Yeah, I'm fully aware that this is a new record for posts in one day.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tapping the trees
Checking the buckets.
Checking the drip rate.
Emptying the sap buckets into the storage bucket.
Touching the sap.
Tasting the sap.
Checking the drip rate.
Emptying the sap buckets into the storage bucket.
Touching the sap.
Tasting the sap.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Slackin'
So, I have been a pretty terrible blogger lately. For the past week + my laptop has been dead. I got a new hard drive installed on Saturday (thank you super duper Apple Genius Bar technicians who installed it in 40 minutes while I waited!). All is now right with the world.
Last week was also what I refer to as my yearly "Hell Week" where I have 4 different night meetings in one week. Yuck!
Lily is getting to be a pro at walking. Just yesterday she was amazing us with her fearless abilities to walk all around the house. She walked all the way from the couch into the kitchen where I was washing dishes!
To mark the occasion, I went to Once Upon A Child and bought her some real big girl tennis shoes for walking outside. They are really cute and the brand name is "Teeny Toes" which is what I always call her.
As promised, here are a few videos from recent days:
Her favorite (and only) word...
And for your listening pleasure, Lily's beautiful music...
Last week was also what I refer to as my yearly "Hell Week" where I have 4 different night meetings in one week. Yuck!
Lily is getting to be a pro at walking. Just yesterday she was amazing us with her fearless abilities to walk all around the house. She walked all the way from the couch into the kitchen where I was washing dishes!
To mark the occasion, I went to Once Upon A Child and bought her some real big girl tennis shoes for walking outside. They are really cute and the brand name is "Teeny Toes" which is what I always call her.
As promised, here are a few videos from recent days:
Her favorite (and only) word...
And for your listening pleasure, Lily's beautiful music...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Corey's excellent adventure
My man is making maple syrup. I have to admit, I was against this, wanting to wait until next year when Lily would be a little older and a bit more self sufficient. But being hard headed, he didn't listen.
It actually hasn't been as difficult as I remember from making maple syrup when I was a kid. Maybe that is because when I was little, we had to hike quite a ways to get to the trees we tapped and we had to haul the big buckets of sap over a fence. Corey tapped the ones right here in the yard so he hardly has to haul it at all. He has been boiling down the sap in record time. Tonight's batch took only about 4 hours total, 3 hours on the fire and 1 hour on the stove to finish it off. My computer is on the fritz but Corey took these cell phone shots of the boiling process and the finished product.
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It actually hasn't been as difficult as I remember from making maple syrup when I was a kid. Maybe that is because when I was little, we had to hike quite a ways to get to the trees we tapped and we had to haul the big buckets of sap over a fence. Corey tapped the ones right here in the yard so he hardly has to haul it at all. He has been boiling down the sap in record time. Tonight's batch took only about 4 hours total, 3 hours on the fire and 1 hour on the stove to finish it off. My computer is on the fritz but Corey took these cell phone shots of the boiling process and the finished product.
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