tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9042185126152883872024-02-07T06:17:43.305-05:00Kilpelän Luomutila ja Sen YmpäristöElämän yksinkertaisia nautintoja pohjois-Michiganin korvessa.
Life's simple pleasures in Michigan's Upper Peninsula boondocks.Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-8089135489824920892019-08-28T14:30:00.000-04:002019-08-28T16:56:37.053-04:00The Honey Harvest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had just one hive this summer, but I was able to pull two supers (the smaller box on the top) from it. This picture was taken after I had already removed the supers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Honey bees aren't particularly aggressive bees, but their patience wears thin when you start brushing them off the honey frames. One of the ancillary benefits of beekeeping is that if your bee veil is not tied on well, bees can find their way inside and begin stinging your face. This is very painful, but it strengthens your immune system and builds character. Unless you are allergic to bee venom and go into anaphylactic shock, it takes about 200 strings to kill you, but by the time you have had five or six you will probably take some corrective action. A hive this size likely has around 50-70 thousand bees.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I kept the frames in our basement for a couple of days with the lights off and a window open. The bees left on the frames were attracted to the light and flew away. In this picture I am using a heated knife to cut off the wax capping off the honeycomb.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cappings and honey fall onto a screen suspended inside a pail</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next I put the uncapped frames into the extractor.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The extractor holds three frames at a time. I orient the frames in the same way to ensure that they balance each other.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next, you turn the crank as fast as you can and the honey flies off the spinning frames. Afterwards you turn the frames so that the inner side is now outward and you spin them again. As long as the frames are reasonably balanced, the extractor doesn't shake much. The extractor stand has an 80# bag of quickcrete for ballast.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The wax cappings contain a gallon or two of honey. I let them drain for a day or two and then pour the honey into the other pail.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The extracted honey drains into a pail with a similar honey gate at its base. I will put a lid on the pail and let it sit for a day so allow all the wax and impurities to float to the surface.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since all the wax has floated to the top, the honey coming out of the bucket does not need to be filtered. I simply hold a jar under the pail and open the honey gate. When the jar is full I close the gate. Whoever invented this little device deserves a prize.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Voila, there you have it, 24 quarts of honey at the cost of only six stings. In case you are wondering I did order a bee shirt with an attached veil right after those stings. I just don't trust that old tie-on veil any more.</span></td></tr>
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Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-63639592744123799822019-08-28T13:36:00.004-04:002019-08-28T13:37:31.947-04:00Summer Winds Down<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The August Moon, the harvest moon, the moon that ushers in autumnal weather, the one that reminds us that summer is almost over and it's time to get off your butt and get on with all the projects you've been putting off. WINTER IS COMING. Ouch!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nonetheless, it is one of the most beautiful, gentle months of the year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Morning sun on the tall grass.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I finished the roof on my tractor shed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This at least is ready for winter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The neighborhood bakers stopped over for eggs to make scones.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A friend wanted to borrow some frames for his beehive, so I finally got around to inspecting and cleaning some old equipment I had stacked near my hive. Shortly afterwards I inspected my hive and found that both of my honey supers were already full of honey, so I added a third super under the two full ones.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Despite being planted on July 12 our garden is producing potatoes, chard, carrots, beets, lettuce and zucchini.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My young ram, Einar, has grown into a big boy this summer.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So has his buddy, Arni. It will be interesting to see if Einar can retain his alpha status this fall when the serious jousting begins.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A great blue heron landed near the pond one morning.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once again we hosted the Kilpela Farm XC meet.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The award ceremony.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The coach's daughter awards first prize, the Golden Shoe to the winner.</span></td></tr>
