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The husband’s brother and nephew stopped by yesterday to check out the man cave. (They hadn’t been in the barn in years and were suitably impressed.) Of course we heard them coming from half a mile away because they drove in with the nephew’s new toy.
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His favorite past time is buying and restoring old cars and this one is looking pretty good so far.
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Although I can’t say the same for the nephew. Pre Covid pandemic? He looked like this…
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Now?
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He’s sporting a Grizzly Adams type beard. But he brought us a jar of homemade maple syrup….
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So I guess I can overlook a little ( lot! ) of facial hair.
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He and his family do it the old fashioned way, tapping 32 trees with metal buckets.
He even built an honest to God sap house.
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Where he boils. And boils. And boils…
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In case you’re wondering, it takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. No wonder it’s so bloody expensive. ( Good stuff can go for $100 a gallon )
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River's world..... 
Your nephew looks like he converted to hillbilly!!
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I know! It’s completely bizarre….
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I have all these sugar maples and not a sap sucker in sight.
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Well, get a bucket and suck your own.
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Well I have been saying that if this last year hasn’t changed you, you haven’t been paying attention. I wasn’t thinking about beards, but…
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I thought “sap house” was synonymous with the White House during the Trump presidency (though the name is a better fit for the homes of his followers).
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Ha! I try not to talk politics with family….. especially when they arrive bearing syrup.
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I can relate. I have a COVID/RV Life/Don’t Give A Fuck beard right now.
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At this point, I think my whole body falls into that last category.
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That car reminds me of Supernatural.
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That real-deal maple syrup makes the beard completely forgivable. As in, what beard? *making waffles*
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Waffles can be dinner…. right?
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Not only can they, they should.
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Goodness! If he’s waiting for covid to be over before he shaves, he’ll start tripping here, there and everywhere!
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That doesn’t even bear thinking about….
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His car looks newer than him.
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It does, but it’s not.
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Maybe some needs to restore him…like the barber or something?
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He definitely needs a little work done.
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That beard makes him look 20 years older.
Not good.
Maple syrup = YUM! My dad grew up in Vermont and he and his dad had a sugar house that got used every spring when the sap started flowing.
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We have maple syrup Sunday up here in March. Everyone has open doors and you get to visit all the sap houses and sample treats. It’s fabulous.
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Mmmm, I love real Maple.
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I call it Unabomber chic.
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*gulp*
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