Day 138/365 It’s time to go, Easter eggs

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     You’re never to old to decorate Easter eggs, not to mention hunting for them on Easter morning. I bought two dozen for my grandkids to decorate, even though they are a little beyond the believing age. A good time had by all. 

Day 137/365 It's time to go, sap

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The ancient maple tree in our back yard decided to deliver its sap to us without even being asked. During the night a few pints of sap flowed out of it, gathered on the trunk, and froze there. We couldn't turn down this generous gift from our faithful old friend, and decided to use it as nature intended... for maple syrup.

After a few steps involving chopping, boiling , straining and pouring, our tree provided us with a full mason jar of 100% authentic maple syrup, no additives or sweeteners involved.

The next and only question is:  Do we pour it on our  waffles, or  do we take ten more minutes to add butter, cook it, and turn it into maple sugar?

Day 136/365 It’s time to go, boxes, bottles and plastic containers

     Here at the cottage I’ve been storing up boxes (Cheerios) bottles (Spicy Hot V8 juice), and plastic containers (chicken salad from the deli) until I could put them out for recycle. Finally the day came when I was here on a Monday morning, which is when the town garbage truck come around.

      I’ve been taking my garbage home every week, but the carefully rinsed recyclables had to wait before I let go of them. There is something thoughtful, something ‘green’  about recycling on site, where the material is used. That’s my little theory as I do my best to reduce, reuse and recycle as intentionally as I can. 

Day 135/365 It’s time to go, Scuppers

     We enjoyed our grandpet’s visit for the week, but it was time for her to go back to her family today. I guess if she were ours, we’d work out a routine that didn’t involve letting her out at 2:15 in the morning.