it's a long time 'til the sap runs
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43 comments:
Does anybody live here?
I love the tone of this photo. I bet at the right time of year that there's much activity there.
This is a classic. I this a shack were people get warm of they are checking their maple syrup taps? What happens to the wood if it is not painted?
This looks idyllic, but I am sure gathering syrup can be tough work. The brother of a friend of mine in Maine (where I lived from age 2 - 5) has maple syrup taps and he fell, broke his leg, and then slid through the snow for a mile to get help.
Une cabane à sucre! La tire sur la neige ! Wonderful!
a little house lost in the forest.. a "Sugar house " like in a fairy tale.. I wonder if there's a witch somewhere..
Ah, a real sugar house! Think of all the sweetness that has passed through it. . .
Nice sepia.
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dearest friends from afar, a sugar house is a place where the sap from the maple tree is boiled down to make delicious maple syrup. when the sap begins to rise in the maple trees at the end of winter/beginning of spring, this precious sap is tapped and gathered and brought to this little house where a fire burns under a metal pan, evaporating the moisture from the sap and leaving only the sweet maple syrup.
Ah, sweet thoughts of spring.
Sunny :)
I hope this is the picture you wished linked.
As Mr. Harvey would say, "Now, you know the rest of the story."
Thanks for visiting my Neanderthal post.
I dunno, Brattcat. I saw some sap out running this morning and it's 32 degrees!
And in Orlando, we have friends running the Disney 1/2 Marathon this morning in sleet (which never happens in Florida!) and they're going to run the full Marathon tomorrow when it will be even colder.
Talk about "saps"! ;-)
Seriously, this is a terrific winter image! I wouldn't want to spend much time there, though ... at least not until it warms up and the snow melts!
Thanks
I saw your comment
I just want to ask you about that sugarhouse?
But now I know it :-)
Very interesting to read about how they make syrup !!!!
:-)
Great antique photo !!
The photo gad a certain fairytale atmosphere. A bit Grim Brothers quality.
I agree with Rune - this is like from a fairytaile :)
Can't be that long, only another 6 weeks or so.
What I wouldn't give fr some maple sugar candy nd your snow as I melt away at our 44C temperatures.
Wonderful tone and texture.
Brings to mind the words of Henry David Thoreau when he decided to live at Walden Pond. Henry says: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
Such true and beautiful words, and your image certainly evokes HDT's timeless wisdom. Good work, and here's to hoping we each live life to the fullest and find its essence.
Looks just like every other small snow-covered cabin in Tampa. Actually this is a wonderful Vermont scene and is how I imagine everyone lives up there. Snowshoes and maple syrup running. Very picturesque.
You'll be in the Tampa Bay area on the 24th? If it's not freezing here, maybe Mrs. Tampa DP and I could meet you for a coffee or drink?
Oh my! What a sweet picture and the roof is covered by sugar!!! :)
God bless you!
Cezar
I would mind living in a sugar house! Neat picture.
Until I saw Aileni's comment and looked back, I didn't even notice it was sepia. I would like to be a child living near that place. I would slip over to this little place and pretend that it was a castle, or a fort, or a ship. What a lovely little cabin.
Great photo...like everytime!
Small lovely house!
Greetings
Yvi
Brattcat, thanks for the explanation about what a sugar house is... actually, now that I think about it, I should have known already from your older posts about making maple syrup!
Fantastic in sepia and what a subject! I just got off a 7 day cleanse just after New Years day. (Maple syrup, lemons & cayenne) it wasn't grade B as suggested but its all I could afford!
I'm told there is a shortage so the price has gone up? In your oppinion what is the reason?
Have a wonderful day-
I'm agree with Malyss, this house is worthy of a fairy tale...nice shot!
I'm sorry BC, it just spontaneously came out in French. Blame Québec! ;-)
I was transported back to that wonderful series of yours, BC, not all that long after you commenced this blog, about the making of maple syrup.
The photograph is delight and IMHO so much better in sepia than in B&W. The snow is piled up in the the right places, and the structure is such an olde-worlde shape. No wonder some of your readers are reminded of Thoreau.
I must dip into HDT a bit at the moment. I am struggling with meaning now that employment has made way for retirement. His inspiration to find internal meaning might assist.
Good post.
More like a...sugar shack!
A wonderful image, so quiet now but the activity will come later. A beautiful monochrome.
The Road to Here
What a beautiful sugar house!
Just a lovely peaceful place. I am seeing a little snow here in Paris as well!
V
Oh my God, I can take the maple syrup already!!!
Think I saw this house in many many movies. Excellent shot, good composition, and the colors are just... right.
Great, like a real vintage picture! This a masterpiece, Brattcat!
wow,very sweet indeed.
Log cabin in the snow makes a great monochrome and a topical subject.
Lovely photo of the shack covered in snow! Although I do prefer it to be running...maple syrup, yum! :)
This a lovely little cabin and the shot is just wonderful! Today I posted a wooden house, which is actually very uncommon around here... :-)
This is a classic and one to be printed and hung for all to enjoy. Like Julie, I was reminded of your outstanding series on "the liquid gold" you did last spring. I just had some VT medium amber this morning on my waffle . . . yum.
Beautiful picture!
this is a timeless wonderful image.
Yum, my mouth waters just thinking of what happens there. One of the few things I miss living in the South. ~ Calico Contemplations
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