Tag: cardinal

• The Cardinals have Come Back

  

  I don’t know where they go at the end of summer but they always disappear late summer then reappear for the winter and spring when they nest in the high trees. I sometimes wonder if they are escorting their teenagers off the property. Though that feels a wee bit Grimm – a tad Hansel and…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 11, 2023

  birds, weather

  cardinal, farming

• Robin Red Breast has arrived

  

  I saw the first robin yesterday. Is spring here yet? Um no. Because it was literally slating for a short while. Covering the windows in ice that almost immediately melted back off. But the robins did not care. They know change is on the way. I tried to take a photo of the red breasted…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 28, 2023

  blogging, featured, homesteading, Organic farming

  cardinal, countrylife, farming, hogs, icyrain, Illinois, pigs, robins, spring, thekitchensgarden, thesustainablehome, weather, worms

• GREEN

  

  The bright red of my cardinal pops against the muted landscape.

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 27, 2018

  airbnb, farmphotography, Photography

  airbnb, cardinal, country, countrylife, farming, farmstay, old barn, pigs, wild birds

• a calm busy day before another calm busy day

  Boo and Marcel. Wee Marcel is still slowly improving. he is even gaining weight. He sleeps well and took two little walks outside and around inside the barn yesterday. Tonight he will go to tiny feeds every three hours. Altogether he drinks a little over two cups a day of milk and plenty of water…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 20, 2014

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  bottle fed lambs, breeding pigs, cardinal, celi, central illinois, cows, hereford pig, sheep, snow, The kitchen’s garden

• Walkabout the Farmy on a Still Sepia Day

  Good morning.  I took you around the farmy yesterday. Yesterday was a day of bird song. It was still, overcast and bright. Which is actually a perfect day for the camera if you want some serious light for the densest colour in your images. Sadly we are still waiting in line for our spring colours,…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 23, 2012

  Farming, Photography, Sustainable farming

  Barn, cardinal, cat, grass, old barn, old barn gates, spring birds