It’s tree tapping time here in Michigan… Which means it is the perfect time for Tea Time Tuesday Maple Syrup Edition! Although we do not tap our own trees, there is nothing quite like fresh maple syrup. I loved going to my grandparent’s house as a child and having fresh warm maple syrup to pour over our french toast or pancakes in the morning.
Featured Poem
Evening in a Sugar Orchard by Robert Frost
From where I lingered in a lull in March
outside the sugar-house one night for choice,
I called the fireman with a careful voice
And bade him leave the pan and stoke the arch:
‘O fireman, give the fire another stoke,
And send more sparks up chimney with the smoke.’
I thought a few might tangle, as they did,
Among bare maple boughs, and in the rare
Hill atmosphere not cease to glow,
And so be added to the moon up there.
The moon, though slight, was moon enough to show
On every tree a bucket with a lid,
And on black ground a bear-skin rug of snow.
The sparks made no attempt to be the moon.
They were content to figure in the trees
As Leo, Orion, and the Pleiades.
And that was what the boughs were full of soon.
Our Table
In addition to reading our poetry this week we watched a few videos on YouTube on how to properly tap trees. My children have never done this before, but maybe next year we will get the opportunity to try.
Thank you for joining us for Tea Time Tuesday Maple Syrup Edition…
Did you miss our past Tea Time Tuesday posts? You can find them all on my Tea Time page.
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