Sunday, February 26, 2012

Maple Syrup Festival

To the chagrin of the young folk, we attended a Maple Syrup Festival today. Though it promised such delights as maple cotton candy, pancake breakfasts, candle making, and a tour of how maple syrup is made, our arrival was met with faces like this:

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(The backdrop is smoke from the woodburner used to heat the syrup in production.)

The mood did not lighten, even when we found a tee-pee
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On the tour we learned that 20 gallons of syrup are produced from 1000 gallons of sap.
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The children (accompanied by their friend Sophia) attempted to escape, through the Maple grove by going uphill on a fallen log.
maple syrup festival 2012

maple syrup festival 2012

I found the festival delightful, and would happily go again. I hear the national syrup festival is only about an hour further away, and spans the next two weekends. To that, perhaps Joe and I will travel ourselves. More cotton candy for us.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Valentine's Day

Eliot got something in the mail today from his teacher. He was thrilled, and insisted I take pictures. He was very serious about his modeling poses, as you can see.

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