Notes from Sink's Sugar Camp

hi
some notes from the suger camp,we tapped on the 7th of feb about 2 wks early we had are first boil on feb14th we have made around 80 gals. they gathered 1,770 gals of sap last nite and today.they will boil sat and sun its going to get cold again the next few days then another sap run,wehave around 1000 taps ,counting three woods ,jared jason adam have helped a lot we could not do without them i do the food and try to keep thing clean its a lot of work its has not been a easy year ,lots of repairs wind snow rain ,you name it we had it. i guess you never know about weather we may have a short season or a long one,we have canned all of it so far you get tired but its rewarding when you see and smell that wonderful syrup that comes from the trees another one of our gods wonders. every one take care god bless
until next time sinks suger camp garry ,nancy and are helpers

Some more nice pictures... I mean artwork.

Some of my newest pieces.

Look at this nice picture

I thought I would give some of you crazy hoosiers an example of a nice picture that others can enjoy. Look...no airbrushing, no doctoring, no clipping, no cutting. Just a nice attractive photo of 2 people in love. If you are wondering, we are sitting in a pumpkin patch on a large pumpkin. This picture of Chris and I was taken last year during our little town's "Pumpkin Days". We cut pumpkins out of Chris' dad's farm and brought them to town and had a fun day admiring all the pumpkins. The winner was 905 lbs, i think. my next door neighbor grew that one.

Looks like the Beach has been Good To Ya

It is ON

Found on UTube

was browsing in utube and ran across this picture,,,something really strange here

Found This old Picture...Any Guesses?

Need I Say More?

Loisy's New E-Mail

Shhhh...she doesn't know the title of the post. Lois Ann has a new e-mail address as of today. Her new e-mail is now local604@verizon.net Everyone please send her an e-mail with your name in the subject line. I figured this would be an easier way for her to get everyone's e-mail addresses as opposed to copying them all down and retyping all of them in her new account. Thanks everyone.

It's soooooo easy!!!

This Message is for Jedi Knight in Training Tyler (Dahlgren) Skylunker

You have trained well now the galaxies need you,,go and spell well and may the Force be with you



Master Jedi O B Two Conobie

Spelling Bee Update

Hi everyone, just wanted to update you on Tyler's spelling Bee. He went to the County Spelling Bee and took 2nd place. He was first in our school district and therefore he can go and compete in the Regional Spelling Bee in Fergus Falls, MN the beginning of March. I think he's love for reading has really helped him excel at spelling. We wish him luck and this should be quite the experience for him.

where is everyone?

Okay, I check the blog daily but don't post often. I think the rest of you are the same. Well, all but Bennie. Come on family, let's get back into this thing. I'm sure we've all got stuff to share. Kevin and I found some funny clips on you-tube the other night. For all you "over forty" folks, check out the Carol Burnett bloopers. It's just as funny now as it was then.

pontiff envy?

Just ignore him, Sara. That's what we do. Mary Ann will get him back on his meds pretty soon.

Duh Hobbitt Duh Bobblehead (see below)

Bennie- i think you have lost it, finally. Have you fallen and hit your head recently? Please further explain this Vinca Bacteria Poop Pie weirdo thing. Why do i have to pay for it? There is no possible way that picture could be real...his head is ginormous. I don't even know what to say.

VINCA DE BATERIA DE HOBLIBA

POOP PIEUS V

Some of you know that i have been going to night school for the last 2 months to get into a different career since my other job of shore patrol is not making me much money. I finish my last course last night at PPC (Poop Pieus College .ORG) on the internet and now can commune just about anything you do... The price is $20.00 for each offence or this month we can do the whole year for $250.00 but you must act quickly ,,operators are on duty if you call in the next 15 min we will throw in a blessing and a half pint of holy water....do not delay call 1-800-poop-pie now

I think I have the record

After over 8000 hits and countless posts i think i hold the record for comments at 15 with the picture of me....Thanks everyone

National Guard Homecoming Celebration

This past Saturday, Brian & I got to go to a homecoming celebration for Indiana Air and Army National Guard troops that were deployed in 2008. It was held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy and there were approximately 3,100 airmen and soldiers there, representing the 4,500 that have been deployed from Indiana in 2008. It was really neat to see all those who serve (including my husband!) and their families. The governor spoke, and we got to hear a few songs from country singer Michael Peterson. They also paid tribute to 4 soldiers who passed on in 2008 with a live version of Tim McGraw's "If You're Reading This"...a very emotional song. Check out the pictures, it was a pretty neat ceremony.

Please keep an eye out for a school project

We just wanted to get the word out that Zachary has a "travel buddy" floating around out there somewhere and to keep a look out in case he happens to arrive in your mailbox. This "buddy" is a little stuffed frog that is traveling and in so doing helping the Pine Island third graders learn geography. He comes with instructions but basically you fill out a sheet on where he is, maybe include some local info, and send him on to someone else. They also like it when a post card (or whatever) is sent to the address included in the packet so they can track them (and keep the excitement up). They have a huge map on the wall in the third grade hall where they post locations visited, therefore learning geography in a fun way. At least if they get some post cards along the way, they are sure to get something in case the little guy gets lost in the mail before he makes it home this spring. Plus the wall fills up faster too!

Zachary gave his buddy to Grandma and the word is that he's heading for warmer climates (though that's not saying much considering what it's been like here). So if you happen to be one of the lucky ones to get the little guy sent to you, we thank you for helping out! Just as a point of interest, when Nicholas was in third grade, his buddy went to the Cain side of the family and he got 3 postcards back so we thought we'd try the other side this time. If you don't happen to be one of the lucky ones, don't worry, there's still Jacob in 2 years and Matthew in 4!