Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[pollitos2013]

Snow is melting! Then freezing, but mostly melting, flooding the doorways, making walkways slippery, but spring might be on its way! I hope it stops sucking your tires Alaskan...

By the way, I loved the burning mitts and the guest writer French Hen - is that by chance someone from our lovely coffee klatch?

 

[pollitos2013]

Is it Chickwhispers? I got my beautiful blond babies from her! Awesome blogs both of you!

 

[chickisoup]

The sap is running!!!

Pancake breakfasts held by every church and charity in the northwoods soon to follow, yum! Also means a special pancake breakfast held at the VFW by the biggest local syrup producer where you come for a yummy all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast with all the sides, AND bring your own container and buy your syrup, paying by the pound!

So much less expensive than buying it at the store. Just opened my last quart jar from last spring and I use maple syrup in place of sugar in all kinds of things. You also just cannot have those warm winter breakfasts without real maple syrup! And of course you must have an ample supply on hand for when the grandkids show up and want to make snow candy

 

[pollitos2013]

Yummmmmmmy real maple syrup!

 

[Puddin Fluff]

I am going to have to add going to New England during syrup season to my bucket list. We had a family friend who married a guy from somewhere up there and his family had or knew someone they helped with a syrup farm (I guess you call it that) and he would occasionally bring us fresh syrup. I've seen pictures of how they tap the trees but I would like to see it for real.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Friday!

I have a friend who works for a poultry producer as an Accountant. She has a back yard flock, does breeding, sells eggs etc. They told her this week that she has to get rid of all her personal poultry by Sunday.

AI has entered the state and they are uping their biosecurity measures. I have spent the week trying to find folks in state who can buy/take her birds.

She bringing me a delivery tomorrow. Possibly a few for me and some others for a co-worker. I hadn't planned on adding to the flock, but I know her birds are clean and I want to help her find good homes. She has a wonderful variety of heratige breeds.

Rain all day today.

Beautiful, sunny, 60 something tomorrow = Coop Spring Cleaning! (insert exhausted emotocon here!)

4 more working days for me then I am a full time chickie mama!

Lots to do!

 

[perchie.girl]

Friday!

I have a friend who works for a poultry producer as an Accountant. She has a back yard flock, does breeding, sells eggs etc. They told her this week that she has to get rid of all her personal poultry by Sunday.

AI has entered the state and they are uping their biosecurity measures. I have spent the week trying to find folks in state who can buy/take her birds.

She bringing me a delivery tomorrow. Possibly a few for me and some others for a co-worker. I hadn't planned on adding to the flock, but I know her birds are clean and I want to help her find good homes. She has a wonderful variety of heratige breeds.

Rain all day today.

Beautiful, sunny, 60 something tomorrow = Coop Spring Cleaning! (insert exhausted emotocon here!)

4 more working days for me then I am a full time chickie mama!

Lots to do!

Gawd thats got to be hard.... but I understand the biosecurity issue....Dang.

deb

 

[sourland]

4 more working days!

 

[campingshaws]

I've got shrink-wrapped chicks. Already lost one. My coffee got cold.

 

[Bunnylady]

I am going to have to add going to New England during syrup season to my bucket list. We had a family friend who married a guy from somewhere up there and his family had or knew someone they helped with a syrup farm (I guess you call it that) and he would occasionally bring us fresh syrup. I've seen pictures of how they tap the trees but I would like to see it for real.

Many, many years ago, when the world and I were young, my class from school visited a sugar bush when the sap was running - I think that one was owned by a classmate's uncle, or grandfather, or something . . . .