Isn't she a beauty?

We had a great day last Saturday. It was sunny and mild and our spirits were high when we set off for my birthday breakfast at a popular pancake house in a sugar bush just north of us. There was a wonderful breath of spring in the air, the sap was flowing, maple sugar was being made and the pancake house was the starting off point for the area Artist's Spring Studio Tour. All these elements coming together awakened a kazillion people from their winter doldrums, and once awake, they all made tracks for the sugar bush. Yikes! There were hoards of people there and it was not a very big restaurant.

After a long trek across a muddy parking lot we joined a very long line to get into the restaurant and then we hummed and hawed about staying. We were all hungry, and it didn't look like we would be able to even get inside the door of the building for quite a while. Hmmm, what to do? Oh what the heck, we were making a memory, and we could go to a dull old restaurant any day of the week, so we stayed. AC has posted lots of pics on his blog here.

The pancakes were very good once we got to them,and the place was hopping with activity the whole time we stood in line so the time went quickly. Horse-drawn wagon rides into the sugar bush were coming and going, fiddlers were playing by the door to the restaurant, people stood around laughing and talking while they waited to sit down and enjoy the feast, and once we got inside the door there was another musician playing music there. So, we were treated to a party atmosphere even if we had to stand in line for 45 minutes! Yes, we made a very nice memory.

After we left the sugar bush, we visited neighbouring small towns and toured little shops in each one. We took our time driving home and stopped at artist's studios all along the route. The sun shone all day and we soaked it up in grand style. We finished off the day with dinner, and birthday cake at Butterfly's, but that's not all, there was one more big surprise waiting for me at the end of the dinner.

Isn't she a beauty?

I am now the proud owner of the cutest little ipod! Hooray! Happy, Happy Birthday to me!

AC really enjoys his ipod and has it loaded with music, but I didn't put an ipod on my wish list until I discovered you could upload audio books onto them. How neat is that? I enjoy listening to books when my eyes are too tired to read, or I can't get to sleep and need an extended bedtime story. Our little local library here doesn't have a very large selection of audio books so I have been struggling to get the titles on tape that I want. Problem is now solved. I also have room for lots of music too, so I am one happy camper. Humming and reading, reading and humming, to my heart's content.

I hope you hear music today too and have a song in your heart wherever life takes you.

Take care.