Author: Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Finding Kupa
It had just rained when we arrived a little late to the Bantam Swap. Maybe many years ago it was a sweet bantam swap but no longer. The fairgrounds were heaving with the most curious and slightly terrifying mixture of peoples and animals. Hundreds of animals, birds and people. Cages piled up everywhere you looked. …
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going to the bantam swap early this morning
I am posting this early as we are off into the predawn dark on a wee jaunt. Mama is still asleep so don’t wake her. It is raining and she has taken herself and her handmaiden into the barn. (I picked 4 pounds of asparagus yesterday, so we are getting there. ) There is a…
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Secrets and a chat with a Swine Herd
Whisper whisper whisper.. Hmm mmm Thats what she said I said you said! Gossip in the Rat house Paddock. Daisy was observed lying down in the long grass yesterday and eating at the same time. She needs more sleep. Good morning everyone. I hope you have something exciting planned for the day. We don’t. But…
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Lilacs for the Loo
In all the best partnerships a person settles into the niche that they excell at and develops his or her skills in there. John’s niche is the walled vegetable garden. It was not always like this. I used to do all the vegetables but then came the animals and the manure and the compost! Well…
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A cup of Hot Chocolate for my friend, from the Dairy Mistress
That rain the other night gave the Dairy Mistress Field a good drink! The grass is heaving up out of the ground now. This is one of the three acres John sowed a few weeks ago. (The other two are for hay) I am sure you are wondering why it is called the Dairy Mistress…
The Kitchen's Garden 