Category: Life

• Don’t yell at me about being on a Diet & Parmesan Crackers

  I know dieting is a bad word. I know that we say to ourselves- I should be able to eat what I like. I am allowed to enjoy myself. Being overweight is not a bad thing. But you have to qualify what is overweight. You see I believe in being my natural weight. And my…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 10, 2011

  Humour, Life, Low-Carb, Recipes, Vegetarian

  diet, low carb recipes, parmesan crackers, sustainable living, The Celi Diet

• The Blood Tests are a Yes!

  DAISY IS PREGNANT If all goes well, fingers crossed, touch wood and without walking under any ladders or having any black cats walk in front of anything and with some luck and good management she will be having her calf late May. May is a super time to have a calf as it will be…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 9, 2011

  Bees, Farm Animals, Farming, Life, Photography, Sustainable farming

  Bees in the mail, bees., Post Office, Pregnant cow, raw milk, sustainable living

• Salmon and Shrimp Chowder because I can’t go Fishing on the Prairie.

  I have a friend, who lives by himself in a beach house on stilts, up the East Coast,  in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.  It is a beautiful bay, deserted for most of the year. He is on the beach every day . Surfing mostly. Or looking for surf. When he goes away to work he…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 2, 2011

  Life, Living the life, Meals, Recipes, Travel

  chowder, crayfish, fishing, gathering, salmon, shell fish, shrimps, surfing

• Egg Nog is not only for Christmas, and T learns about gas – for mw&g

  When we were kids and living in that big beach house, there was a period when my mother became unwell.  For quite some time actually. And during the times when she was in bed  I would take over the kitchen and the littlies and my sister A would take over the laundry and the floors.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 18, 2011

  Humour, Life, Meals, Recipes, Vegetarian

  brown sugar, eggnog, eggs, gas, milk, milk boy, porridge

• In my Kitchen, a tiny glimpse

  For the first time I thought I would take a few pictures of things in my kitchen and join the fun over at celia’s. Just a few shots today because as usual there are a number of culinary projects hanging about cluttering up the place. This is Johns great-grandmothers coffee grinder. We use it every…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 15, 2011

  Life, Living the life, Photography, Vines and Wine

  antique coffee grinder, ball jars, Ball Preserving Jars, Blue glass, cat and dog, collecting old jars, housekeeping, kitchen, pantry, pots and pans, Swayzee Glass jars