Fall Colors of Northern Ohio

Sunday afternoon, SM and I went for a Sunday drive with a friend from church.  This friend is from the area and knows a lot of the history and stories from this beautiful Northern Ohio area. 

I wish I could capture the beauty of all these trees...but I really can't.  But I love knowing that God has given us all this natural beauty because He loves us.

Our small town was celebrating the fall colors with a scenic drive and a pioneer gathering at the park.  Here we have a couple metal workers and some traditional clothing.

And beautiful horses and buggies!

And a medical tent...and black powder guns...and a little bit of everything.

A few of the tents were set up near a small lake.  The participants of this gathering had slept in their tents for several days and really gotten to know each other.  And the weekend was beautiful weather so it was comfortable and fun for everyone.

And that Sunday evening everyone would be eating small birds...yum!

Part of the scenic road tour included a dairy farm.  We were able to see where the cows were milked, where they lined up before and after a milking and how they were taken care of.  These cows were really pampered with large fans in the barn and...

...a self scratching post.  This post has two or three large brushes attached so that when you've got an itch the cows can take care of it themselves.

And the last place we stopped was at a sawdust farm where the father was also a collector of tractors.  He had close to 100 tractors in the field next to the barn.  We saw very old tractors, new tractors and unique tractors.

Here's an older tractor.

And a very large tractor...and one of SM's favorite!