This little story is about my experience on a recent Sunday and begins in the morning and ends around supper time. I was out shooting photos when the family in the upper photo came cruising by the old mill I was shooting so I snapped a shot of them going by and made special note of the boy in back nearest me reading a book. I went home around 9 am and hung around the house all day and decided to go back out for some evening photography around supper time and I headed over to the same area from my morning adventures. As I pull up to the stop sign located by the mill in the top shot, I could not believe my eyes, as the exact same family was headed the opposite direction from where we crossed paths hours before. I had no time to grab a shot, but I drove a short ways ahead and captured them once more and low and behold the boy was reading his book just like in the morning.

I don’t know if anyone else has these types of experiences but there have been many occasions over the years where I see something that catches my eye as I am heading somewhere and as I am heading back the other way an hour or more later,I cross paths with the same crazy looking vehicle or person in the exact same spot or whatever that makes me think we are on some kind of parallel universe. this one with the buggy had to be among the most bizarre over such a long time period. I know the dad driving the buggy noticed me both times and he had to be thinking I waited all day to see him again.

Dad takes the kids for a stroll around the block with the help of this tiny little power house of a pony.

Farm days even had some dogs pulling miniature wagons during the parade,which brought many smiles to onlookers faces.

It won’t be long till the doors of this one room school are open again for the fall.

These young Mennonite boys seemed very interested in this old jeep.They were piled on pretty good and I was a little surprised the owner was not too concerned about anything happening to his old classic.

A family watches an old steam tractor move slowly during farm days.

Hats,suspenders and pig tails were a common sight at farm days. These three views are spectators enjoying the parade of tractors and wagons.

An Amish father and his boys watch the wagon parade at farm days.

The tractor parade at farm days.

Some Amish visitors enjoy watching a threshing demonstration at farm days.

The men were offering advice on how to get this tractor started at farm days.

Hooking up the steam engine to run the saws at farm days.

The baby of the family is not sure about the parade he is about to take part in.

The boys were enjoying dreaming of driving these tractors that were on display at farm days.

This young horse hung real close to the others during the parade at farm days.

A third angle of the team of horses and Conestoga wagon.

Another shot of the Conestoga wagon at farm days.

I should have just deleted this shot because it is so grainy from being shot in extreme conditions but it did amaze me how much dynamic range was able to be captured in one exposure from bright sun to black clothing.

A rainy night helps capture the reflecting lights in the roadway.

Late afternoon light skims across the corn field and finding a high vantage point allowed me to look directly down the rows.

I went on my first visit to Big Spring farm in New Holland,Pa for two days of exhibits and live demonstrations of traditional threshing and harvesting methods using restored antique and vintage tools.There was hay making,threshing and countless displays that offered a glimpse into the past.The image above was one I was hoping to get all day, and amazingly I somehow got drafted to shoot it. It includes a gorgeous Conestoga wagon that was part of a wagon and tractor parade held during the event and the team of horses was equally impressive. It was packed all day long and people were walking everywhere,so even if I was lucky enough to see the wagon in the right spot,there was always a million people walking in the shot.

The end of the day came and it was really thinning out and I noticed they were hitching up the horses,so I just hung close to see what was going on. Turns out they wanted a shot with the wagon and the old log cabin and I assume since they saw me with a decent camera,that is why they asked if I would do a shot? Of course I was all over that opportunity and we tried several angles and locations and this was one of my favorites.The poor Mennonite girl driving the wagon was getting frustrated with me because it was cloudy all day until of course the time came to shoot this. Clouds were overhead but they refused to block the sun and I kept saying just one minute,just one more minute.Even without the soft light,I was pleased with the shots and the opportunity to shoot this without all the junk around.I even asked one guy to move his truck for this,but if you want something nice,you do what it takes sometimes.