Tag: celi

• Boo will have to mind the baby today, it will be a busy one.

  Dawn across the sea of snow. Marcel is doing very well. By yesterday afternoon he was following me about the kitchen. Boo Nanny is having to adjust to her lambie rising up and standing and being almost a tall as his Nanny. Boo is trying very hard to be gentle, but  Boo is only just,…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 19, 2014

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  breeding hereford pigs, celi, hereford gilt, hereford sperm, Illinois, peahen, reluctant heat pigs, The kitchen’s garden

• Sheila the Pig carrying her Bowl

  I had just taken this shot of Queenie Wineti standing knee deep in snow enjoying the sun when I was almost run down by Sheila carrying her lunch inside.  We were on a pause, Sheila was standing in the snow eating her medicine mixed with shredded apples and carrots. I was standing in the doorway…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 10, 2014

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  celi, cow in snow, pig carrying bowl, pigs doing tricks, sunrise time, thekitchens garden, training pigs

• No shortage of Wild Things on the Farmy

  “Oh please don’t go.  We’ll eat you up … We love you so.” And Max said “NO.” from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak one of my favourite children’s books of all time. I never saw the movie, I loved the book that much.  I have read it to children so many times…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 6, 2014

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  animal photography, bobble headed owl, cats and dogs playing, celi, dogs in snow, farming, homesteading, snow, The kitchen’s garden, where the wild things are

• The snow stood still in the air.. thinking its little think

  The wind died  down yesterday. I don’t care how it died frankly, as long as it was gone. We all crept up out from behind our shelters, sniffing the air. The snow gently falling, in no hurry to go anywhere. Did you see Mama, she seldom comes out into the field nowadays. Preferring to stick…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 1, 2014

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  celi, farming in the cold, good morning, hereford pig, ice storm, sheep in snow, snow, the kitchens garden farm

• Sheila says, No Thank You

  I thought I wanted to go for a walk, Sheila said, but now I don’t. The puddles are too deep and I can’t swim, she said.  And my feet are cold.  Let’s go back home, she said and have our peanut butter treats inside and so we did. Snow is not always white either, we…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 13, 2014

  Farm Animals, Farming, homesteading, Humour, Photography

  animal photography, celi, hereford pigs, homesteading, photography, pigs, The kitchen’s garden