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colder day of sap
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So as I always do I checked and my last post was March 24. Not so long ago but feels like forever since I blogged or did anything quilting related. I have been collecting sap and making maple syrup. A small operation to make the sweet stuff. Lots of hard work and hours of watching sap boil. Unfortunately being in the sugar shack is not conducive to doing any stitching so I got a few books read instead. But this weekend was the end for me and now I can turn my interests to other things. Not quite time for gardening although we have had temperatures in the mid 20's (Celsius) and the snow is melting and the grass is starting to turn green. A few of those April showers would help greatly. I live beside a creek and it is flowing pretty well. The rush of the water is a wonderful thing to listen to with the windows open now. It has been an interesting Spring. Snow, rain, freezing rain and now summer temperatures!
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Mostly I have been working on the quilting frame in the evenings or the odd day off(waiting for sap to drip) but I have also put a great dent in my hexie quilt. It is getting nearer and nearer to being finished, well closer to adding a border of hexies!! I am sure you will be as happy as I will be when this one is done. It has been in the works I figure for almost 12 years or more!!!
I am having a relaxing day with just a bit of laundry. I have had time to check in with Kathy and do plan more hexie slow stitching this afternoon! Check with her blog and all those who join her each Sunday for some relaxing slow stitching! This video is just for Kathy. Looking forward to our Piranha weekend!
Enjoy your week ahead! I hear rain is in the forecast for us...so those Spring flowers will get their showers!!
Sap processing is an unusual activity to this beach-town girl! It sounds like quite a multi-step process. We had a lot of snow in the local mountains but it is all gone now with all the rain we've had in SoCal. Enjoy your hexie stitching :)
ReplyDeleteYour busy life! I don't think I know anyone who collects sap and makes syrup! What an interesting process! I, too, am working on a hexie project; yours is lovely!
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