Category: Photography

• A Ton of Hay and Freezing Rain

  These beautifully looked after cows shared their hay with us.. They are the most contented bunch of dairy  cows I have ever met.  And with a huge thank you and sigh of relief we are once more in good shape as far as feed goes.  Everyone is pleased, most especially The  Murphy’s who are already…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 26, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Photography

  icy rain, moving fast, pigs, rooster crowing

• Charlotte came home and she is in a right mood!

  The day was toddling along like it does.  The new lambs saw their first sun. Though it was still a wee bit chilly. Look at this cheeky baby, lambs just hit the ground running. Whereas kittens hit the ground sleeping.  Then we received the call that Charlotte had completed.. um.. relations with the boar (witnessed…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 25, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Photography

  charlotte, farrrowing crates, lambs in coats, pig gestation period, pigs and boars, sheep, swine herd, the alternative to farrowing crates

• How to make a lambs coat and the last view from the coupe for a while.

  This is the view out to the East from the tiny house. Our winter sunrise view. However the Kiwi Builder has wrapped it up like fish and chips in the building paper that is emblazoned with the name of a certain big box building store that one buys such things at.  And it has lost…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 24, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  alfalfa hay, how to make a lambs coat, peacock feathers, sunny day, the view from the windows, three sheep

• The Winter Weather of Extreme Dreariness

  Ice was clinging to the trees as I went out to milk yesterday morning. Not a lot though and only a little snow.  No-one minded.  There was just enough ice in the trees to fill the air with the noise of … cracking and sliding and slipping as the ice melted slightly and released its grip…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 23, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Photography

  cows in snow, ice and snow, kefir grains, lambs, ram in snow, raw milk, the winter of dreariness

• The Goldilocks Windows

  Designing and building a tiny self contained house disguised as a wing, with a chicken coop as its influence,  has been both a challenge and a delight.  Of course I am not doing the actual building. I was speaking metaphorically. The Kiwi Builder is doing all the building with a sure input to the structural…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 22, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Photography, Tiny House

  Barn, building a tiny house, hammer, home shcooling, ice storm, milk for lambs, peacock images, windows