If your looking for a relaxing weekend in a quiet Amish/Mennonite community, Kalona may be the perfect spot. Kalona has a number of qu...

 J & K Creative Wood and Gifts This beautiful store is located a few miles from Kalona on a gravel road. Don't let gravel discour...

 There is nothing like walking into an Amish harness shop.  As soon as you walk in, a rich smell of leather mixed with harness oils and...

 One day I was driving down a country road a few miles from home and saw a mare with a colt in a small pasture.  The Amish family, who liv...

Every Amish community has an abundance of carpenters who are excellent craftsmen. This Countyline Woodworking shop is just one example of wh...

 The world has changed a lot in the past one-hundred years! In 1914 almost every farm in America was powered by horses, not tractors. At f...

 Horses seem impervious to the cold but it makes me miserable to observe it. My own horses have a good place to get inside if they choo...