Happy Easter !!

I couldn't resist taking of picture of this bowl of jelly beans for a great Easter picture. This blog entry will take you through the muddy corn fields and down the beaten path to see some old houses and barns. Not to mention a few shots at wildlife along the way.


Rick was gone all day yesterday so I started my day off loading my camera and calling Darren to tell him to get ready I was going to pick him up. I was scared of getting lost and since I'm not familiar with the gravel roads here I wanted a little guidance. I picked him up and we headed to Brighton to see what was out there. We didn't have much time with him as he had a birthday party to attend so here we go......

This is the first house and barn that we found.
































After looking around we saw this well so me being the curious one had to take a peek. Low and behold there was a snake coiled up way down in the bottom.
















How creepy was that ! Now I'm affraid I'm going to see another snake! We walked over to some retired farm machinery to get these pictures then it was back on the road to see what else we could find.














This was found in the barn.




Darren was telling me about some old cars so we decided to check them out. Hoping to avoid and creepy crawly things. Wee found them and started walking toward them when Darren said " I don't know if they have any big dogs or not! " Now if that don't put a little fear in ya I don't know what will. Needless to say we didn't see any dogs. Here are some of the junked cars.



Well it was getting close to Darren's curfew so we started heading back. On the way I hit the brakes- scared the crap out of Darren but I saw these unusual ducks in a pond close to the road.



























Then just a little ways down the road I saw this Amish house with the horses feeding and the machinery sitting there. Notice there is no rubber on the tires. It is part of their belief. But one thing I don't understand is why they drive cars with tires ? They have rubber on them.


















These are some other shots along the way.


I call this one barn meets Earth.


Now while I was dropping off Darren he had a hungry thirsty squirrel in his yard that let me get in a couple of really good shots.


OK now it is time to go get Lori. This is going to be interesting since she has the "don't be scared" attitude. We could be going to jail for trespassing before the day is over. First she took me to this house on a gravel road then it was off to the corn field. I have included a few shots of the gravel road house first.


We did see a few turkeys on the way to the corn field.







These are of the house in the field. Muddy- corn field to say the least. But it was worth the haul back there.







I had to add in a picture of my helper for the day. She was brave enough to walk down to the well - I was not. After the snake earlier today I was over it !






















This tree filled with berries is the last. The red on the barn makes the berries stand out more.










We ended the day as it was getting cold and soon to be dark. Maybe next week will be warmer and there will be more signs of Spring with green grass blanketing the ground. These dead looking shoots are about to get to me. You can see all of the days photos on my Flickr page. Here's the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/harleypass/

Happy easter all and God Bless !!