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Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-25040245320486182642019-08-28T12:03:00.002-04:002019-08-28T12:14:00.464-04:00Berry Picking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our raspberry patch has yielded a bumper crop this year.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Raspberries are good at hiding themselves under leaves. You have to lift the branches. Unlike strawberries they can be picked from a comfortable standing position for the most part, but it pays to occasionally squat low and look into the undersides of the bushes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Off to a good start. We fill the cups and then empty them into the bucket. That limits the risk of spilling an entire bucket.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our blueberry patch is beginning to produce well.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you just set the bucket next to the bush and drop the berries into it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">But what is the purpose of picking berries? That is the great existential question. To make jam? Yes, but there are higher and better uses for those berries. Berry picking easily excites our greedy, acquisitive instincts, but there is no joy in hoarding. A higher, perhaps highest, use is to dump a whole mugful of sun-warmed berries on a bowl of ice cream and sit in the shade with your feet up with a cup of coffee and a good book to read. When you have an abundance of your own berries you don't have to scrimp. You can do this on a daily basis and still have lots of berries to make into jam.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But they shall sit every man under his vine or under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. <i>Micah 4:4</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Life is good.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-10343346096970110992019-08-28T11:26:00.003-04:002019-08-28T11:26:46.033-04:00Wolf Point<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our campsite in a small field that used to be a logging landing.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We decided to take advantage of the calm lake to load the canoe and head for the sandy bay. Launching a canoe off the rocks is a bit tricky when the waves kick up.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We did miss our table high rocky shelf that we use for preparing food. When everything is at ground level you are constantly going up and down.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sunset over the point. It rained overnight, but cleared up again in the morning.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During the winter our garage is quite crowded with our car and tractor, leaving very little room for my woodworking tools. A friend happened to give me some twelve foot roof trusses from a building which he had taken down, so I decided a twelve by sixteen shed would do very nicely to house my tractor and snogo during the winter. First I needed to haul some sandy fill to the site.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I hauled more than twenty bucketfuls of dirt and leveled it out a bit. Since it would have a dirt floor I wasn't too particular.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next I build a 12x16 foot frame from 2x8 treated lumber, squared it and added temporary corner braces. The trusses are stacked in the backround.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bear in mind that most of the posts are actually suspended a bit off the ground. I have built a number of small buildings this way and it has worked well. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ready mix concrete is something of an oxymoron. It's not really ready mixed, you still have to mix it a lot as you add water, and if you do it by hand you will get plenty of exercise. Here I am mixing two 80 pound bagfuls in my wheelbarrow, adding water slowly. I make it quite loose.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next I shovel it into the holes around the posts.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I also have a hand trowel which I use in some of the tighter spots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is important to work the concrete with a stick to ensure that it fills all the gaps and does not leave and hollow spaces under the posts.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next I framed the walls using an old fashioned framing hammer. Nowadays builders use compressors and nail guns, but I appreciate getting a sore back, shoulders and elbows doing it the hard way. I had forgotten how much fun this is. I even had to start wearing a glove when my hand started to develop a blister.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sam helped me raise the walls.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You always get a sense of accomplishment when the walls go up. It's actually only a very small part of the construction but it always looks impressive.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nailing the wall to the frame.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">....and it made lifting the trusses onto the walls effortless. I could have manhandled them up there if I had to, but after a certain age you realize that gravity is not your friend.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...and slide them forward. They hang on the walls nicely upside down.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-77437857143003201132019-07-16T23:48:00.000-04:002019-07-17T16:26:45.651-04:00Heinäkuu - The Hay Month (July)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Finns were never conquered by the Romans so they didn't have to name their months after Roman emperors or gods like we have. Their calendar largely followed the agrarian year. Haymaking was traditional done in July, just as it is here in the Copper Country, so July was called the Hay Month- </span><span style="font-size: small;">Heinäkuu. You need warm, preferably hot, and dry weather for hay to properly dry once it is cut, so haymaking coincides with the warmest days of summer.<br /><br />Getting back to the Romans, I will say this for them. I am grateful that Augustus Caesar took a day off February, which was the last month in their calendar, and tacked it on to his month - August, so that it would be just as long as that of his predecessor Julius - July. When you are the emperor you don't have to settle for a second-rate month.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We picked up two hay wagon loads - about 200 bales - from our neighbor up the road.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I used the tractor to back up the load to the hayshed. Backing up a long-tongued hay wagon is a skill that takes a lot of practice to master. It took many tries to get it this far.