39 Replies to “The Sweet Season”

  1. Lovely photo–“sweet” (as the younger generation say)!! And with the sap welling up from the roots, “give rise? is perfect! You were kind enough to let your earlier photo grace my Sugar Snow story, and now this one is the perfect follow-up! Here’s to Spring, and pancakes!

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    1. I thought of you and your wonderful story when I posted this this morning. – Thanks for catching ‘give rise’ a suger-er like you would!

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  3. Elizabeth Melton Parsons – Indiana – I'm a novelist, poet, and artist. I love books, nature, art, and gardening. I'm a rock hound and there's a photo of me with a cool fossil rock on my about page, I take a lot of nature pictures. The background here is one of mine. Unfortunately I recently lost my wonderful husband, but I'm grateful to have the blessing of two beautiful sons. elizabethmeltonparsons.wordpress.com is © Elizabeth Melton Parsons 2007-2018. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Elizabeth Melton Parsons with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
    Elizabeth Melton Parsons says:

    I have sugar maples in my front yard and the squirrels love to gather and store the syrup as sugar for winter. Love your verse. 🙂

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  4. blondie63 – I love crochet, knitting, photography, dogs, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, music ,blogging and did I mention dogs? I also love to collect movies which is a big hobby of mine!
    Lisa says:

    Wow that is cool I have never seen that before!! I have heard of it but never seen it! Thanks for Sharing!

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  5. Great photo/word combination! My father has friends who are maple sugar-ers and I’ve visited their place….I don’t think I’ve ever smelt anything as good as maple syrup being made…especially on a cold day!

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  6. Tina Schell – I am passionate about photography, love traveling and exploring new places and faces, and seeing the world from different perspectives. My lens is always on the lookout for something beautiful or interesting.
    Tina Schell says:

    Wonderful as always seedbed!

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  7. Rene Yoshi – Just a transplanted Okinawan-French Southern girl with a wee bit o' Irish, sharing photography and what I'm learning about spiritual things, including putting off legalism and religious traditions, and embracing God's matchless love, tender mercy, and amazing grace!
    Rene Yoshi says:

    Once again you have such a great way with words, and your photo is beautiful. I hope we have a good sugaring season this year.

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  8. When I was a little girl a story in my reader about this process captured my imagination and fascinates me to this day. Big smile when I saw this picture.

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  10. Elisa – I love reading, writing, poetry, photography and cooking and and and...!!! "It gives me strength, almost unbelievable strength, to know that you are there. I covet your eyes, your ears, the collapsible space between us. How blessed are we to have each other? I am alive and you are alive and so we must fill the air with our words." - Dave Eggers
    Elisa says:

    I really like this one, but I shouted inside OMG that’s too many taps on each tree, will kill the tree! I love maple sugaring time!

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  14. What a lovely evocation of an early sign of spring in New England. There is nothing like real maple syrup.

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  15. Gretchen Del Rio – Crestline, California, USA – I first discovered the magic of water based colors when many years ago I began to paint with procion dyes on silk. I loved the unexpected quality of the process. It was so exciting to never be sure what the colors and water would combine to produce. It seemed as though the medium had its own passion. Painting with watercolors and paper is much the same. I love the color combinations and separations that occur spontaneously as the color floats on the water. You can never totally predict what effect will result. If you try to control the medium too much, your painting will be very tight losing its aliveness. The artist must be bold and decisive or the work will not be clear and fresh. It is really like a dance. It becomes a controlled folly in knowing when to let go and when to take charge of the direction that the painting is taking. The images that I paint reflect my emotions and are expression of my life experience. They are not extensively planned, but rather evolve as the painting progresses. I am always surprised by the end result since it comes into being because of what the medium and emotion has suggested. The paintings are from my heart and I always fall in love with the subject. I believe that we are all connected and, if an image touches you, it is because we all have the same heart even though our paths may be different. Most of all, painting what I paint makes me happy. The paintings are my own path unfolding. They are an opening door for me and contain my own passion for life.
    Gretchen Del Rio says:

    This photo generated wonderful childhood memories of home made apple cider and maple syrup trees.

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  16. Dr. Denny Wilkins – Dr. Denny Wilkins professes journalism at a small, private university in the Northeast. He has climbed, hiked, kayaked, photographed, skied, and otherwise meandered aimlessly throughout the American West for decades. He has degrees in geology, environmental studies, and communication — and has tried to make use of them as a co-founder of the progressive cultural blog ScholarsandRogues.com. He’s broadly interested in how the world works and why it works that way. He hates writing, although he does like having written well.
    Dr. Denny says:

    Again, you’ve made me homesick for New England. Years ago, my best friend, his wife, and I sugared a small stand. Lots of beer, lots of patience, and the sweetest of tastes …

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  17. Shards Of DuBois – I look at the world through stained glass glasses, seeing every color as needed on this palette I call a journey. Our Almighty Father made our world incredibly beautiful, I will attempt to honor Him in all I do and say, and may He Bless you ALL.
    Shards Of DuBois says:

    STOP!! Your sucking the life out of them!!!! hehehehehe cool pic!

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  19. Bupe Rose – A passionate advocate of personal growth and development, I am journeying towards becoming the person of value that God wants me to be, and to help others see themselves as Jesus sees them: valued, loved, and uncommon.
    Bupe Rose says:

    Reminds me of les cabanes à sucre (sugar shacks) in Quebec.

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  20. Catherine Charlton – I was once told that if you jump, the net would be there. My approach is to not get bogged down by mistakes, but instead appreciate those experiences that I may, or may not, repeat again. Along the way, I hope to have fun, learn a bit, and keep observing. I also believe a good belly laugh is essential.
    Catherine Charlton says:

    Great photo and I’m having a wonderful “blast from the past” memory from childhood. Thank you!

