tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post2216540930372056744..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: sepia saturday, palestine's syrupTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-46147133267425864422010-02-15T09:45:33.094-05:002010-02-15T09:45:33.094-05:00Oh, I love your grandfather's face. So much e...Oh, I love your grandfather's face. So much energy still singing in that portrait. Poetic.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11019640015329956061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-32437250381867148632010-02-14T17:08:49.929-05:002010-02-14T17:08:49.929-05:00Great photos. I think he looks so distinguished. ...Great photos. I think he looks so distinguished. My father helped hie parents with syrup making but I have never tasted it.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-87532135500107445252010-02-14T11:03:38.373-05:002010-02-14T11:03:38.373-05:00What a handsome man! I love the photo of him tapp...What a handsome man! I love the photo of him tapping the sugar maple.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197440053108414394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-32833274578775713772010-02-14T08:21:18.654-05:002010-02-14T08:21:18.654-05:00Willow, Great minds think alike. I did a Maple syr...Willow, Great minds think alike. I did a Maple syrup post,<br />and dated it For march, That's Maple Syrup Sunday..Did ya know I did the Maple thing in 1998 at our farm.You can't compare the fresh to store.<br />..It was a wonderful time in my life.Fun.<br /><br />yvonne <br />That photo, his eyes are beautiful..Good looking man.La Petite Galleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-29148521024075018782010-02-13T17:05:27.714-05:002010-02-13T17:05:27.714-05:00Well timed post.... we try to get out to the local...Well timed post.... we try to get out to the local syrup farms here, the sap begins to run with these longer days.<br /><br />The photos are incredible, I have many old photos that were passed down to me, but not very much information . You're inspiring me to put together some thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-20215008063396278382010-02-13T15:26:06.117-05:002010-02-13T15:26:06.117-05:00Great photos & history, Willow--I especially l...Great photos & history, Willow--I especially like the photo of him tapping the tree-- & you're so right about real maple syrup; we tapped our trees when I was growing up in Vermont. It's a lotta work, but worth it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-22616991904283371872010-02-13T14:23:44.758-05:002010-02-13T14:23:44.758-05:00Hello there dear Willow! In addition to literally ...Hello there dear Willow! In addition to literally being snowed under with papers to grade for the past ten days (progress reports due last Thursday), yesterday I was snowed in...in Alabama! No school because we had it as part of a 4 day weekend ... so no make-up as other schools will face! It was a dreamy, wonderful sort of Friday and great fun to see the white stuff coming down all day long! <br />I think your great grandfather Pal looks very much like Mark Harmon of NCIS! What a handsome man! This is a really clear and detailed photo! Quite the portrait!<br /> Did you say maple syrup? I guess it's pancakes for Sunday morning!FireLighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807248509319526615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-86864799094441076112010-02-13T14:22:52.759-05:002010-02-13T14:22:52.759-05:00Love these photos. Don't it make you want to r...Love these photos. Don't it make you want to rush out to the nearest farm auction and buy that old box of pictures?<br /><br />When I taught over in Greene County, North of Xenia, one of the academic teachers make sugar syrup each year and had a stand of sugar maples for that purpose. We always bought some from her each season. Our allotment. You are right. No comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-34480270375461336622010-02-13T14:13:32.137-05:002010-02-13T14:13:32.137-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-88417644087063361342010-02-13T14:09:14.736-05:002010-02-13T14:09:14.736-05:00Beautiful images .
I'm thinking those steel c...Beautiful images .<br /><br />I'm thinking those steel cut oats<br />sound pretty good for lunch,too.<br /><br />Off to the kitchen.<br /><br />Jjj<br />(who agrees you can <br />NEVER go back to that faux syrup)studioJudithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560914513878435960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-87664475062906737312010-02-13T14:07:18.603-05:002010-02-13T14:07:18.603-05:00"Pal" is a great for-short name!