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the things you learn about gravity as you get older is that things go down a lot easier than they go up. Notice, if you will, who is throwing the bales down and who is picking them up. Last year the roles were reversed, but this year I made sure I jumped up on the wagon first.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sam is half my age and an endurance athlete to boot, so this was excellent cross-training for him.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Throwing bales in the hot sun is sweaty work, but you need to wear long clothing to protect you forearms and legs from getting scratched up.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">He's piling 50 pound bales. It was shady inside the hayshed, but about as comfortable as a poorly heated oven.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The girls of course thought it was great fun.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-72603201351130122372019-07-16T23:08:00.001-04:002019-07-17T16:28:53.525-04:00Playing Catch Up<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We were out of the country for most of June, so summer was in full bloom by the time we got back.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We planted our garden on July 12, more than a month later than we normally would have. However, the soil was warm and we were in experiencing a heat wave, so we decided to go for broke. I even planted a couple of rows of corn. The package said "matures in 62 days", so I figure we might have a chance. We will see.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We planted the greenhouse full of various tomato seedlings and covered the soil with newpapers to keep down the weeds. The results look promising so far.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The chickens had grown considerably in three weeks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of my goals for the summer is to build a shed for the tractor. I dug and transported over twenty bucketfuls of fill dirt from a sandy spot....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">...and dumped it just off the driveway where I plan to build the shed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">These peonias were transplanted from plants that were originally in my father's mother's yard.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-26470227747271008362019-07-16T22:52:00.002-04:002019-07-16T22:52:35.634-04:00Swimming!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whoever invented these water wings for children deserves a prize. It is an excellent way for children to become comfortable in water.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I learned to swim at a small lake a couple of miles up the road. At that time it was open to the public, and on warm summer afternoons the lake was filled with kids. It is one of my best childhood memories. I hope that our grandchildren will have similar memories. The Old Swimming Hole is an American tradition.</span></td></tr>
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Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-79487021311964994992019-07-16T22:34:00.004-04:002019-07-17T16:33:00.560-04:00May 2019<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The girls get excited when cousins arrive</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Children naturally see the beauty of dandelions, the heralds of summer. It is a tragedy that so many people poison their lawns to eradicate them. What has shriveled the hearts and minds of people so that they can no longer</span><span style="font-size: small;"> see what a child sees? A poisoned lawn is a sign of a poisoned mind. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pond was still quite cold, but it felt good to swim again.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-56450867880270653032019-05-19T18:24:00.000-04:002019-05-19T18:24:18.338-04:00Draining the Swamp<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortunately my father's old Ford tractor is still operational. Sam drove it down and brought a few long chains.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the scene of the crime I resorted to using a shovel rather than risk getting the tractor stuck again. My audience would not have forgiven me if I got stuck in the same place the following day.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">But the ditch is flowing better. This will be an ongoing project this summer I am sure.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-60988047505498352002019-05-19T16:56:00.001-04:002019-05-19T19:36:23.843-04:00Rocking Chair #26<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have been building rocking chairs off and on for thirty years. This one started out as a yellow birch log in my firewood pile. Years ago I sawed several logs into lumber using an Alaskan chainsaw mill and air dried the lumber in our basement.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This chair contains a blend of influences from two renowned woodworkers whose work I admire, George Nakashima and Sam Maloof. You can google them if you are curious.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have found that using wood with natural imperfections often adds to the beauty. God is in the business of creating beauty out of damaged hearts and lives, and true beauty is a manifestation of love. Similarly work that is done in love tends toward beauty. I doubt that we can create anything beautiful unless some degree of love for our work is present. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to a Russian proverb, perfect is the enemy of good. The hole is slightly larger than the tenon, leaving a small gap that is filled with glue. The tenon itself still bears the remnants of a small hole that I drilled to center it on my lathe. These are flaws that an experienced woodworker would see, as well as many others. I no longer strive for a mirror-like finish. 120 grit on an random orbit sander is smooth enough for me these days. Chairs are meant to be used. - and if they are they will acquire nicks and dents. The spalting in the wood is actually incipient rot. