Category: Farming

• Something has to be done about the fighting

  I had a discussion in the barn last night about the cockfights in the farmyard. … Miss C: Peghorn.  Have you been fighting with other roosters? Have you looked at your face lately? Peghorn: There is nothing wrong with my face. I have a pretty face. Miss C: You have bite marks. Peghorn:  No Miss…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 27, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Writing

  chickens, cock fights, roosters, sheep

• Saturday that was Sunday, could be Monday – Reads and Awards

  Everyone is in a different time zone. I was writing this on Saturday, I will be finishing  it on Sunday and some of you will be reading it on Monday when I publish it on Sunday!  I just discovered that there is a state in America, I cannot remember which one, that has two different…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 26, 2012

  Farming, Writing

  blogs to read, border collie, cold weather, food blogs, hay, rooster, sheep, writing blogs

• Pumping Brakes is Girls Work evidently

  But the call for help  gave you and I an opportunity to drive over to the Masters Lair at the big farm workshop and see how The Dodge is doing.   The 53 Dodge Pick-Up Truck that was released from the barn and is getting ready for its new life as a roadside vegetable stall…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 25, 2012

  Farming, Photography

  1953 Dodge, 53 Dodge pickup truck, Beverly Hillbillies, Girls work, Horn

• Walkabout the Farmy on a Still Sepia Day

  Good morning.  I took you around the farmy yesterday. Yesterday was a day of bird song. It was still, overcast and bright. Which is actually a perfect day for the camera if you want some serious light for the densest colour in your images. Sadly we are still waiting in line for our spring colours,…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 23, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  Barn, cardinal, cat, grass, old barn, old barn gates, spring birds

• Hawk sets up Housekeeping in the Barn

  Yesterday  I stalked the hawk who had moved into the barn for a few days hunting. Taking photographs of suspicious flying raptors is a very different concept from taking a photo of a cow as she stands and leans and stares. However, even without the right lens or light,  I amused myself for a while.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 19, 2012

  Farming, Photography

  Barn, bird watcher, coopers hawk, old barn, sharp shinned hawk