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Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:53 am
by Murfreesboro
MauEvig wrote:I honestly should be more grateful. Friends and family in my home state got slammed with winter weather today, and here I was complaining about how I had to work two nice days in a row and now it's all rainy out outside on my day off.
Sunday was really nice though. We went to a festival and had some of the best Pancakes around.
Was that the maple sugar festival in Highland County? I used to live in Staunton (Augusta County) and went to that one year. I had never seen maple trees being tapped for their sap before.
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:42 pm
by MauEvig
That's the one! And the Pancakes at the Highland Inn are absolutely amazing.
The general rule was that one weekend would be nice, and it would rain the other weekend. So I've heard anyway. Highland county got hit with snow last Sunday, by the time it got to where I lived it wasn't as bad, but I still panicked.
It really amazes me that you know exactly where I'm talking about. ^^; Such a small world we live in.
I'd seen Maple Trees being tapped before. It's actually fairly common in New York State believe it or not.
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:34 am
by Pumpkin_Man
They have a maple syruping festival in Pilcher Park in Joliet, Ill. Maple syrup and sugar, and honey are my favorite sweeteners.
Mike
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:59 am
by Murfreesboro
MauEvig wrote:That's the one! And the Pancakes at the Highland Inn are absolutely amazing.
The general rule was that one weekend would be nice, and it would rain the other weekend. So I've heard anyway. Highland county got hit with snow last Sunday, by the time it got to where I lived it wasn't as bad, but I still panicked.
It really amazes me that you know exactly where I'm talking about. ^^; Such a small world we live in.
I'd seen Maple Trees being tapped before. It's actually fairly common in New York State believe it or not.
Well, I kind of feel like that too--how strange that we know the same places! I lived up there from about 1987-94, if memory serves. I taught English at Mary Baldwin in Staunton during that time. Both my boys were born up there, but my daughter was born here in TN.
I am from Jackson, Mississippi, originally, so maple trees were quite exotic for me.
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:30 pm
by Boogeyman
The real question is: Which one of you is the stalker?
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:18 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
Nothing beats good Maple Candy. I also love those maple flavored Bob Evens breakfast sausages, too.
Mike
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:26 pm
by Andybev01
Boogeyman wrote:The real question is: Which one of you is the stalker?
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:48 pm
by Murfreesboro
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:53 am
by Pumpkin_Man
A maple syrup stalker??? I can't say for sure.
(narf narf)
Mike
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:29 pm
by MauEvig
I think I figured out who the stalker is...
It's Kolchak. I mean, who else would have pulled up in a police car right behind me the other day while I was pulling into Wendy's? LOL
On another note...I'm bummed out now because it's a rainy weekend...if it's nice next weekend when I have to work...I won't be happy...not one bit...
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:25 pm
by witchy
It's suppose to be in the 60 and 70 all week long!!!! 
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:54 pm
by MauEvig
You may be in a different area than I am though witchy.
Re: I HATE WINTER
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:58 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
MauEvig, it's pretty chilly and rainy here too, and it's supposed to stay that way all through the weekend, but at least I don't have to shovel the rain, and at least I'm not paying through the nose for heating bills.
I am definitely looking forward to breaking out the motorcycle and the barbecue. In fact, I just might grill up myself a rib eye steak if it stops raining tomorrow for my lunch.
Mike
