Thursday, February 28, 2013

Thursday, February 28th Hatchlings

Spring is on it's way and I've hatched a little viola to celebrate.

Wednesday, February 17th Major intersection

A confluence of sap lines join up to empty into the main line on it's way to the vacuum house.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Tuesday, February 26th Drill and Tap

The temps have passed the 32 degree mark during the day and things are thawing out. So we've tapped the trees!

Monday, February 25, 2013

Monday February 26th Spiders and Snowflakes

This little spider captured a couple of snowflakes in her web which she had strung from one of our sap tubes.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Friday February 22 Yet another picture of Banjo

There is, apparently, no end to the places Banjo will go.

Thursday, February 21st BTUs

It's fun to observe all the neatly stacked woodpiles along Sheman Hollow Road, and in my own front yard.

Wednesday, February 20th Sugar House Progress

The guys are making headway on the sugar house and now there's a roof and some walls.

Tuesday, February 19th A Hand of Snow

This tree branch appeared to be reaching out a hand to hold on to some of last night's snow fall.

Monday, February 18th A Perfect Round

where you wouldn't expect it. Sometimes those chickens surprise you with unusual colors, shapes and sizes with their eggs. This one was so round, I had to take a picture of it.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Sunday February 17th Studio practice

I received a great birthday present from Scott....a studio box to take photos in. It will be fun and helpful to use when taking pictures of our product for our web site, or photos of some of Maurine's flower arrangements, and even hats for my Etsy shop, should I ever get it up and running. Here are a couple of my first attempts.

Saturday February 16th Planting

Planting little viola seeds in big turkey shells.

Friday February 15th Friends

Thursday February 14th Sweethearts

Wednesday February 13th Happy Birthday to Me

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Tuesday, February 12th My Favorite Photo of All

This is a scanned image so the quality is not so great. But this is my favorite photo ever. Mo and Scott at the campfire at St. Regis Pond in the Adirondacks.

Monday February 11th CAPS for sale

I really need to find something to do with all these hats I've knit and stockpiled.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Sunday February 10 Great Music at Good Times Cafe

We serendipitously attended a warm and wonderful evening of music at Hinesburg's Good Times Cafe on Saturday. We headed down there just for some supper, but the band was coming in as we were eating, so the owner sold us tickets and squeezed us in for the show, me by the fire and Don a little further back. The trio included mandolin, fiddle and guitar and they played music that sounded a lot like Stephane Grappelli and it included lots of Paris 'cafe' sort of music. The pictures is awful, but I'm glad I had a camera at all.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Saturday, February 9th Sugar House and Sky

Friday, February 8 Trapped in the Blizzard

This snow was trapped between the screen and the door to the front deck, and made such an interesting pattern. My photo didn't capture it like I saw it, so I dressed it up a bit with some photo editing.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Sunday February 3rd First Light

Saturday, February 2 Mother Gooses' Grave and Haymarket Square offerings

Not your fairy tale ending. All those kids ended in death at an early age for Mother Goose. That's what 21 pregnancies will do to you. But she does get to RIP is the famous Grainary Burial Ground in Boston.
Not your average fare for sale at Haymarket Square.

Friday, February 1st Happy With Hash

Don enjoys some homemade corned beef hash at the Trident Bookstore and Cafe in Boston.