An Amish family collecting maple sap for processing into syrup on their farm in Cedarville,N.Y.They are part of the Richfield Old Order Amish Community.

An Amish girl running her treadle sewing machine to make one of the unique Amish quilts.

A little Amish girl and her sister picking celery in their family garden.In the background her father and brother are harvesting and loading sunflowers onto their wagon.

Anna Mast and her mother Amelia making their unigue baskets in all sizes and shapes. Their relatives woodworking shop and buggy are shown in the window.

A young Amish couple our "courting" in the boy's courting buggy.It is time to stop and pick some wild flowers to complete the afternoon's outing.

The following paintings were completed to celebrate the arrival of five large groups of Old Order Amish Families from Pennsylvanis,Delaware,Ohio,Michigan and Kentucky.They are purchasing all of the abandoned farms in Central New York State on both sides of the Mohawk River Valley.It is such a positive event for our area that my paintings are being done so that everyone will better understand their lifestyle,values and wholesome way of living.I volunteer to teach art in two of their one room schools since they have no art program.This brings me closer to a better understanding of  their way of living , so it can be shared with us "Englishers".

 The prints are available in  matted,ready to frame sizes of 11x14 or 16x20 inches for $28.00 and $65.00 .The acid free matts come in forest green,slate blue or ivory.Specify color when ordering a print.Delivery is within two weeks.Make checks or money order payable to: Jim Parker at Clapsaddle Farm 437 Otsego Street,Ilion,NYS 13357.

Amish girls picking wintergreen,spearmint and peppermint along the old mill creek at Fort Klock in Montgomery County ,N.Y.

An Amish family bottling their bee's honey and setting up a window display for a cash income.They belong to the Little Falls,N.Y. Amish Church and Community.

Amish girls picking blackberries in the Town of Columbia ,N.Y. They belong to the Richfield Community or Church.

The Amish at Stone Arabia,N.Y. admiring the historic Lutheran and Dutch Reformed Church at this Montgomery County location.The churches are surrounded by over 90 Old Order Amish farms.

An Old Order Amish family collecting maple sap to boil in their evaporator.This stone barn is still standing on Wall Street in Cedarville,New York

A group of Menonite children are visiting an art booth at the Clinton,N.Y. farmer's market.Their parents sell baked goods,cheeses,produce ,jams and jellies and crafts at the same market.

A group of local Amish admire the beautiful Castle Falls in Newport,N.Y.The castle was finished and abandoned in 1929,the ruins still stand at the top of the falls.This falls also becomes the centerpiece of my fantasy book" Rainbow Makers of the Adirondacks".

Amish at the covered bridge over the Susquehana River at Unadilla,New York

Amish children playing baseball during recess at their one room school.

Amish children on recess at school in Stone Arabia,New York

The Amish Courting Buggy .They found each other!

A Menonite Choir practices outside of their two room school in Solsville,New York

A quiet moment in the woods as an Amish girl collects spring flowers while the family cow looks on,chewing its cud.