Tag: autumn

• Grim weather and Great Escapes

  

  Yesterday began cold and blustery. Sprinkles of rain but nothing to write home about. This morning is more of the same. I hate to say it but winter is coming. Yesterday I miserably hunted out my winter jacket shook the spiders out of it and put it in the washing machine. John has sown the…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 29, 2016

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  autumn, fall, farming, piglets, pigs, pregnant pigs, thekitchensgarden farm

• Daisy puts her foot down

  It rained, no snow but big slushy droopy mushy plops that looked like they had been hurled out from the murky clouds by a vast muddy shaking dog. And it was cold. Wet and cold. A wintry day.  By afternoon I decided to throw down some extra straw and let the animals into the barn.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 23, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  autumn, cold weather, cows, fall, guinea fowl, pigs, sheep

• And so the cold comes..

  But not to all of us.  Some of us get to lay about in the sun and play. While the rest of us work. More walnuts, I will dry them for cakes. Walnuts are very high in protein. First though, it is important to take the hull off so they don’t go moldy. Then I…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 22, 2013

  Farming, Humour, Life, Photography

  autumn, black walnuts, chickens in the barn, kitten and dog pictures, The Daily View