#sapping

The annual sapping of our maple trees was undertaken by the Adolescent students this week. It was an incredible lesson for everyone and we were all filled with admiration as to how much they knew. The students patiently watched as the trees were dilled and were rewarded when we got to taste the sap straight from the tree! We cannot wait for the syrup that we will get to taste after the older students have boiled down the sap.

im not gonna be messing with listings for a hot second, since Crunch Time at art school has started... BUT ❤️ AGAIN TY TO EVERYONE

“We must keep these waters for wild rice, these trees for maple syrup, our lakes for fish, and our land and aquifers for all of our relatives - whether they have fins, roots, wings, or paws.” -Winona LaDuke 

My mom took these when a hunting barred owl came close enough to the house for pics. It never did dive on anything, but boy was it looking! Chuffed us to bits that you could see sapping buckets in some pics too. 

Not to be creepy but 😂

Energy-sapping hand fighting

"Those two? They haven't given their names, not in the three cycles we've been Hunting together. Don't say much at all to us, really. Just twitter to each other in their own tongue. Inseparable, they are--and close to invincible when they sing Sooth together." #hunters #mobbing #inktober #inktober2017 #stillbehind #needtostopstartingcomplexstufflateatnight #americangoldfinch #sooth #magic #sapping #searing