Happy birthday Peter!

It's Peterbilt's 4th birthday.

 Here's a recent pic.

Here's my favorite pic. He sure has grown. Right Mom? Happy Birthday little man! Sorry the pics are so small,but if I try to make them bigger they get fuzzy. Have a good day Peter.

Love, Gramma and Grampa

More?

Again?

When will it end? Apparently never.

 

 

 

In other news..... Isn't my dog cute? Ta.

Apruary

 AAARRRGGGHHH! When will it end?

2nd calf

Mama Rita had her calf this morning.

 This is her 4th baby. Cute as usual and another bull calf.

 This guy is black, unlike his slightly older brother.

As you can see his brother is still brown. I don't get it, but oh well. In other news, I'm still cooking sap and bottling syrup. More on that later. Vaere bra, vaere forsiktig og pas pa at for a vaere hyggelige alle.

April Snowstorm

When April snowstorms,

Come your way,

They bring the back aches,

That last 'til May

We're having fun now. They're talking maybe 8 inches. Yikes! Supposed to get to 50 in Harrison Arkansas today and in the 70's by Sunday. Jus' sayin'. Ta.

Sugarin'

I put out 25 taps this year. The snow was still deep (turned out to be 2 feet) and it was tough on the old guy to slog out there. So I strapped on my Dad's snowshoes. 

 That was a little better, but the snow was melting and about every 4th step I had to stop and shake off the snow from the top of the shoes. Soo....

 Got out the Bobcat. Much better.

 Anyway here's my cooking operation. Don't let anyone see these pics, I don't want those people in Vermont to steal my process.

 Finishing up on the stove. Boiled down 12 gallons. Made a quart of syrup.

That means 3 half pints of syrup and one pint of hooch.

Got 12 more gallons in the fridge I'll boil down tomorrow. Supposed to get cold again so I'm hoping to get more sap the next few days and then it will most likely be done. Be good, be safe and be ever vigilant. Seeeee Ya.

1st calf of 2013

Here is our first calf this spring.

 His mom is Rhoda, our young heifer, so this is her first calf.

He's a cute little guy. He is really more brown than black right now, but that might change. In other news, the sap finally started to run. More on that later. Be good, be careful, and be sure to get your garbage can out the night before. Ta.