#2614 "Singleton Single Tap"

#2614 "Singleton Single Tap"
20x16 inches
Gallery Wrap 

There is only a single tap on this sugar maple tree. It was big enough for two taps but sometimes less is more. 

I recorded our footsteps in the snow around the base of the maple from when we installed the tap. I like the colours of the snow and the shadows on a bright winter day. My goal was to capture a bit of nostalgic, Canadian history. 

My good friend Dr. Fred Schueler wrote a terrific and scholarly article about the history of maple syrup making in North America. It is well worth the read at "Did Red Squirrels invent Sugaring?". Fred together with his wife Aleta Karstad, a gifted artist and writer, comprise the Fragile Inheritance Natural History Group. Their efforts to educate and inform are born out boundless curiosity about the natural world. I share their views and try to encourage people and politicians to be better stewards of the earth before it is too late. 

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