Category: Farm Animals

• Coyotes and Wild Dogs in the Moonlight.

  Last night something died in the cornfield. In the night a dreadful sound woke me and I came fully awake  standing barefoot out in the middle of our little home field.  The sounds of dogs were everywhere.  Two huge herons erupted noisily from the tall tree above me, startling us with irritated calls. They tucked…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 16, 2011

  Farm Animals, Life, Living the life

  cornfield, coyotes, listening, wild dogs

• The Good News and The Bad News

  First the BAD NEWS.  While fooling about with my newly extended lens yesterday I managed to scratch the lens.  I just cannot believe I did that. A strong line was curved across every image I took yesterday.  I cannot clean the mark away.  Senior Son has put his thinking cap on but from now until…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 13, 2011

  Bees, Farm Animals, Life, Photography

  Ayrshire, bee image, butter mold, camera, cow, lens

• Sustainable/Self-sufficient/Subsistence? Labels.

  Sustainable sounds so similar to subsistence. (Please excuse the alliteration) Subsistence is hand to mouth, then the hand is empty. Sustainable involves the land and using your hands to feed your mouth while enriching the land to grow some more. Sustainable growing is by nature more upwardly mobile. Subsistence is hard to get above.  Both…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 10, 2011

  Farm Animals, Living the life

  certified organic, cow, labels, old fashioned, self sufficient, sheep, subsistance, sustainable

• Why can’t a Guy buy a Girl a Drink?

  I know that what I write today has nothing to do with old-fashioned farming.  But it is an old-fashioned thought. Queenie Wineti is supplying the visuals.   You see I had this interesting experience in the city on the weekend.  I had walked from the Metra Station to the Union Station  to catch my last…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 4, 2011

  Farm Animals, Living the life, Photography

  bars, drinks, hereford calf, men

• Why can’t a Guy buy a Girl a Drink?

  I know that what I write today has nothing to do with old-fashioned farming.  But it is an old-fashioned thought. Queenie Wineti is supplying the visuals.   You see I had this interesting experience in the city on the weekend.  I had walked from the Metra Station to the Union Station  to catch my last…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  August 4, 2011

  Farm Animals, Living the life, Photography

  bars, drinks, hereford calf, men