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Not quite as cold last night and a real good sleep we had. 38 F at 5 am and comfy inside , Turned or propane heater in and quickly a comfortable 72F in side. Gonna be a warmer day so looking forwards to that. Too chilly for a walk that I want to do but I want to be a bit warmer.
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| An overcast sunrise through the trees |
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| we are nice and cozy back here |
So a nice country drive around the back roads enjoying the scenery of this countryside. Will be much nice once things start to green up. Just down the road there is 2 sugar maple bushes with blue pipelines going from tree to tree collecting sap for some fresh made local Maple Syrup. E real treat that we occasionally enjoy. Not cheap though, there is a lot of work involved. It takes about 40 gallons off sap to produce I gallon of Maple syrup. Now costing about $60.00 a gallon.
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these pipelines are amazing
a pretty big family operation |
Ian Roth has an amazing local operation and has grown to 8000 taps collecting sap and has a Facebook page
HERE if you care to look at it.
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| another bush here across the road |
Headed down the road and more of an overcast sunrise.
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crossing the Nith river flowing
nicely with the spring rains |
Into Plattsville cruised around our old neighborhoods and checkin out all the new homes they keep building every year more subdivisions. when I move here in 1982 population was about 750 now I am sure well over 3,000.
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| Camp Awesome waiting for us to return |
Cruised about town for a bit, stopped at the garage for a few minutes to chat and back home again along more country roads.
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Love this farm house our Baby sitter for
daughter number 2 lived here back in the '80s' |
A tasty light lunch then a trip to new Hamburg for a few items for tonight's supper And enjoying an almost sunny day until 11:30 am then the rain began. Temperature did get to 62F (17C) so much much nicer but then some afternoon rain showers. Hmm ok that rain will help with some spring flowers etc... I stopped at the Beer store to pick up some beer, did not seem to be any deals like last year. But talking to the friendly staff he mentioned Laker Light ( a beer we like) has a 2 case deal (24 bottles each) reg price $35.95 but can get 2 cases for 60 bucks. Sold !Beer is expensive in Canada and if we can save $12.00 by buying 2 we will take the savings.
The rain only lasted for about an hour the winds died down and the sun tried to come out, almost. I did get and nice walk down the road and back about a mile, felt good with the warmer air. The fields are not ready to plant yet, they need to dry up a bit more before they can get on the land. But gonna get cold again.
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| down to the end of this bush |
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| Turkey farms here |
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| soon they will work the land |
Did get some reading done inside nice and cozy in here. Then a bit later after our quiet Happy Happy hour I went in the house to whip up tonight's supper for the 4 of us. It was decided on gluten free spaghetti, with meat sauce. (Sandy has lots of ground beef in the freezer so that works), I picked up some cheese buns and made a salad to go with it. We will eat around 5:30 or so when Dennis is done chores. Added some garlic butter to the fresh buns and we had a very tasty meal together.
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| and some Jalepeno peppers for me |
Another fun day enjoying this much milder weather and a tasty meal with family, sure worked for us. Then home for a bit finish up this posting and catch a nice early sunset , I have to drive down the road a bit , we are in the bush, but was worth the drive.
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| a nice ending to a wonderful day |
This is Ontario and the weather changes at the drop of a hat. We enjoyed today and see what tomorrow has in store for us.
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