Colorful

 

First run

  Yesterday was our first run boiling sap in the evaporator in Libby's new sugar shack. 

Gathering sap

Detail

 

Cake

 

Morning light

 

Hats

 

Eggs Benedict

  Libby and I made Eggs Benedict for the first time last week. Our poaching technique needs to be refined, but overall we were pleased with our first attempt. 

Texture

 

Purple

 

Clean

 

Playing a game

 

Water

 

In a row

 

Tapping trees

 

Details

 

Contemplative

 

Blue

 

After dinner

 

Sitting in front of the fire after dinner, knitting and reading

Mudding walls

Creating

 

Snow waves

 

Blue

 

Birch

 

Remembering

 

Drywall

 

Soup

 

Creativity

 When you have a Saturday afternoon, some cardboard, paper and glue, and a whole lot of creativity, you can make all kinds of things. 

Dumplings

 

Frozen

 

Vignette

  

A child with a pacifier, sitting in a rocking chair staring at an old (dead) laptop

Partial

 

Vintage

 

Black and white

 

Serving tea

 

Examining rocks

Patterns

Reminder

 

Winter

 

Fire and snow

 

After the frigid temperatures earlier this week, it seemed almost balmy yesterday afternoon (it felt like 17F), and I decided to build a fire outside. 

Birch and pine

 

Project

  Often, when you're working on a project, things look worse than when you started. 

Pecan pie

 

Purple

 

Orange

 

Sun

  Proof that the sun can shine in Michigan in mid-January. 

Partial

 

At my desk