3-12-15 'Ku

[Magpie]

I can see why you say 'struggling' with it, there doesn't seem to be any obvious straight forward answer. To take out 'this year' then leaves 'late' a bit vulnerable to be misinterpreted as a time of day, especially if you were unaware of what 'tapping the maples' was. I was thinking something along the lines of 'we tapped the maples later than usual' but it doesn't solve the issue with time... 'two weeks late' ???? 'a month later than usual' ???? a bit too verbose???
There will be a way to say it somehow.
Also meant to say keep the 'we'. I think it would be easier to say it by not implying that it was a shared experience, but then I think that it would lose a lot without it.

Good luck

Mark