Neighbor Mike celebrating the end of maple season with a "shot"... of maple syrup

April 24, 2014
38 degrees/cloudy/calm
Pentoga Road

No time to write. I'm grading papers and finals almost nonstop, but here's what I've been doing the past two days.

The maple sap turned yellow, signaling the end of the season.

Neighbor Mike wanted to learn how to make maple syrup, so he helped me boil down the last batch.

I ended processing around five gallons total this season.

Wednesday was spent grading papers and cleaning up the maple equipment.

Spring must be here. The rhubarb is sprouting.

And the geese are flying. So are the tales from Pentoga Road....