PROJECT 365 DAY 93 April 3rd

Went to the Marathon Maple Syrup Festival today and wandered around taking in the spirit of the Maple Syrup celebration.

PROJECT 365 DAY 92 April 2nd

Spring cleaning the basement.... the bench are is now all organized after winter projects and sorted out and i can find things again. Always a good thing.

PROJECT 365 DAY 91 April 1st

Dessert tonight.......

PROJECT 365 DAY 90 March 31

Last day of March and yes ....woke up to fresh snow.....

PROJECT 365 DAY 89 March 30

Walking around..... a reminder of the last Ice age... the property is strewn with large boulders..... covered in vines before they sprout their leaves....... makes for a really interesting abstract.

PROJECT 365 DAY 88 March 29

Two today because both boy's had  a haircut..... and looks smashing.

PROJECT 365 DAY 87 March 28

Baby Skyler came to visit for an impromptu gathering for Patrick's Birthday.... he is a very good baby.

PROJECT 365 DAY 86 March 27

PROJECT 365 DAY 85 March 26

Crystal gazing...... on the road to Ithaca...... playing with my new android phone/camera.

PROJECT 365 DAY 84 March 25

Icicle in the sunset..... with the freeze thaw cycle lately the icicles are growing again.... this one was particularly colourful just as the sun set.

PROJECT 365 DAY 83 March 24

Seven duck egg quiche..... dinner tonight.

PROJECT 365 DAY 82 March 23

Seedlings have sprung! wooo hooo.

PROJECT 365 DAY 81 March 22

Trial batch of Maple Syrup.... still need to perfect the straining... and thickening but the TASTE part I have right.... still working on it over the course of the next few day's. 

PROJECT 365 DAY 80 March 21

Today we started boiling down maple sap to make home made Maple Syrup..... lots of carting and wood smoke and containers.... lots of rain and mist and snow in the morning were not the IDEAL conditions to build a fire in... but things are bubbling along.....

PROJECT 365 DAY 79 March 20

Served with rice..... Bok Choi, capsicum, corn, carrot from the garden, celery, sunflower kernels, leek, pineapple chunks, bean sprouts, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots.

PROJECT 365 DAY 78 March 19

Moon at Perigee March 19th 2011 Fingerlakes upstate NY

PROJECT 365 DAY 77 March 18

PROJECT 365 DAY 76 March 17

PROJECT 365 DAY 75 March 16

PROJECT 365 DAY 74 March 15

Pruning one of the Apple tree's today........... while it is still cold.  Half snow half exposed ground and lots of MUD..

PROJECT 365 DAY 73 March 14

Shakes head...... all our animals are kinda *odd* it seems.This is *Dawn*.

PROJECT 365 DAY 72 March 13

Holly and Neal's newborn baby boy Skyler....

PROJECT 365 DAY 71 March 12

Melting snow and running water................

PROJECT 365 DAY 70 March 11

I see bulbs poking through~ not long now..........

PROJECT 365 DAY 69 March 10

The beginning of the BIG MELT............ *away from the house and barn*.........

PROJECT 365 DAY 68 March 9

PROJECT 365 DAY 67 March 8

Pancake Tuesday with berries and cream!

PROJECT 365 DAY 66 March 7

Snowed heavily overnight.... this chair was cleaned off before sunset night before when i stood on it to fill up the bird feeder since we had new snow coverage and some spring birds have already returned.

PROJECT 365 DAY 65 March 6

My favourite chocolate cake from a Mirian Miller Amish recipe left me with a cake overflowing the edges and dripping onto the oven and burning and smoking. The cake is great..... had to put a tray underneath to catch the drips as it swelled out of the cake pan. Next time.... two cake tins.... i was duped by the volume!

PROJECT 365 DAY 64 March 5

Patrick's latest landscape painting..... w.i.p ... oil on canvas 12 x 12 inch box canvas

PROJECT 365 DAY 63 March 4

My fabulously talented and sweet boy is 14 today...... he is growing up so quickly! Happy Birthday Drew! Btw he is also the baby at the top of my blog....... and is now MUCH taller than his mother......

PROJECT 365 DAY 62 March 3

Sky's latest trick is to steal my paint lids.......... he really looks...... well as silly as he really is. LOL!

PROJECT 365 DAY 61 March 2

As he sun goes down.........

365 DAY 60 March 1

Science Center....... Ithaca New York........ amazing experience.

365 DAY 59 FEBRUARY 28

Misty Maple tree's across the road today when a significant fog rolled in and looked really otherworldly.

PROJECT 365 DAY 58 FEBRUARY 27

Night version of Redreaming Antipodes............ 

365 DAY 57 FEBRUARY 26

Completed ......... Redreaming Antipodes....

365 DAY 56 FEBRUARY 25

Computer upgrade... new graphics card and 750w power supply ...... installed all by Drew with some help from his brother who supplied the smaller hands for tight spaces.

365 DAY 55 FEBRUARY 24

My lovely friend Roxanne doing her thing......

365 DAY 54 FEBRUARY 23

Patrick's new oil painting of    lilly pads.....   click the link to see other paintings by Patrick Miller.... my talented husband.

365 DAY 53 FEBRUARY 22

Ciabatta bread..... specially made for Patrick.

365 DAY 52 FEBRUARY 21

For those in Christchurch .... and everyone touched by the earthquake tragedy.... Kia Kaha.

365 DAY 51 FEBRUARY 20

This time of the year we make sure the birdfeeder is always full........

365 DAY 50 FEBRUARY 19

Another sunset ..........

365 DAY 49 FEBRUARY 18

It almost looks like Shannon and Sky are friends here...... but don't let the proximity fool you.... when Sky got all comfy and put his head down she boxed him..... LOL! Sitting on Patrick...... one leg each worked for a time.....

365 DAY 48 FEBRUARY 17

we have had a bit of a melt...... and suddenly the Pekins can SWIM.... they are so excited!

365 DAY 47 FEBRUARY 16

I really do love this tree........

365 DAY 46 FEBRUARY 15

Almost a clear sky.................

PROJECT 365 DAY 45 FEBRUARY 14