What a fun and glorious day we had making our first batch of maple syrup. It is heavenly, I'm telling you, and so far we've only licked it off our fingers. We're going to make french toast--as promised!--for dinner, so Jake got home just in time from visiting friends in Bangor for a special Sunday treat.

This is an action shot of the final boiling off of the 5 gallons we started with (pictured below) to make exactly one cup.

But as I mentioned yesterday, the sap is really running now, so tomorrow after work I plan to double today's output. Hope all is well out there in the wide world, but I sure am enjoying our narrow slice of heaven right here at the end of the earth.