Every year on the fourth Sunday in March is Maine Maple Sunday. The day where we Mainers celebrate Maple trees and all the deliciousness we can create from them.
Farms across the state open their doors a little wider to allow us the chance to see the magic in action. Sugar houses boil sap, form maple candies, spin maple cotton candy, drizzle fresh maple syrup on ice cream and almost always host a wicked awesome pancake breakfast. Oh, and lets not forget all that amazing syrup!
This year we visited Coopers Royal Heritage Farm in Windham and had a blast. I think if you asked them they would tell you they definitely needed a bit more space for the droves of people who came out today. But all in all, everyone was in a great mood.
How could we not be? There were peacocks! The girls even got their own peacock feathers.
We thoroughly "enjoyed" the mud, of which there was an abundance.
And held Daddy's hand almost the whole way. That in itself was a treat!
Careful, Clyde the ostrich bites!
And gives the hairy eyeball as good as any Italian grandmother...
There wasn't even time when the girls stood still long enough to get a shot of the mini horses, cows and 5 calves, bee hives, or pheasants, really. Those are just memories we get to keep to ourselves! We met great friends while there so the girls' had partners in crime, and enjoyed a beautiful group pancake lunch! Much to the happiness of the littlest patrons!
I stocked up on local honey (so good for seasonal allergies and building antibodies) and local syrup, indulged in maple cotton candy for a surprise treat for when we got home, had a filling pancake breakfast (with sausage, coffee, and milk) for four, got 2 real, giant peacock feathers, and saw countless animals- some quite exotic- all for less than $50. That's not a bad splurge in my eyes, especially because it comes around only once a year and helps drive local business and local economy!
Yet anothah wicked good Maple Sundee!
Simple City Sam
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