Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Kids love Farmy Art
Yesterday we got about an eighth of an inch of snow that was melted by lunchtime but it is still pretty. The children came, fell out of their van and roared off about the farmyard like… well, like town kids let out of a car. The cats and kittens were hauled around, the pigs patted,…
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“Have you seen my wives?” says The Duke.
Working in the barn yesterday I heard a rustling and looked out the door. This is what I saw. “Kupa.” I said. “How are you darling?” “Have you seen Tui or Pania?” he asked, in his polite peacock voice. “I have lost my wives.” “Oh, honey.” I said. “I think they are way out…
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“Have you seen my wives?” says The Duke.
Working in the barn yesterday I heard a rustling and looked out the door. This is what I saw. “Kupa.” I said. “How are you darling?” “Have you seen Tui or Pania?” he asked, in his polite peacock voice. “I have lost my wives.” “Oh, honey.” I said. “I think they are way out…
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The swine herd gets inexplicably demoted
My photos started out well yesterday. I had this big plan for colour and light. I made a classy shot of the air hose from the pump drying out by the fire. When cold (air) hits heat (steam from hot milk) we get condensation in the lines. Which results in water in the pump (bad).…
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Frigid Sunshine
By the time we had finished milking yesterday morning and brought everything back inside it was minus 3F (-20C). I do not deal in windchills as I don’t understand the equation so I won’t tell you what the windchill was. There was hardly any wind anyway. But it was so cold that my face felt…
The Kitchen's Garden 