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The seat itself has no straight lines. Several of these curves are actually the same as the rockers. I like to think that designing furniture is like composing a symphony - you repeat several basic themes with variations. Your tools are straight lines and curves - convex and concave. Convex curves create a sense of ease, concave ones a bit of tension. Some edges are hard, some are rounded and soft. It all plays together. I've been playing with these things for years and I am still learning. Some things feel right, others don't.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">When all is said and done, there is usually more said than done, but the proof of good design is how it feels when you sit in it. This chair has an amazingly soft and smooth rock. It provides good lumbar support and has wonderful balance. It isn't perfect, but it is a beautiful chair. </span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-19825303454116387402019-05-19T16:37:00.000-04:002019-05-19T16:49:01.999-04:00Neighbors Stop by for a Visit<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">He appeared early one morning just outside our kitchen window while I was drinking coffee. I was fortunate to have my camera within reach to take these pictues of him. He landed in the pine just a above our bird feeder and waited, but since all the small birds had gone into hiding and did not reappear, he moved off after a minute or two.</span></td></tr>
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Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-42343482690908791672019-05-19T16:10:00.000-04:002019-05-19T16:32:17.180-04:00Mother's Day Weekend<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Marquette grandchildren came to town and were ready for some adventures.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Time to switch bow paddlers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">First secure the life jacket so that it is snug.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Off we go.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next, big sister's turn.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This fellow has rock lifting in his genes. My great-grandfather in Finland, Juho Wiitala, once lifted a huge boulder that no one else was able to move and carefully placed it on a wagon. The boulder became a test of strength for the young men of the village but none were able to lift it. When my grandfather, also named Juho Wiitala, returned to Finland for a visit after a stint of working in the copper mines, he also tried. He was a powerful man in his prime, and when he exerted himself witnesses claimed that a bit a daylight appeared between the rock and the ground, but the boulder rose no further.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The girls are sitting on an enormous boulder left by the glacier. Since it could not be moved, the farmer who cultivated this old forty piled up field rock all around it. The old Finnish settlers spent their lives moving rock - in both the copper mines and in their fields. They were tough men.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today the old field has reverted to forest and all that remains of the old settlers' efforts are rock piles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where their descendants play. Sometime in the future these children may pause to consider - and respect - just how much hard physical work went into creating these piles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Someday this little guy may find himself piling rocks also.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Later we enjoyed Marja's delicious lasagna.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The littlest cousins made some coffee afterward.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Six of our seven grandchildren helped celebrate Marja's birthday, which fell on Mother's day.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-16446845625878484752019-05-19T15:21:00.001-04:002019-05-19T15:21:59.367-04:00Kevätretki - Spring Hike<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The old steel Radio Flyer came out of the storage shed. Their father had ridden in this one when he was this age.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The draft horse used his head and made a pulling harness with a couple of nylon straps.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's much easier to tow a load with a harness than by pulling the wagon by the handle.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The wagon easily cleared the puddles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Big sister led the way on foot. Laku followed as well.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-55176488136964437062019-05-19T14:56:00.001-04:002019-05-19T15:03:11.179-04:00Baking Pannukakkua<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Almost sunrise</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hot pannukakkua right out of the oven. "Wanna see, wanna see!"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">They immediately push their chairs to the oven and climb up. Mummo warns them not to touch. "Kuuma! Kuuma! Hot! Hot!"</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-37485977549001554532019-04-27T23:48:00.004-04:002019-04-27T23:48:54.538-04:00Our Pond<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our pond glows in the moonlight.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This year it was even visited by these Common Mergansers - fish ducks that we normally only see at Lake Superior.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's a good place to learn how to paddle a canoe.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-83433685644133923952019-04-27T23:41:00.002-04:002019-04-27T23:41:51.057-04:00Canoeing at the Sturgeon Slough<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A warm April afternoon with a couple of friends and Tundra Swans.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Heading up the Snake River from the canal. Marja wasn't able to come so I was paddling my solo canoe.