Category: Life

• Mama still holding her own and a funny story

  Unbelieveably.  And against the odds she is still quietly sitting in her pen watching the world go by. She cannot walk more than a few steps, and makes not a sound. I pour her potion down her throat every two or three hours and make her get up to pee. Yesterday about 3pm I noticed…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 9, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  animals in snow, light snow, miscarriages in sheep

• Mama, the mother ewe, has had a bad few days..

  And has miscarried. She had slowed down in the last few days.  And I was cycling through the usual Mama remedies.  But then her condition began to really worry me so I separated her from the others. Though she had been standing alone anyway.  She was coerced into the barn then lay down on her…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 8, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  ewe miscarrying, farming, multiple lamb miscarriage, sadness on the farm

• A Day on the Couch

  Well it was SO cold. It never even reached above Freezing Point yesterday.  And the day before yesterday I overdid it just a little. So I had to have a rest day which means no sitting down, no bending over and no lifting. My kefir mother had been working for  24 hours so  I made…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 6, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography, Recipes

  apple custard pie, ewes, farming, homesteading, rams

• The last of the summer work

  Kupa resumes his role at the top of the totem pole. Speaking of poles the cats are using the resting clatter box as a pathway to the loft. No more climbing the ladder for them! The chook house was cleaned out. John took over once he saw what I was about and he spread the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 5, 2013

  homesteading, Life

  cats in the barn, chickens, cleaning out the chook house, hay, peacock, straw, The Duke of Kupa

• the mantle of fog settles on the farmy

  “Fog is made up of condensed water droplets which are the result of the air being cooled to the point (actually, the dewpoint) where it can no longer hold all of the water vapor it contains.”  Well, that is the scientific reason. The real reason is that we all need to rest our minds and have a wee…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 4, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  cow, farm photography, farming, fog, fog on the farm, how to make hot chocolate, The kitchen’s garden