Category: Living the life

• Cooking Nights with the Old Folks

  I was a very young Mum when I got a job for six weeks working with the night nurse at an old folks home. There were two of us and not very much to do, so the other nurse delightfully,  arrived each night with her blanket and her pillow, set up the drugs trolley, changed…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 6, 2011

  Humour, Living the life, Stories

  cups of tea, geriatric care, midnight cooking, old folks homes, old ladies

• A Walk around the Wee Farm with the Purse Camera

  Last night we were sitting outside eating our simple repast, the food supplied by our own wee farm, when we heard a worrying creaky noise coming from Pats Paddock. I could see part of the big paddock, and noticed the Murphys (lambs for dinner) and Mia (lamb forever) galloping across the field. Then there was…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 5, 2011

  Farm Animals, Farming, Living the life, Photography

  Ayrshire cow, GE free, hereford calf, lambs. chickens., ram

• Seven Deadly Sins and the Games we Play

  You will have noticed a dearth of good photos in my blogs lately, this is because my camera metaphorically spat the proverbial dummy. I have a new lens on the way but until then the camera is sitting in the corner of my summer study feeling all wan and miserable. It has had no walks…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 4, 2011

  Humour, Living the life

  awards, bloggers, blogging, blondes, dumb jokes, games

• 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

• Rubbish Men catch a Giggle

  Yesterday I introduced you to the farm house in the orchard, we talked about its high ceilings and long old fashioned sash windows. It also had a long wide corridor that ran past all the bedroom doors and to a massive solid wood front door. This front door opened onto a small porch with those…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 29, 2011

  Humour, Living the life, Photography, Stories

  broom, farm house, garbage men, new zealand, rubbush men, singing in the shower, smoke, smoke alarm, smoke detector, towel