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“Warm familiar scents drift softly from the oven, And imprint forever upon our hearts That this is home and that we are loved.”

Inspirational Home Cooking Country Life Farm Life

Book:Lanark County Calendar

Source: Lanark County Calendar

“The crows squawked and scattered from their perch on wooden rail fence, as the rhythmic clip-clop of the horse's hooves grew louder.”

Horses Country Life Crows Farm Life Horse Quotes Country Life Quotes Country Birds Farm Quotes Wood Rail Fences

Book:Lanark County Collection: Winding Our Way Down Memory Lane

Source: Lanark County Collection: Winding Our Way Down Memory Lane

“She walks the same paths where her father walked, and her grandfather, and her great-grandfather before her. She passes by familiar trees, the towering silent witnesses to over two centuries of history. Many of these majestic woodland giants, like faithful old friends, proudly bear the telltale tap-marks, remnants of a multi-generational maple harvest.”

Family History Country Life Farm Life Maple Syrup Maple Trees Maple Harvest

Book:Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

Source: Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

“The air was fresh and crisp and had a distinct smell which was a mixture of the dried leaves on the ground and the smoke from the chimneys and the sweet ripe apples that were still clinging onto the branches in the orchard behind the house.”

Fall Good Old Days Country Life Farm Life

Book:Recipes and Recollections: Treats and Tales from Our Mother's Kitchen

Source: Recipes and Recollections: Treats and Tales from Our Mother's Kitchen

“We need only to close our eyes and we are back on the Third Line, walking up the lane, through the yard and entering the bright, warm kitchen. We are home again.”

Fall Good Old Days Country Life Farm Life

Book:Lanark County Calendar

Source: Lanark County Calendar

“A hot dry day was perfect for cutting hay, but Sunday in those days was a true day of rest, and no hay would be taken from the fields, nor any labour done inside or outside of the house.”

Fields Old Fashioned Christian Quotes Farming Farm Hay Country Life Farm Life Sunday Quotes

Book:Lanark County Collection: Winding Our Way Down Memory Lane

Source: Lanark County Collection: Winding Our Way Down Memory Lane

“Over the years, the Ompah Stomp developed a reputation of being a wild party. Maybe it was the setting, in a remote rural area, that led people to believe that it was a bit like a country music Woodstock, brimming with sex and drugs.”

Party Country Life Woodstock Country Music Arlene Stafford Wilson Lanark County Calling Eastern Ontario Festival Ompah Stomp

Book:Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

Source: Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

“On those crisp late winter days, when temperatures drop below freezing at nightfall, then rise once again in a sunny spring thaw you'll find them there. Three generations will be tapping, gathering, and boiling the sap, including some from the same faithful trees that towered over the property long before their ancestors arrived from northwestern Ireland.”

Country Life Spring Quotes Maple Syrup Heritage Quote Springtime Quotes

Book:Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

Source: Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

“As the days continue to lengthen, and most signs of winter are gone, familiar songbirds return to the sugar bush, and the frogs in the lowlands begin to sing.”

Country Life Spring Quotes Maple Syrup Maple Trees

Book:Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

Source: Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

“Familiar songbirds reappear, perched high above the stark white landscape in those final frigid days of February and March. Their long-awaited songs announce a return to sunny days, with nights still cold enough to freeze in that delicate balance of those elusive few weeks when the sap will run.”

Spring Country Life Spring Quotes Maple Syrup Springtime Quotes

Book:Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

Source: Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

“The powerful forces of nature, both kind and cruel, some nurturing, some destructive, live at the heart of any maple syrup operation.”

Weather Farming Country Life Maple Syrup Maple Harvest

Book:Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table

Source: Lanark County Kitchen: A Maple Legacy from Tree to Table