RUSHVILLE OLD ORDER MENNONITE MEETING HOUSE, STANLEY, NEW YORK

 

 

Bishop Joseph said that because I was kind and did not take the pictures at the house that had the viewing, if I would pick him up, he would show me where the Rushville Old Order Mennonite Meeting House was, where the funeral was held.  Since Jean and David moved,  it is also the meeting house they go to.  Bishop Joseph is Bishop of this meeting house and the one Jean and David use to attend.  I thank Bishop Joseph for letting me pick him and Martha up and directing me on how to get here. 

 

The first pictures show the front and sides of the meeting house.  On one of the sides is a water pump for yourself or your horses.  Bishop Joseph wanted to know why I was taking pictures of the unpaved road and I told him to get pictures of where the horses came in.  On three sides of the meeting house are stalls to put their horses and carriages during meeting.  The last pictures are of the cemetery that is a long one of the sides of the meeting house. 

 

I had another church scheduled for today, but when I got these pictures yesterday, I moved them to get this one on.

 

 

CANAL TOWN DAYS CAR SHOW - PART 2

 

 I had a post of the Canal Town Days Car Show back on September 15th and said I would hold some of these cars for another post.  Well, here it is.  I still have more cars to put on in addition to these - so I may do another post sometime.  See what we have to look forward to in the summer. Somehow that motorcycle got into this car show. 

AMISH AND MENNONITE CLOTHES OUT TO DRY

I took these pictures last July.  In a couple you have to look real close to see them.  Every time I take a picture of the clothes at the farm in picture number four, their milk truck is there.  See what we have to look forward to  when Spring comes around.

JEAN'S DONUT RECIPE

JEAN'S DONUT RECIPE

Vegetable Oil

3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour*

1 cup sugar

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

2 tablespoons shortening

2 eggs

3/4 cup milk

NOTE: If you are using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt

Heat 2 to 3 inches of oil in deep-fry pan or heavy kettle until 375 degrees.  Beat 1 1/2 cups of flour and the remaining ingredients in large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, 30 seconds.  Continue beating on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes.  Stir in rest of flour.  Turn dough onto well-floured, cloth-covered board; roll around lightly to coat with flour.  Roll gently, 3/8 inch thick.  Cut with floured doughnut cutter.  Slide doughnuts into the hot oil with a wide spatula.  Turn the doughnuts as they rise to surface.  Fry doughnuts until golden brown, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes on each side.  Remove from oil; DO NOT prick doughnuts.  Drain on paper towels.  Serve plain, sugared or frosted. 

Jean: I have several donut recipes and thought that this one would be the easiest to make.  This is the one I use the most.  It came from a Betty Crocker's Cookbook many years ago.

ELMER FROM PINECRAFT

Today, we saw John off on the bus back home.  He says he was to get back home because he has jobs to do, which he does.  But Anna and I think he really has to get back because he is missing the lady he is courting back there. 

 

A few days ago, I asked him to take a load of dirty clothes to the laundry and put them in the washer.  He told me that was "women's work".  That just hit me the wrong way.  I strongly explained to John, that his Mother, my wife was not a servant or slave.  We are here enjoying our vacation.  We are not milking cows, plowing any land, or even working on our farm equipment for plowing season.  We are enjoying ourselves.  His Mother is also here on vacation which means she shouldn't be cooking meals all the time, cleaning, sewing, or running to the laundry all the time.  The clothes were John's and mine - none of Anna's clothes were in there.  Sadly, there are some men that treat their wives like slaves, but we don't.  He went to the laundry and did the wash.

 

Anna and I are here alone.  We love our family, friends, church members and more, but it is so nice to have time alone together.  We haven't had that in a long time.  Of course there are a lot of people here.  We are not locking ourselves away.  It will take us a couple of days to get use to this.

 

Yes, have been deep sea fishing.  Anna and I made it through just fine, but we thought that John might feed the fish, his breakfast.  The waves didn't set to well with him, but they weren't really that high.  I told him, he had better keep fishing from the dock and not on moving boats.  We did get some fish, which Anna cooked and we ate.  Unfortunately, we didn't catch any tunas or big fish like that.  Anna and I had a good time, but I don't think John did.

 

There were several young folks here, John's age, but many of them are working at Yoder's Restaurant or other places of business.  John, at first, thought it might be nice for him to come down here all winter and get a job next year.  But, I think his heart won out and he had to get home.

 

Someone asked what kind of activities are here at Pinecraft.  Of course there are the usual shuffleboard, chess, checkers, throwing horse shoes or bean bags, fishing, rook, volley ball, basket ball and alike.  We also have Farmers Markets, auctions, and yard sales.  Some more activities are benefit meals, music, Pinecraft meetings, riding bicycles and just chatting.  There are activities we can go to outside of Pinecraft like shopping, site seeing, going to Siesta  Key and alike.  Some even went on a cruise.  Anna and I are thinking of signing up for that next year.  These are just some of the activities I can think of.  You never know what activities they are going to come up with.  Here you can be as active as you want or just sit and watch the others.

 

No, we did not have to get permission from our Bishop to come here or how long we stay.  The only reason, I contacted our Bishop about coming here is he owns the place we rent.  I go to my Bishop more than some others because he is also my best friend.  We went to school together, played together as kids and still go fishing together and hunting together.  Many things I ask or discuss with him is not because he is Bishop, but because he is my closest friend - aside from Anna, of course.  When he became Bishop, he thought that might make a difference between us, but it never did.  We are still great friends.

 

Keep those questions coming in so I know what to answer. 

 

Trust God's Wisdom,

Elmer

 

 

 

 

THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF EDMONDS, WA

 

The First Baptist Church is the oldest in the local region - built in 1909.  The top picture shows the church today.  The lower picture shows the church at it's original location.  It was moved to the present location in 1929.  While it is still part of General Baptist Convention, it has been an interdenominational church for about 10 years.  It was enlarged in 1950, I think to its current size.   It has a more modern interior than one would think from looking at it outside.  It is so popular that they can only accommodate parishoners  during the 8:00 AM service and then the other two services, later on Sunday are held in one of the city's conference rooms.  They are very civic minded participating in holiday celebrations, parades, pancake breakfasts for firefighters, things like that. 

 

I thank Laura for sending me pictures and telling us about this church in her area.

 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR CHURCH ON HERE, JUST SEND ME SOME PICTURES AND TELL ME ALITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 

 

 

THE VIOLET BARN-FLOWERS,FLOWERS AND MORE FLOWERS

 

Above are pictures of many of the other flowers and African Violets that they sell.  They also sell pots, potting soil, books and more.  I also showed the check out.  The last two plants shown are the two African Violets that I purchased.

 

Again, I thank Rob and Olive "Ma" for allowing me to come in and take all these pictures.  If you are living or visiting the area, I would call before I came as they may be at a show.  Also, if you wanted to stay for a few days, they own a house that they rent out to tourists in the area. 

 

Naples has many restaurants and stores in the area.  In September, they have the annual Grape Festival, that I will be telling you about in another post. 

 

Hope you enjoyed seeing The Violet Barn.  They are at: www.violetbarn.com