Pure Maple Ornament

Maple sugaring season is a much-anticipated time of the year here in New England. When the sap is running, many of our friends and neighbors are out in the sugarbush collecting it. Then it's time for hours in the sugarhouse boiling and evaporating it into pure maple syrup, or as we call it, liquid gold. This ornament contains a lot of detail for such a small space. Footsteps lead up the path to the barn, which is letting off billowing smoke. From one of the maple trees, a bucket collects sap....