Posted for Patricia Wood

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> From: Patricia Wood [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:51 AM
> To: Norm Saunders
> Subject: RE: Lapwing and Food Finds
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> I went up on last Sunday afternoon to try for the
> second time - unsuccessfully - to see Lappy.  I did
> see some nice other birds, such as Cooper's hawk and
> my best ever view of a snipe, but my biggest find came
> when I went into the little Antique Shop at the corner
> of Blacks Mill and 550.  They were selling jars of the
> best apple butter I ever ate!  (I like it best when
> you can taste the apples as well as the spices.)  It's
> made by a local church, St Johns I think, and they
> don't have much left from the 2004 batch.  It's a
> delicious way for us to contribute to the local
> economy right in the little hamlet, and the
> proprietors were very nice--even had suggestions of
> more fields with ponds to try looking for the bird. 
> Also, on weekends, at least, they have coffee or maybe
> cider, plus brownies, for visitors.  Nice!
> Patricia Wood
> Silver Spring MD