Just got back from the sugar shack...

Oo yeah baby - that's where it's at. The sap is coming down - this has been a delightfully warm week and the trees are a-bleedin'! And the sugar shack is steamin' away...

Having never seen one before - I must say I like that funky ole shack. It's like being in a sauna - a real sauna. Though maybe not quite _that_ hot n heavy.

And I learned about scum - the film that forms as the sap is boiled. It's the amino acids burning...amino acids, as in proteins, as in baby messengers in the tree blood sending signals all along the tree. Cool eh?

Well I am off to design lotions - a little side hobby and a workshop for the girls when they come in April for their "Girls Day In The Lab"....woo hoo!

Speaking of which - happy Women's History Month everyone. So when is Men's History Month exactly?