Only time will tell - a photo on Flickriver

            This scene, captured just before sunrise, has changed very little in a century-and-a-half.  I first photographed it nearly 50 years ago and it was the same old, rough-hewn look that appealed then.
This farmstead has been owned and operated by successive generations of Old Order Mennonites, who remain off the grid and largely separated from the technological changes that have reshaped the look and economics of modern farms.  Instead, they are steadfastly reliant on simple, tried-and-true methods, and ceaseless hard manual work that is supplemented by horse power for both transportation and cultivation.
Will this scene persist another 50 years?  Or will it succumb to the ever-more insistent hum of modern amenities and efficiencies?  Are we witnessing a time-tested model of sustainability?  Or is this merely a fading relic from a time already forgotten by the vast majority of us? 
   

Taken on: September 3, 2020

Tags:

farm

barn

Old Order Mennonites

Woolwich Township

Waterloo Region

Ontario

Canada « less

Sets appears in: • Relics • Waterloo Region more » • Architecture • Southern Ontario Landscapes « less

Groups appears in: • Fences • Agriculture more » • Rural Ontario • Old And Beautiful (buildings ,barns, shacks, and abandoned homes • Panoramas - Panoramiques « less

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