tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post2491413907919354104..comments2024-03-28T11:58:19.110-04:00Comments on Across My Kitchen Table: Harbinger of SpringMrs.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-68449155083114942982017-03-21T19:06:08.808-04:002017-03-21T19:06:08.808-04:00Isn't Farmer Boy a wonderful book, Karen? All...Isn't Farmer Boy a wonderful book, Karen? All of my kids enjoyed that one so much. Such detailed descriptions of life on that very self-sufficient farm, and especially of the food!<br /><br />I hope to get my maple sugaring memories down on paper (or should I say on screen) this week. We will see!Mrs.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-66282588153633530752017-03-21T19:04:00.801-04:002017-03-21T19:04:00.801-04:00I'm glad you enjoyed the post, Judy. As I men...I'm glad you enjoyed the post, Judy. As I mentioned to Vee above, I have so many great memories of sugaring; I need to get them down on paper while I still remember.<br /><br />Yes, isn't it great that there is a resident Smokey in my dad's unit? I remember years ago when my grandmother was in a nursing home, they had a cat for the residents to enjoy also. I actually think there may be a second cat in a different unit at my dad's care facility.<br /><br />And volunteers plus some of the staff often bring their dogs in for the residents to enjoy. It's a real blessing, as you said -- so much benefit to interacting with pets.Mrs.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-24450407387313522882017-03-21T15:25:20.073-04:002017-03-21T15:25:20.073-04:00I enjoyed your post so much. I hope you will tell ...I enjoyed your post so much. I hope you will tell us more about your memories. I recently read Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder about Almanzo's childhood in upstate NY and he tells about the maple sugar and syrup time.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770750648145547973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-45654947886540255122017-03-21T15:20:53.154-04:002017-03-21T15:20:53.154-04:00I hope I can share more of my sugaring memories, V...I hope I can share more of my sugaring memories, Vee. As a child I have vivid memories of being allowed to run up to my grandparents' sugarhouse (far out of sight in the woods) after school. Then in my teens my dad built a little sugarhouse near our home, as my brother had been given all the syrup-making equipment in a very small size. We did backyard sugaring there until my own kids were in their teens.<br /><br />You're right about the importance of teachers being engaged, interested, and interesting! I was blessed to have several that fit that description.Mrs.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-83266804741078631362017-03-21T15:17:11.544-04:002017-03-21T15:17:11.544-04:00That is so interesting that you can remember the e...That is so interesting that you can remember the educational programming coming to your area too!Mrs.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392321745556290343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-31719037074206800782017-03-21T09:34:26.223-04:002017-03-21T09:34:26.223-04:00This was fun to read. There are several sugaring p...This was fun to read. There are several sugaring places around here, and last year when we were in SW Wisconsin at sugaring time, we saw miles of Amish pipeline in the woods that carried the sap downhill to a main collecting location where the horses and sap tank were waiting.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping in at Cranberry Morning. You show up as a No Reply blogger, or I would have emailed you this response, but I wanted you to know that I think it's wonderful that the care facility where your father is has a resident Smokey. Animals are so therapeutic - for anyone, and I think more places ought to realize how much benefit their people gain from having a pet to interact with.Cranberry Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-91628187228877583822017-03-20T20:41:59.425-04:002017-03-20T20:41:59.425-04:00Oh yes! I did enjoy it. I am particularly charmed ...Oh yes! I did enjoy it. I am particularly charmed by stories of maple sugaring. I had been pumped right full of stories as a child and it settled right into my psyche. I have inly vague recollections of those tv classes...we did have a few. You are right; they didn' have much of an effect. Nothing beats an engaged, interested and interesting teacher! Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15265988.post-67918132961864137312017-03-20T19:40:32.881-04:002017-03-20T19:40:32.881-04:00A very interesting story Mrs T. Like you I remembe...A very interesting story Mrs T. Like you I remember when PBS came to our area. It did open doors to things my small rural school could not give me. Arlene Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845514896764280013noreply@blogger.com