Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Chicks and Goats
So this is what I think happened. The night before last a chick began to peep in the incubator. Just after three in the morning. The dogs rose up from their beds and Boo opened the incorrectly latched door (all our doors are old) they went to investigate, Boo put his nose up there to…
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Chipping
Elsie and Lady Astor, the Dutch Belted Dairy cows, went through their pretend milking routine with perfect precision yesterday afternoon. So you CAN teach old cows new tricks. They walked into the milking parlour one at a time. Lady A first, as usual. Elsie waiting patiently.(They come in through the door on the left of your…
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Turns
Yesterday the snow fell on and off for the whole day. But it did not have any kind of real resolve, It was just there. A half hearted affair. Showers, flurries nothing much. So I cycled through my list. Getting the collars on the Dutchies so they could learn Phase Two of the milking routine:…
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Speaker Spotlight: Cecilia Gunther
Originally posted on Press Publish: Cecilia Gunther Once upon an time, in a land across the oceans, a girl named Cecilia was born. If that sounds like the start of a fairy tale, it’s on purpose. Though speaker Cecilia Gunther’s life hasn’t actually been a fairy tale, its zigs and zags have been so fascinating…
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Willy Nilly
When we got home from Rushville, Indiana, arriving with our lovely cargo of two corrugated iron huts for assorted animals (three hours there and three hours back), I found all the cats milling about on the barn table waiting for dinner. There is no point in attempting to herd cats as you know so I just grabbed…
