couple shots

[Nymph]

I haven’t been able to get out shooting much lately. I have started making maple syrup and it has taken what I had left for my free time and turned it into work. The results have tasted fantastic though.

The results.

keeping a close watch on me as I work.

[Birdsong]

Wow! Good for you. My maple tree is just oozing with sap this year, so it crossed my mind. I looked out one cold morning and there was an icicle hanging from the tree. I couldn't figure out what caused it, until it started dripping again later in the day. I stuck a bucket under the drip, but didn't give in to the impulse yet. My 6 year-old grandson and I just finished making three batches of mulberry jelly instead from the berries we picked and froze last summer.

[Steve Foss]

Mmmmm, maple syrup! There's a woman just down the road from us at the lake cabin who spends the spring tapping the threes and boiling down maple syrup in a huge cauldron on an outside fire.

Nice shots, Dave.

[finnbay]

Definitely a spring activity!

[DonBo]

What makes them different colors?

[Nymph]

I am not sure what causes the difference in color. I think the lighter stuff is supposed to be a better grade and might have a better sugar content…. less boiling time to turn it darker?