Category: Vines and Wine

• The leaves are piling up and so am I.

  I like the leaves, I never rake them. The winds will come and deal with them soon enough. Until then I like the disheveled look of them. Their random falls and light shuffles. Shuffling light. Parchments and promises. It is Saturday.  There will be lots of this! Sleepy time for babies. The Marmalade Cat is…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 26, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Vines and Wine

  dog and kitten

• grizzle, drizzle, fizzle

  I am getting tired, feeding kittens all through the nights for the last wee while is taking its toll. And I am afraid we are going to lose the middle kitten too. I have done everything I can, but yesterday he began to fail and sit hunched over, although I feed him tiny drinks frequently…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 16, 2013

  Vines and Wine

• Making apple cider with just a hint of cuteness: due to popular demand.

  Yesterday we made the apple cider. This year has been an astronomical year for apples. I have been collecting apples from a number of different trees over the last few weeks. We love to have a mixture of apple flavours in the cider. I went to a tree down the road near a wee farmhouse…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 14, 2013

  Farm Animals, homesteading, Life, Vines and Wine

  animal photography, apple cider, apple crusher, honey mead, kittens and dog, old barn, wine

• Boo’s Babies Bed-Time – Just Beautiful.

  First the little orphan kitties need a wash. Then the lesson in how to drink from a saucer. Boo tries to look stern… Fails Bed Time. But I don’t want to go to bed. Bedtime. But it’s still light out! Bedtime. Good morning. Love your friend on the farmy, celi ps The little one is…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 11, 2013

  Vines and Wine

• Ladybird Wine

  With a sudden-ness that happens sometimes (often), when one is juggling more than three balls,  (I’ve stopped counting) the wine grapes  went from imminent to ‘Pick me right now’!  These grapes are a Vidal Blanc and this is our third vintage.  I only have 12 vines  and I have decided this year that I need…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 29, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography, Vines and Wine

  challenges, grapes, making wine at home, Vidal Blanc, wine making