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Paddling a canoe through a tight turn the bow paddler draws the bow into the turn while the stern paddler draws the stern outward. The further we got up the river the more ice and snags we encountered.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally we hit a thick mat of duckweed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Breaking through this mat felt like paddling in mud.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marja and I returned a couple of days later and saw this gal near the landing. I had never seen a moose in the Copper Country before, but apparently there are a few around.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">After awhile the breeze shifted to the East and I found I wasn't dressed warmly enough for that cold air coming off the big lake, so we headed back in.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-90236892372196409772019-04-27T23:08:00.001-04:002019-04-27T23:08:14.157-04:00Spring Mornings<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Followed by a little reading.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Norther Shrike showed up to watch the activity at our bird feeders. Shrikes are somewhat unique - they are predatory songbirds that feed on small animals and birds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Newly born lambs. Momma has cleaned them both.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I finally wised up and came up with an easier way to haul sap.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My sled is basically a scaled down version of the old horse-drawn sleds carrying big sap barrels that I have seen in pictures. It has a wide stance for stability and holds two five gallon buckets in the center. It works like a charm on uneven snow and hillsides.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It may be snowing, but when you see a bluebird you know that spring is here,</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The proper way to eat a bagel is to eat the cream cheese first. It's like eating an oreo cookie - you turn it on edge and eat the layers one at a time. </span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-87123549139481949812019-04-27T22:23:00.001-04:002019-04-27T22:27:57.933-04:00A Polar Expedition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The spring thaw/freeze cycle often produces a solid crust that you can walk on. It was time to do some exploring!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The polar expedition was properly equipped with winter clothing and lightweight sledges.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our grandaughter wanted to wear her tutu dress this morning, so I put on a Youtube video of a professional performance of the Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. She was absolutely enthralled by it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This year I decided to boil sap again. My decision was based on the availability of two things - time and firewood. Now that I am retired I have more time to do things I enjoy, and unlike last year, we still had a fair supply of dry firewood on hand.<br /><br />I built this evaporator with ten concrete blocks, and lined it with galvanized steel flashing. I had a laugh when I stopped at Superior Block to get the blocks. The salesman told me that he had dozens of customers stop in to buy blocks for the same purpose. Apparently the thaw gave a lot of us sap fever.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am grateful to the people who owned the farm before us, who left these big maples standing behind the house. Widely spaced old maples with large crowns produce the most sap. I could tap dozens of trees with multiple spiles in each, but past experience has taught me that the sap from six trees is about all I can handle. If I had a commercial evaporator and an limitless supply of firewood I could boil up much much more, but then it would become a job, no longer a pleasant hobby.<br /><br />I will admit that there is a greedy and acquisitive streak in me that tempts me to expand, but to what end? It pays to consider what the word <b><i>more</i></b> really signifies. It is not synonymous with better, it simply denotes a larger quantity. The unbridled pursuit of <i><b>more</b></i> is futile and destructive. We all know that, but strangely we find it hard to put into practice. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortunately sap is heavy, and hauling it for any distance on your back teaches you the virtues of restraint and moderation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A six gallon plastic carboy filled with sap weighs over 50 pounds. Forty gallons of sap will boil down to about one gallon of syrup. It takes a lot of sap and a lot of firewood to make maple syrup.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the hard part. I have to sit in the warm sunshine with a cup of coffee in hand and make sure the sap keeps boiling. Note the piece of flashing sitting on the end of the stovepipe to control the draft. I don't want all the heat to escape up the chimney.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I ordered a stainless steel serving tray from Amazon for around 25 bucks. It is about 22x12x6 inches and holds around three gallons of sap.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have to add sap as it boils down and wood to the fire as it burns down. This compares with other demanding pursuits such as watching the grass grow or watching cement harden. Not everyone is gifted with the requisite skills and temperament to handle it. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">After boiling down about 12 gallons of sap to the right consistency (which I judge by the appearance of the bubbles on the surface) I pour it through a cloth strainer into a pot and finish it on a hotplate. This year I got a thermometer and measured the boiling temperature. Once the liquid reaches 219 degrees - 7 degrees above the boiling temperature for plain water - it is syrup.