Category: Life

• Rain and Ice, Ice and Rain

  Yesterday, tiny crystals of cold jaggedy ice rained down out of the sky, clattering through the trees and onto the ground, tinkling like the harnesses of a hundred prancing celestial horses. It was a curious sound. As they fell they packed into each other like sharp gravel,  like rock salt on a fish. Then as…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 28, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography

  animals in the barn, building a tiny house, Dorset ram, ice rain, rain

• The Junk Yard in Pictures… Want Anything?

  We scoured the junkyard yesterday. Looking for trim, beams, boards, flooring, doors, windows, all the bits and pieces that will lend The Coupe (the Tiny House we are building) its character. What I find here is sturdy, solidly built, made from good heart timber and of course cheaper.  Real. Here you have a look too!  Do…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 27, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography

  junk yard, old junk, old stuff, recycling, repurposing, reusing

• 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,…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 26, 2013

  Farming, Life

  animals, children on the farm, home schooling, watching Dad work

• “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…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 25, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography

  Ayrshire cow, building a tiny house, can I play with you?, little sheep, peacock, peacock feathers, peacock train, sheep images

• “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…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 25, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography

  Ayrshire cow, building a tiny house, can I play with you?, little sheep, peacock, peacock feathers, peacock train, sheep images