Ice fishing, Antoine and Sugar Time

First of all I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Favorite Youngest Daughter. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Also I want to say CONGRATULATIONS FAYFIE on your math accomplishment.

Last weekend my Favorite Oldest Daughter and I went ice fishing. We only saw two fish on the camera, but we caught one of them, so we batted .500. She took a picture of me with the fish and assured me that she would upload it by this summer some time. I don't know why this pic looks cropped, I didn't do it.

Wednesday The Boy and The FDL and the kids went Ice fishing with me. The kids got to see lots of fish on the camera, so they had fun for awhile. Grampa caught two fish that were about three inches long. Pretty small, but we didn't get skunked.

This was Antoine in November.

You remember this pic from February.

Here's what he looks like now. All the black frozen stuff fell off. Looks like he went to the barber and got a crew cut. I don't know if it will stay this way, or if it will grow back. We'll just have to wait and see. Thursday afternoon I started to tap the maples and finished yesterday morning. I put in 23 taps. I think I had 11 last year. It got to 43 degrees yesterday and we got about 1/2 gallon of sap. It's cold today and supposed to be cold tomorrow, so it won't run, but starting Monday temps in the 40's are expected for the next two weeks. As long as it freezes at night and gets that warm in the day the sap will run. Can't wait Yummo.