Month: May 2018

• A LITTLE RAIN

  

  And we all weedily grow. Lankily. In adolescent stages. 

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  May 31, 2018

  Farming, Photography

  country, farming in the heat, thekitchensgarden, weather, womanfarmers

• HEAT and FIRE

  

  Yesterday a man who I will not name because he is a local mowed the ditches ghen set fire to them then left the area. Of course it roared up in the wind and shot out in all directions burning up dry, dry grass and if John had not made a fire break at our…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  May 30, 2018

  Farming, Photography

  anger, cows, farmanimals, fires, heat, hot, pigs, weather

• HEAT STROKE

  

  Lucy the newborn Angus calf  went down with heatstroke yesterday evening and I had to go in and drag her out through the little milking calf door without her mother killing me. If I had left her in there she would have died on the spot.

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  May 29, 2018

  Farming, Life, Photography

  country, farming, heat, heatstroke in calves, new calf

• New bobby

  We all melted in the heat yesterday but Leia managed to give birth easily to a wee Bobby calf before breakfast. She kept him under the tree for the day and has not brought him into the barn again. 

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  May 28, 2018

  Farm Animals, farmphotography, Photography

  calves, countrylife, ducks, farming, heat, hot, instagram, weather

• BABY LUCY

  

  When I went out to check the two Angus cows Luna and Leia yesterday morning there was a perfect little calf all curled up in the dry straw. Luna (who has a bigger udder than Aunty Del in full production) is the proud mother. 

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  May 27, 2018

  Farm Animals, farmphotography, Life, Photography

  calf, countryliving, cows, farming, hardwork, heat, weather