It was a crazy year for sap, but we ended up with a lot of wonderful treats!
The first is maple sap, which is good as a drink or added to chili. Then syrup, maple cream, candy and then maple sugar!
The weather has warmed up. Audrey noticed this raccoon hanging around our sap buckets this afternoon. She tried chasing it away by banging a spoon in a pan. It only ran up our maple tree and then took a nap. It is still enjoying its cozy napping space.
While it slept, we made sure all the lids were tight on the sap buckets and then put a heavy brick on each one. We do not want a nosy raccoon to ruin the sap we collected!
The sky was clear for a short while today.
After many days of below zero weather, I took the kids to see if the river had frozen over. I knew it probably was not, but was still hoping 🙂 The only time we have seen it completely frozen was in 2014.
Megan thought the ice was fascinating. She made a snow angel and admired how the river looked through the ice. Then she just sat quietly and watched the geese for awhile. I wonder her reaction if the river had been completely iced over.
We have been enjoying the many birds at our feeders the last few days.
The weather is supposed to be very cold this week. With the wind chill, most of the week it will feel like we have negative numbers.