Tag: homesteading

• Writing and farming below freezing

  Yesterday was colder than ever and the wind was blowing fiercely scoring the skin off my face and the water out of my own eyes. So cold that if you are doing the dishes and your hands are a little wet, and you pop outside for a piece of wood for the stove and then…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 11, 2013

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography, Vines and Wine

  animal photography, Barn, celi, cow, farm photography, farming, homesteading, writing, Yesterdays Temperatures

• A Day on the Couch

  Well it was SO cold. It never even reached above Freezing Point yesterday.  And the day before yesterday I overdid it just a little. So I had to have a rest day which means no sitting down, no bending over and no lifting. My kefir mother had been working for  24 hours so  I made…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 6, 2013

  Farming, Life, Photography, Recipes

  apple custard pie, ewes, farming, homesteading, rams

• Have you ever made funny faces for a baby…

  But the baby does not care… Poor BooBoo. No more laughing, it hurts to laugh. But every time I look at that shot this morning I laugh out loud. Then look what Baby Marmalade did next … Went to sleep in my sewing basket.. Poor BooBoo… Poor Sewing. And as if our grey day yesterday…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 3, 2013

  Farming, Humour, Life, Photography

  animal photography, dog and kitten, farm photography, homesteading, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden

• Good news and Lots of Sweetness

  Marmalade still loves Boo Boo. But that is not the good news. We all know about the Marmalade and Boo Boo show! Everyone loves the new hay. But that is not the good news either. The Good news is that the Duke of Kupa is not doing the gaggy face anymore. The gaping. And rasping.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  December 2, 2013

  homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  animal photography, cat, farming, hereford pigs, homesteading, peacock, sheep, The Duke of Kupa, The kitchen’s garden

• Kupa’s First Eye..

  The first eye feather of the the season. We have been watching his tail feathers grow and this morning there it was, the first eye feather, it is destined to be the longest of his tail feathers and when he lifts his tail in the spring and fans it out it will be the tallest.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 15, 2013

  homesteading, Life, Photography

  homesteading, peacock feathers, The Duke of Kupa, twilight