Thursday, March 31, 2011

Let The Sun Shine In - B&W Weekend, SS Sunday

Light comes to us unexpectedly and obliquely   
~H.M. Tomlinson

The sun shinning through the blinds onto a highly textured wall.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Deep Blue - Skywatch Friday


"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simplest things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive."
(Eleanora Duse)

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Monday, March 14, 2011

The Sugar Bush - My World

When spring thaw begins in Canada, the maple sap starts to run. The sap is collected from maple trees and turned into the delicious product, Maple Syrup.

We went to the *sugar bush on Sunday. Here's some photos from our outing.

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The wagon ride through the bush.
The horsepower.
The tour included a section of the stand preserved historically, and depicted the old way of collecting the sap and turning it into maple syrup. The operation today is modern and much more efficient.
The old sap collection method
The old method of boiling down the sap with a wood fire
Modern sap collection via tubing strung from tree to tree
The tubing surrounds the perimeter of the stand of about a thousand trees
There are sap ladders at various locations to keep it flowing
The modern method of boiling down the sap, a wood fire is still used
The finished product -  Maple Syrup

*Sugar bush refers to a forest stand which is exploited for maple syrup. The tree canopy is dominated by sugar maple or black maple trees. The maples are tapped for their maple sap in early spring, whenever the weather has warmed so that day-time temperatures are above freezing — 0 °C (32 °F) — while night-time temperatures remain below freezing. Typically there will be snow cover on the ground during the tapping period. The tapping period ends when the supply of maple sap ceases, as when night-time temperatures begin to be above freezing.
From Wikipedia

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Spring Thaw - Watery Wednesday

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The river is high, spring thaw is happening!
The Thames River
London, Ontario
Canada

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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Winter White - Macro Monday

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The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination. 
 ~Terri Guillemets
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