Category: Photography

• The Kitchen’s Garden’s 2013 Garden has Begun.

  Is that even a sentence? There must be about four grammatical errors in that title!  However: the broccoli is up. The cabbages, leeks, celery and onions are sown. And  the first wave of tomatoes have been sown too. The gardens have begun. No spring in sight but I can see the beginnings of the spring…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 6, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography

  Building a little house, granny flat, homeschooling, milking cows, pea hens, pregnant sheep, tiny house

• Human Error Kills Bees

  Yesterday afternoon I spent some time researching the bees problem. Trying to work out how my two hives died over this winter. I checked all the links you sent me (thank you) and these links took me to other links, I made notes and collated information and a miserable picture has appeared. After playing colour…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 4, 2013

  Bees, Farming, Life, Photography

  bees, bees dying in the winter weather, dead hives, dealing with failure, failure

• Bad news about the Bees and a Chance to Vote.

  We have snow on the ground. Not much. Almost everyone likes to play in the snow, even if you do not have hands for snow balls. Mama continues to get larger and I can literally see her lambs doing flip flops inside her.  Some of us have no interest in playing in the snow though.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 3, 2013

  Bees, Farming, Life, Photography

  bad news, bees, pigs in snow, roosters, sheep in snow, thekitchensgarden, vote, writing competition

• Look who’s back!

  Mia: Who? What? What’s going on?  Why is it so dark in here? Mama: Mia let your eyes adjust to the barn. Slow down. Now, who’s here? Are the little people back? Meadow: Is it the little people? Mia: Daisy has one. Minty:What? Mama:  Don’t say What  – its rude. Minty: Well what am I…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 31, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography, Vines and Wine

  children, sheep

• Hiding out from the Rain and the Story of Daisy’s name

  And then it poured!  Isn’t this grand, I said to the animals as they stood at their doors watching the rain come down.  Sometimes on rainy days we tell each other stories.  Daisy wanted to know why she had been called Daisy.  It all started with a rainy day I said to Daisy. With the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 30, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography

  cows, dying, grief, naming, rain