Addy’s Nature Adventure

I like exploring nature. Like in my Grandma and Grandpa’s maple woods. But sometimes I help in the sugar shack.

Nature is one of my top favorite things. But God is my very, very, very top favorite thing. Nature is my second.

Sometimes, when I’m walking in the woods, I pick up a stick to pretend it’s a cane.

And once, when I was over at Grandma and Grandpa’s house, they were making maple cream and I got a couple of tastes. It tasted great, kind of rough, kind of smooth. It was double sweet. And sometimes she also makes maple candy. The maple candy is sweet—almost, but not quite, double sweet. The shape of the candy is usually maple-leaf shape. When you’re in the sugar shack, it smells great. This year, late spring, we were in the sugar shack making maple syrup and I got to taste it right hot out of the pan they cook it in. It is great fresh out of the pan.

What I sometimes do when I want to help, is bring in some wood to put in the pile. When Grandpa needs wood to chop up and put in the pan, I take it out and give it to him. I also sometimes climb up the ladder and see how much sap is left in the bulk tank to make maple syrup. When it’s sap, it looks like water, but when it’s maple syrup, it’s brown and looks rich.