Sun & Sap

My goodness, i completely missed March on here!  The last two weeks have been busy with boiling and watching the temperatures rise.  It finally feels like the long winter is behind us, and spring is here to stay.  However we do have the cook stove going today, to take the chill off.  

Everything is waking up again, our driveway is muddy, the past two mornings i have woken to the birds singing.  The changing of the seasons always brings hope and joy for what's to come.  I can't wait to pick out our seeds and plant our garden.  But for now we're still in the maple midst.  During our 10 hour boil yesterday, Charlie and I snuck out for a hike in the sugar bush.  The bluebird sky blanketed us as we traveled from mud puddles leading to 2 feet of snow and back to mud.  

Ahhhh spring, thank you for coming back.

I am so grateful everyday for this beautiful life we lead.

A trip to VT & back

Ah.  A beautiful sunny day spent cruising the roads up to VT to see one of my dear friends.  A day squished between two snowy days.  It was perfect.

Did i mention that we got another foot of snow yesterday, along with another 4" today?  This truly is "The Long Winter!"

Anyways, back to the road.  The sunshine.  The tunes & a fresh cup of tea to join me at takeoff at 7:30am. 

Nine degrees at home.

Views of the notch in the distance.  Four degrees.

Coming into the notch.  Negative 5 degrees.  Crazy skiers on Cannon at 8:30am.

Hitting the VT state line at 9:00am, five degrees.  Farm silos begin to emerge.  

Small VT town.  B&J's delivering.

Destination: Jeffersonville, VT.  9 degrees.  Farms in every direction, so beautiful.

Headed home.  4:30pm.  12 degrees.

Sun sets over Danville, VT.

This view.

This sunset.  That song. 

The gratitude i feel for living in a place this beautiful.

It's dark as i roll back down through the notch.  Hoping that the moose & deer stay off the road.  3 Degrees.

Home at 6:30pm.  19 degrees.  Hubs cooked up parmesan pork chops accompanied by mac & cheese for my return.  He said it's a real man's meal.  Veggies will have to wait for another night.

I'm game.

In & Out

Inside & Outside

Noticing:

14" of snow since Thursday.  

How much i love and hate February.

Charlie and i went snow shoeing in the woods.  We didn't make it as far as usual, he had to stop and rest (and so did i).  

Bluebird sky today.  

Grey sky on Valentines day, but so beautiful just the same.  

How much i love the lap quilt i finally tied, that follows me from the bedroom to the living room.  Bringing fall colors into our home to brighten the February blah.

Wind bursts blowing snow to create glitter under the sun.

Gift of a snow day spent at home with my love.  

The fruit trees are buried.  

Looking up at the mess of branches intertwined with each other, those few leaves still hanging on, waiting for spring.

I'm knitting in-the-round for the first time and have no idea what I'm making, but it's relaxing.

  Homemade turkey soup for v day lunch (because i was home), bread baked for the week, red velvet cake for v day dessert.

Realizing how easy it really is to make cake from scratch.  Seriously. 

Hubs made dinner tonight while i laid on the couch doing absolutely nothing but chatting with him.  

It was marvelous. 

 This VT beauty is the perfect decoration to admire while i do the dishes.

March will be here before we know it.

We'll be tapping next week.