What a difference a few days makes! A couple of weeks ago we were showing the deep snow cover that we have been under in our last posting and two weeks later this is what we are enjoying! The snow is gone! (at least for now)! The weather has been very tolerable and we can even get by with a short sleeve sweater under our winter coats!
The days are still very quiet out here at the farm--but we are reading many histories of the key players out here and are learning so much. We had a family come through the other day who has made it a tradition to bring their son/daughter who will be leaving for their own mission to the church historic sites to help build upon their testimony before they leave. To take them through the home here and tell of the history was a great experience for us. This particular young man was going to the MTC three days later. He is going to the Baltic States mission and will study Latvian language. When you think of everywhere the church has missionaries and see the enthusiasm in these new missionaries...we are so blessed to be a part of the work!
We were out driving the other day and noticed all of the buckets hanging on the trees...It's syrup time! What is amazing to me is to see these poor old dead looking trees that are still giving! Some of them are so old their trunks are split open..you wonder if they have anything left to give =o) but then you see the happy face on this tree and you know they take great pleasure on fulfilling their assignment! The maple syrup here is so delicious and very expensive but then I heard that it's a 10 to 1 ratio for final production.
2 comments:
Nice pictures. I'd love to see how the maples are tapped. There is a good lesson about giving.
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Love your comment about the old trees giving. That applies to all of us, whatever our age. Thanks for the reminder.
Is that a rock or a bale of hay in that one picture?
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