I have..."Pal" is a great for-short name!<br /><br />I have been a maple syrup lover my whole life. My grandparents brought my mom up RIGHT in that regard!! But whoooo it's expensive. And you go through it so fast! <br /><br />Maybe I need to stop putting it on spaghetti.dogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-90502039775627138782010-02-13T13:45:29.094-05:002010-02-13T13:45:29.094-05:00You're right, Suki, this is a reposting. I am ...You're right, Suki, this is a reposting. I am digging out all my old sepia photo posts for Sepia Saturday. Good excuse, don't you think?Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-51761488841047718422010-02-13T13:44:34.111-05:002010-02-13T13:44:34.111-05:00Junk Thief, I come from a long line of photographe...Junk Thief, I come from a long line of photographers. This one was most likely taken by his son, Glenn. It was taken outside, with some kind of tapestry draped behind.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-43857683834710838032010-02-13T13:39:51.855-05:002010-02-13T13:39:51.855-05:00I love the contrast of the two photos. Based on t...I love the contrast of the two photos. Based on the expression on his face in the portrait, I suspect he wasn't too fond of being all spiffed up in his Sunday best and was happier out in his work clothes gathering syrup. I love the photographers backdrop in the portrait as well.LadrĂ³n de Basura (a.k.a. Junk Thief)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13051974174001458812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-39678247039968602982010-02-13T13:32:01.736-05:002010-02-13T13:32:01.736-05:00Willow, One of my favorite childhood memories was ...Willow, One of my favorite childhood memories was traveling up to Vermont from Massachusetts to tap the trees during maple season. We would go thru the woods at night (not sure why?) and collect the sap and make syrup,throw it in the snow and eat it right away and make maple candy. It was magical. I miss the closeness to nature I always felt as a child. My world was seamless when it came to my being and nature. <br />I do so love your blog.. the colors,textures,writings pull me in and that is a wonderful gift you have.Mclndesmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819930778278618034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-41885236370468940302010-02-13T13:11:28.279-05:002010-02-13T13:11:28.279-05:00is this a repost? sounds and looks familiar. of ...is this a repost? sounds and looks familiar. of course VT and NH are big maple syrup producers and a few folks still do it on one or two trees in their yard. A local farmer taps the trees on my brother's land and I usually do a maple sugaring post when it all happens. Soon I think??????sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-58736524972633846712010-02-13T12:17:20.367-05:002010-02-13T12:17:20.367-05:00Marc, I think silhouettes are wonderful. Do you ha...Marc, I think silhouettes are wonderful. Do you have those of your early ancestors framed and displayed? <br /><br />Okay, I'll try some maple syrup on some sunny side ups! mmm.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-16701149415455888582010-02-13T11:56:33.244-05:002010-02-13T11:56:33.244-05:00Maple syrup is delicious on butter fried eggs sunn...Maple syrup is delicious on butter fried eggs sunny side up. Evidently a Canadian turned me on to these some time ago.<br />We have a portrait of my great great grandfather, also with a splendid moustache, but only silhouettes of earlier grandparents.marc aurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811106443815434007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-67545163923446996792010-02-13T11:48:09.486-05:002010-02-13T11:48:09.486-05:00What a looker Palestine was! And that name--extrao...What a looker Palestine was! And that name--extraordinary. <br /><br />Real maple syrup, indeed. The faux stuff is an entirely different species.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-34793450135407558302010-02-13T11:28:46.229-05:002010-02-13T11:28:46.229-05:00That's a wonderful picture of your two greats ...That's a wonderful picture of your two greats grandfather, Willow. Doesn't he look proud! I think we should all aim to look more like that these days, don't you?<br />Blessings, StarStella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-27379836534214526412010-02-13T11:28:22.711-05:002010-02-13T11:28:22.711-05:00Yes, I agree with Kat...handsome men! Wouldn'...Yes, I agree with Kat...handsome men! Wouldn't you have loved to have tasted some of his syrup? Yum!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-37331360004585165622010-02-13T11:23:08.702-05:002010-02-13T11:23:08.702-05:00I love the name Palestine! I have relations named ...I love the name Palestine! I have relations named Esselmont! And I'm wanting some of that syrup... it's not really an English thing though.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448831402553298056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-32278962356948870382010-02-13T11:14:53.848-05:002010-02-13T11:14:53.848-05:00maybe palestine's parents were traveling throu...maybe palestine's parents were traveling through palestine texas, or some other place named palestine when they conceived him???<br /><br />i've heard many stories of the reasons why children who are named after places are named such, and seems that the conception story is quite popular. ha ha.<br /><br />the two photos are marvelous - I especially like the one of pal tapping the tree! i have a drill like that somewhere that was my grandfather'smouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-19745329150858220252010-02-13T10:21:25.127-05:002010-02-13T10:21:25.127-05:00Pal is my idea of a fine upstanding man. He looks ...Pal is my idea of a fine upstanding man. He looks so distinguished. Can't comment on the maple syrup except to say it looks as though I'm missing something.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099030819314552958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-63171068771148915352010-02-13T10:06:37.633-05:002010-02-13T10:06:37.633-05:00what a splendid moustache.
the maple syrup pictur...what a splendid moustache.<br /><br />the maple syrup picture makes me think of Laura Ingalls Wilder, I loved those books as a child<br /><br />(never liked the TV version tho...)lettucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872380339261609060noreply@blogger.com