Finished this year's cutting this morning, so now the clean-up (I'll have to get W. down here to take care of all the brush!), hauling and splitting begin. I'm feeling pretty sore--in a good way--and just got back from a nice walk on the Sunrise Trail (photo) with Cara. While I was doing the firewood she baked half-a-dozen loaves of delicious bread, so the homestead is in good order. On top of that, the sap is running. We're thinking of doing a trial run tomorrow, boiling down what we have for a french toast feast. Tonight we're off to a concert in Ellsworth, so it might be a sleeping-in kind of Sunday. That means we might not get up until the slothful hour of 6 a.m. !!!