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Kat Hui (left) of Pasadena, California assists Maryanne Haxton in the sugar shack at Haxton’s Wrinkle in Thyme Farm in Sumner during Maine Open Farm Sunday. A longtime family friend, Hui frequently journeys from the west coast to spend time with Haxton (background) and her partner Marty Elkin at their farm. She is currently working at Wrinkle in Thyme as a WWOOFer, a program sponsored by Worldwide Opportunities in Organic Farming, for the spring. “I came out for some sugaring, the lambing, and for Marty and Mary Ann,” Hui said. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

 

Kaya Bessey-Dilts, 20 months, of Sumner shares age-appropriate texts on farm life with Auguste Trider, two-and-a-half, of Leeds. Auguste was visiting Wrinkle-in-Thyme Farm in Sumner with his family for Maine Maple Sunday. Kaya’s grandparents are living and working at the farm while they build their own house. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

 

Leah Young of Woodstock 11 checks out some of the handknit items displayed for sale at Wrinkle in Thyme Farm on March 23. Young and her family were hitting farms in western Maine open for Maine Maple Sunday Weekend. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

 

Hayley Tidd of northern Georgia takes a puppy break at Wrinkle in Thyme Farm during Maine Maple Sunday. Tidd arrived in Sumner March 19 and will stay until October. She said the Sumner farm is one of just three in the United States to offer artist residencies in her needle felting and hand-spinning areas of expertise. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

 

Marty Elkin (seated) demonstrates the art of spinning yarn for farm visitor Kathy Bourgault of Turner during Maine Maple Sunday. Elkin holds a potluck spinning day at her Wrinkle in Thyme Farm on the third Wednesday of each month from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

 

No work is required for the sheep herd at Sumner’s Wrinkle in Thyme Farm on Maine Maple Sunday. Katy and her spunky four-day-old lamb Nesquik had a stall to themselves. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

 

A ewe at Wrinkle in Thyme Farm in Sumner checks on her newborn lambs during Maine Maple Sunday. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

 

Wrinkle in Thyme volunteer Tracy Wright of Byron tends to a herd of ewes and lambs resting in the barn during Maine Maple Sunday. Wright is the adoptive sponsor for one of the farm’s ewes Kori and her lamb Nesquik. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

Nicole joined Sun Journal’s Western Maine Weeklies group in 2019 as a staff writer for the Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser. Later she moved over to the Advertiser Democrat where she covers...