Burton, Ohio - Maple Sugar Sunday

Chuck and I stayed at the Red Maple Inn in Burton. We've been doing short trips for our birthdays for the last few years - good memories are the best birthday presents! A couple of shots from Sunday. The first is a pile of old sap buckets from the sugar house on the square.

The Sugar House. The ground looks so March, messy, no grass - the green stuff is mostly moss - muddy. Felt like Spring, though. Every one was out in shirtsleeves and the motorcyclist were out in force.

 

1881 keystone above the coffee house north of the square. The gun shop is gone, moved down a couple of doors and change to on online auction shop.



 

1881 must've been a bug year for the Square - that's the year the E. P. Latham house was built, too. Had some fun with the second version, making it look more old-timey.

 

 

The tech never sleeps - iPhone in one hand, video cam in the other! Note the t-shirt, on March 10th!

 

Bedford Reservation, CVNP

Thought I'd get these posted since winter is just about done. They're from Bedford Reservation in early January. Some one thoughtfully dumped seed on a parking lot snow bank, so I was able to shoot these birds from the Honda at just a little lower than eye level. No way were they going to land when I was out of the car. Note how suspiciously Papa Cardinal is eyeballing me anyway.

 

Chickadees are just the most cheerful little things.

 

 

Even in January, the buds were starting to fatten up. Looks like a Titmouse tucked in there. Juncos and sparrows were enjoying the seed, too. You're not supposed to feed birds in the National Park, and I heard that they recently started cracking down on folks. So, if you want to hand feed, go to Seiberling NatuRealm - chickadees will light right on your open hand.



A tiny falls on a tributary of Tinker's Creek.

This is Tinker's Creek from one of the overlooks. Pretty, but I sure won't miss  the snow...

Bye, bye, Winter! No need to show up until mid-Decemberish!