My friend John from Chicago has many Aunties called Zia (Tia means Aunty in Spanish) and his favorite (though he has other favorite Aunties too) has an apple tree here that has just come into blossom. Planted right beside the turkey house. And then… Continue Reading “THE THREE TIA’S”
Posted on January 17, 2018
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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PINK is such a hard sounding word for such a soft light. Pink is clipped and final in its execution. Dusky is a better word. Though dusky has more gray in it.
Category: Farming, Life, PhotographyTags: calves, cold, countrylife, farming, featured, herefordhogs, hogs, lowlight, pigs, pink, snow, sunset, weather, winter
Posted on November 8, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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And that is all. Just Speed.
Category: Farming, farmphotography, hereford pigs, Life, Photography, Sustainable farmingTags: cows, farmanimals, field corn, hogs, pigs, white rock chickens
Posted on October 19, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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That about sums it up.
Category: Farming, farmphotography, Life, PhotographyTags: chickens, country, countrylife, farming, farmlife, hereford pigs, kunekune, mud, pigs, potbelly
Posted on October 17, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Speed is of the essence at the end of the day. The days are folding back into themselves way too early – I start work in the dark but prefer not to finish work in the dark. But am always caught out. Trying… Continue Reading “NO GlOOM”
“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life”. Lord Byron
Category: Life, Photography, Sustainable farming, The FarmyTags: countrylife, farming, farmlife, featured, hogs, Molly, piglets, pigs, postcards, rain, rainbows, share, sows, sun, weather, zazzle
Posted on September 13, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
64 Comments
EVENING WALK
Category: Farm Animals, Life, PhotographyTags: airbnb, blogging, countrylife, countryside, farming, farmlife, featured, hogs, pigs, wild flowers
Posted on September 7, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Now that Alissa is gone and the woofing is finished I have to do all the dishes by myself! Dammit -I forgot about that. There is quite a bit of blood in Lady Astors milk now – whatever the trauma was to her udder… Continue Reading “The Dishes”
Category: Farm Animals, Life, PhotographyTags: chickens, clouds, countrylife, cows, farmanimals, farming, farmlife, fitwomen, green, pig feed, pigs, potbelly pig
Posted on September 5, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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The hay is not in yet. We had threats of storms all day long yesterday and it takes a good hour for the hay man to get here in his tractor and I pay him by the hour plus the hay just was not… Continue Reading “Today for hay?”
Poor Aunty Del cannot quite understand why she is not allowed in the milking room eve-ery morning. She leans her head over the door and looks quite perplexed watching her friend Astor loudly munch her GM free treats while being milked. Molly broke through… Continue Reading “Aunty Del”
Category: Farming, Humour, Life, PhotographyTags: anti flies, Aunty Del, countrylife, cows, farming, farmlife, fighting pigs, milking, pigs, SWAT