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-58494066651239619472019-03-11T23:47:00.001-04:002019-03-11T23:47:25.654-04:00The Highwater Mark of Winter 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is likely the deepest the snow would get this winter. The forecast for the next few days is highs in the 40's and RAIN. That should lower the snow level considerably.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">That hump on the left is our woodpile,completely buried.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This post is 42 inches long. I set a number of these in a line to mark my path from the house to the hayshed. This is the only one still showing. All the others are buried. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The average depth of snow is around 4 feet.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sauna.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sam is running out room to push snow.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had to cut back the banks with my snogo many times this winter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sam's driveway keeps getting smaller. With a plow truck you push back the snow as far as you can at the beginning of winter. Each time you plow your snowbanks get closer. The trick is to run out of winter before you run out of room to push your snow. This winter a lot of people ran out of room first.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Snow "pebbles" thrown from the snogo.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wind carved snow reminds me of the sandstone slabs at Wolf Point.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The continent of ? with its neighboring islands.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Home, sweet home.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yeah, I might as well admit it. I really like my John Deere tractor. There is something really cool about driving a powerful machine that enables you to move great piles of snow or dirt. I guess we never outgrow Tonka toys.</span></td></tr>
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Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-61852072189560971542019-03-11T23:06:00.000-04:002019-03-11T23:06:11.234-04:00March Comes in Like a Lion<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our "Salonkileijona" (salon lion)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I believe this is the first time I had to dig out the burn barrel in order to use it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">After a brutal February, we were happy to turn the calendar to March.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">But somehow, very little seemed to change.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shoveling out the entrance to the hayshed so I could open the door.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile, back at the ranch....</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pulla baking crew was swinging into action.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And the result was delicious.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Don W. Kilpelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02710127148181092438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-904218512615288387.post-70491704313342279132019-03-11T22:28:00.000-04:002019-03-11T22:33:40.031-04:00After the Storm<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A frosty morning.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is why you should not build a deck on your house in the Copper Country.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another snow day for Sam. All the public schools were closed for two days.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The best cure for cabin fever is outdoor exercise.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sledding down to the pond.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of course not everyone gets cabin fever, so who needs exercise anyway?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Time to shovel the deck, starting with the stairs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The assault on Mount Everest.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Contrary to popular opinion, you do get a little smarter when you get older. I have had some serious back issues over the years, so I pay a lot of attention to ergonomics when I work. I use a lightweight aluminum shovel and try to work at a relaxed pace when shoveling snow. It was the way my father always worked. He never hurried, but he kept steadily at it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">God gave women an ergonomic advantage for carrying childen - a wider hipbone that forms a natural support. I see mothers carrying their children like this everywhere, but I have yet to see a man do it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rocking and rolling!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Little sisters are fun!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I found that the snow that I had blown with my snogo was packed solid, so I decided to try to build an igloo.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was able to cut the snow into blocks, but quickly learned why the eskimos use a long snow knife for this purpose. The shovel tended to round them. I think a long machete would have worked much better to make square blocks.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">But this was just an experiment, so I just kind of mucked my way onward.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cutting the block.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And lifting it up.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The idea is to lay the blocks in a circle in even courses, so that each course is a little smaller that the one it sits on.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As you can see, my blocks were hopelessly irregular and my courses as flat as a stormy lake, but I learned a few things. Use a long knife to cut the blocks and do it with a helper. One cuts the blocks and hands them to the other, who stands inside the igloo and lays the blocks. That way, you can cut your entrance hole after the igloo is complete.</span></td></tr>
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