Now, commuting by cowboy hearse or by dinghy might seem a little unusual to us, but for some people, just a family station wagon would be downright outlandish…
This sketch was a complete—and happy—accident. The Tailor and I happened to pass through Amish country on a Sunday, so I figured nobody would be out and about. We stopped just so I could draw a few farm scenes, but while I was at it these folks passed by.
All I can say is I’m glad I had a pencil on me (so I could jot down a rough sketch more quickly)—and that buggies move pretty slowly.
Ghost domes 
Forgotten canyon 
Twists and turns
I like the juxtaposition of the electric poles (high tech) and the carriage (low tech). Also the little boy peeking out the back window.
Wonderful sketch. This is a scene from many areas, though PA is the most well known. Before I left Michigan in the 1980’s, many Amish had moved onto farms in the Clare area, in the northern lower peninsula. A college friend who was by then a local attorney won a Michigan Supreme Court case for them. They did not like to have to put the orange triangle on the back of their buggies as it was not “plain”.
I’m glad you clarified the common error: Dutch is just many American’s way of mispronouncing Deutsch (which means German).