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  22. typewriterpoet – I enjoy many poetry styles but enjoy short poetry the most and a little bit of microfiction, but the challenge of a long poem has it's enjoyment as well!
    typewriterpoet says:

    I can smell that maple cooking on a stove Ah! Yummy

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  23. Naomi Baltuck – When not actually writing, I am researching the world with my long-suffering husband and our two kids, or outside editing my garden. My novel, The Keeper of the Crystal Spring (Viking Penguin), can be read in English, German, Spanish, and Italian. My storytelling anthology, Apples From Heaven, garnered four national awards, including the Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice. I am currently working on a contemporary women’s novel.
    Naomi Baltuck says:

    Very cool. My sister lived in the UP of Michigan, and used to tap her trees and boil it down to syrup in an old refrigerator. I love this photo.

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  25. mybeautfulthings – Cornwall, UK – Finding the beautiful in the everyday - I write about three things each day which please me in some way - people, food, art, nature, words, music and anything that makes me smile and which I hope will make you smile too.
    mybeautfulthings says:

    Wow! is that how our maple syrup is collected? We only see it in jars! 🙂

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  26. RMW and BTC – We are problem solvers, who are very interested in the relationship of mathematics to interactive human behavior. We believe that with only four postulates and two corollaries we can account for virtually all IHBs, gain a better and more truthful understanding of ourselves, discover a more global form of education, and understand the precise conditions necessary for world peace.
    Robert M. Weiss says:

    I can almost taste the maple syrup.

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  27. LOVE this photo! I did a water color of it. Thank you for the inspiration! I directed people to your site so they can see your other wonderful photographs!

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  29. Matthew A Bennett – Erie, PA – <strong></strong> I'm a musician, writer, and a magician. I have been an armored car driver, paranormal investigator, website designer, civilian defense contractor, investigative reporter, youth counselor, TV cameraman, small engine mechanic, voiceover artist, sound engineer, and <a title="My Life in Jobs" href="http://matthewalanbennett.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/my-life-in-jobs-you-might-live-longer/">about  30 other things. </a>
    Matthew A Bennett says:

    Great shot! I love your photos, and I really like the names, too.

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  30. Wendy L. Macdonald – Comox Valley – Living for Jesus, loving Him, and listening for His voice bring me great joy. I'm an inspirational writer who also loves photographing creation and making handbound journals. ~ My faith is not shallow because I've been rescued from the deep. ~ Blessings ~ Wendy ❀ https://wendylmaccreations.etsy.com
    greenlightlady says:

    I have been enjoying both your pictures and how well you match words with each!

    Blessings ~ Wendy

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  31. harulawordsthatserve – I want my life to be an expression of the very best within me, to be a joy and a service to all those around me AND I'm still exploring how to do that with full integrity. Writing and spending time alone in nature are my greatest soul food and it is that soul which I wish to bring life to - that part of me that has been gifted and inspired by a source beyond my comprehension and yet which I feel very close to at times of need and openess when I can simply be and receive.
    harulawordsthatserve says:

    Bless you and thanks trees! Now bring on the pancakes! Loved this:-)

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  32. Anne Casey – Sydney, Australia – Originally from the west of Ireland, Anne Casey is a writer living in Sydney. Over a 25-year award-winning professional career, she has worked as a business journalist, magazine editor, corporate and government communications director, author and editor. She is currently Co-Editor of Swinburne University's two literary journals, Other Terrain and Backstory based in Melbourne, Australia. Anne's debut poetry collection, 'where the lost things go', was published by Salmon Poetry in July 2017. She won the 2017 Glen Phillips Novice Writer Award, and was short-listed for the Cúirt International New Writing Poetry Prize and Eyewear Books Poetry Prize in 2017, as well as the Bangor Annual Poetry Competition in 2016.   Anne’s writing and poetry rank as most-read pieces in Ireland’s leading national daily newspaper, The Irish Times. Her poems have been published internationally in The Irish Times, apt journal, Backstory Journal (Swinburne University), Into The Void Magazine, The Murmur House, The Incubator, ROPES Literary Journal (25th edition), Other Terrain Journal (Swinburne University), What She Knew (Papaya Press, UK), Tales from the Forest, Dodging the Rain, Luminous Echoes: A Poetry Anthology, Deep Water Literary Journal, The Blue Nib, The Remembered Arts Journal, Thank You for Swallowing and Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, among others.   Anne believes that every poem – like all art – should leave us changed by the experience. She holds a Law degree and qualifications in Communications.  Further information: anne-casey.com. Twitter: @1annecasey
    1annecasey says:

    Sweet!

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  34. cottageholidaygroup – Cumbria, United Kingdom – I work for Cottage Holiday Group, also known as Lakes Cottage Holidays. Our aim is to provide self catering holidays throughout the Lake District and Cumbria, but also throughout the UK. I currently work on landing pages for the various areas of the Lake District, update facebook and twitter accounts, and generally help with bookings and enquiries in the office. Originally from South Africa, I have been in the UK for over 12 years now. Have run my own tearoom, and two guest houses in Grasmere and Keswick. Hobbies include computers, graphics, 3D modelling, boat building, cycling, walking and movies.
    cottageholidaygroup says:

    Thank you everyone, reading through your comments help me to understand this one better, now fully appreciate it 🙂

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  36. I love that they are doing it the old fashioned way in your photo!!!
    Around here its long plastic tubes laced like spider web through the trees to a big tank somewhere at the bottom of a hill. What a charming picture

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