Category: Life

• Charlotte not much improved: vet today.

  Peaceful day on the Farmy.  Later in the day the sun came out, and the wind dropped right away. Poor Houdini can’t even have her dust bath in peace. Mama has been doing a fence inspection and is not impressed. Charlotte is still limping dreadfully. I had to stay out of the barn yesterday as…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 2, 2012

  Farming, Life, nanowrimo, Writing

  chicken with chicks, limping pig, sheep at fence, vets, writing

• A gypsy summer day with three new teensy weensy arrivals

  First this most magnificent day in chronological order because that is the way we do things. It was like a sumptious spring day yesterday. All cushiony and warm and loud with birdsong. A scanty bright sunrise over the swimming pool.  Fat sheep!! A growth spurt in the fields and gardens.  The bees were out in…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 25, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography

  chickens, chicks, chooks, sunrise, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden, warm day, Yesterdays Temperatures

• Decisions: Managing the household and farm during NanoWriMo

  I have made a few decisions. The hardest decision is to give up my night time White Russian made with home made Coffee Liquer and raw milk. We will not discuss the Vodka as it is against the law in America to have a Still. I will only drink tea in the evenings in November.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 24, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography, Writing

  kittens, Nanowrimo, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden, timetable, writing, Yesterdays Temperatures

• The Pigs Are in the Vegetable Garden!

  But thats ok. I left the gate open for them. Queenie is not amused, but in all honesty Queenie is very seldom amused. She is a solemn cow. Have you ever looked up and realised your day is almost gone and you have not even Thought about dinner. Well Dinner was not my main concern…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 23, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming

  hereford heifer, pigs as diggers, vegetable garden

• Big Scary Moggy Mousers: They have arrived!

  The new barn mousers have arrived.  They came from another barn across the way that has a cat problem, and we have a mouse problem: all good. I took them up into the warm hayfilled mezzanine floor of the barn,  high and safe,  above the big animals, to acclimatise. When they can climb down by…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 22, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography

  bantam rooster, barn cats, kittens, Nanowrimo, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden, Yesterdays Temperatures