Maple Syrup and Belgians from Singing Brook Farm

Today I sing of a sunny Sunday when all was smiles and snow and surfeit. My husband and I decided to head for Fanshawe Park's maple syrup 'do' where my sister's family provide beautiful Belgian horses and a wagon to take people to the sugar bush. Here is Steve with two Belgians working for their supper.

When Steve stops to pick up passengers, us among them, his son, Adam, holds the team nice and steady.

The Kinsmen Club of London spearheads this event which lasts over a couple of weeks, especially during March Break. In the bush are set up working displays of old time sap gathering and syrup making, as well as the more modern hoses you'll see running among the maples. Notice the sap pails in the foreground below:

This dad and little boy were walking back to the cabin and the boy couldn't help skipping and jumping his way along. Obviously he was having a great day.

Here Steve encourages the horses back along the roadway to the pancake, sausage and syrup meal that was waiting. (Yummy! They also had cotton candy made from maple syrup which was reported to be excellent.)

My favorite picture of the day is this closeup of the beauties who worked so hard to make a lot of people happy and to raise money for the Kinsmen club's charities. The girl so taken with the horses is from the Kinsmen club but she just loved the horses so much she was right in there with them most of the time.

If you want to see more about Singing Brook Farm and their horses, try their website, although Linda tells me it isn't where they'd like it. They're all too busy out with the horses!