Tapping the maple trees

Tomorrow should be a magical day.  We've had 30-degree nights and 50-degree days.  I'm planning to go out and tap the maple trees.  A couple years ago I ordered some spouts from Lehman's.  I put them away in a drawer where they stayed.  Then last week, my friend called to tell me she'd been tapping her maple trees and had boiled down her maple sap into a syrup and had been enjoying eating it.  I realized, gee, I've got spouts sitting in my drawer, doing absolutely nothing.  So, tomorrow will be the day.  She said to use a 7/16 drill.  She also said she was planning to tap some other kinds of trees.  This friend is also the same one who built her own house and builds rock walls without abandon.  If I only had her energy, I might have been sitting on a gold mine of maple syrup by now.  Instead, I may end up with a whole cup, but I'm willing to take chances.   Wish me luck.
Take care, All. 

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Back From Atlanta

 Hello friends,

We're back from Atlanta and had a fabulous time.  We dined at the Sun Dial Restaurant, a swanky downtown restaurant that revolves on the 18th floor.  It takes about an hour for the restaurant to make one complete turn.  Afterwards, we visited a gallery.  This is one of my favorite activities--it's fun to see what's out there and it spurs on my creativity.  I'll be the first to admit that I can get into a rut and sometimes a change in scenery is the only thing that helps.  This gallery had a lot of folk art, which I find whimsical and fun.  It reminds me that art can take many forms.  I included a picture of the rabbit that captured my heart.

Now I'm back and settled into my regular life again.  It's time to get back on task and finish the off-grid book that's been consuming my time for the past month.  I'm two-thirds the way through it and am finding it hard to stay on task.  Sometimes I wish I had some kind of motivation switch that I could just flip on.  Despite lack of motivation to do anything but read books on kindle, we were able to get our ETSY shop back on line again.  If you want to take a look, I've included a link below.

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Take care, All.