Autumn Glory

 My seventh Amish-Country Mystery is set in part along Salt Creek Township Lane 601, in Holmes County, Ohio.  It’s a quiet and peaceful Amish corner of the world, with a few English (or Yankee) homes mixed in among the farms.  At one point on the high ground there, the view stretches out over three separate counties.  The vistas are magnificent and also plain.  The tall barns and rolling pastures are clearly old-world in nature, and there are few modern sights like phone lines, electric poles or TV antennas to scar the display. 

I like to visit this short stretch of 601 where it crests on the high ridge, and I like to watch for the glory of the autumn colors there, because it rarely disappoints.  This picture is one I took on an October day not long ago, with an Amish homestead in the foreground.  I hope you like it as much as I do.  It serves as the cover illustration for the hardcover edition of  Harmless as Doves.