was a lot of it, all parked on a hay field which appeared to be regularly cut, so I imagine that all of the equipment was in regular use: