A Bouquet of Sunshine

Flowers arrived for me today, a gift from the family. So beautiful - Receiving this bouquet really made my day.

Included with the flowers are three budding apple tree branches.

The assortment of yellow and white flowers bring a lot
of sunshine into our home on this gray day in March.

Thank you, J, S, C, and L for thinking of me today!

Maple Sugaring Time

It's maple sugaring season in Vermont. We took a drive to one of the local sugarhouses where sap is being collected from the trees and boiled down to make maple syrup.

We could see the steam from the evaporators as we were getting near.

Traditionally, sap is collected from the maple trees in buckets, but producers now use miles of tubing from the trees to the sugarhouses.

Here is one of the evaporators boiling down the sap for syrup.

It's open house weekend, so pancakes are being served, with lots of syrup, of course.

And there are always products to buy to take home.

  

Vermont Maple Syrup is the best!

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Maple Cream Pie

We took a drive today to Poor House Pies in Underhill,
Vermont. It is a go-to place for pie lovers.

It was not even noon and there were only a few pies
left. Fortunately, one of them was a maple cream!
That's the one we chose.

Rich and creamy. A wonderful treat!

We are already
planning to go 
again.
For our
next visit, it's
going to be a
chicken pot pie.

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Eat more pie!

Brisk Bleak Beautiful Walk

On the rec path today. A typical bleak March 
almost-Spring day. Every season has its beauty.

There are many birch trees along the path.

The ice has melted and the brook is flowing.
Counting down the days to Spring,
after a long Covid-winter.

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Happy Soon-to-be-Spring!