That is what they call our fields. The Swamp. When these acres performs the yields are magnificent but when the weather gets in the way this land ( rightly so) has a mind of its own. It is the lowest point for miles around… Continue Reading “The Swamp”
I am popping in to test things out today and share a few photographs with you. I had a wee problem with a few trollers on the blog. They made everything sour. So I went quiet for a while hoping they would get bored.… Continue Reading “It’s Been So Long”
Posted on September 11, 2018
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Because you all live in my yesterday. Here are the skies from yesterday’s yesterday – the day before that day – they were magnificent. They seemed to want to speak or warn. Omenish. Full of portent. But the skies words were too slow. Too… Continue Reading “YESTERDAY’S YESTERDAY”
Why is this a bad thing? I talk to myself the whole day – of course I pretend I am talking to the dogs. But – however. Thinking out loud helps clarify things. In fact, thinking out loud is a good way to get… Continue Reading “THINKING OUT LOUD”
To secure his corner in the sun room of the barn WaiWai goes to bed early. Usually about five pm. He settles himself right into the corner of the sleeping area, hugging the wall, as immobile as a very fat little rock. He lies… Continue Reading “PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PIG”
Category: Farm Animals, farmphotography, PhotographyTags: country life, farming, farmphotography, featured, gardens, hereford, kunekune, life, pigs, water
Posted on December 13, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Did I tell you that our insurance company has taken the barn off their list and will not insure it anymore? Is it insure or ensure? I must look that up.
Category: Farm Animals, farmphotography, PhotographyTags: cold, farm animals, farming, kunekune, old barn, pig houses, pigs, straw, weather
Posted on December 1, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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TIMA and Tane were so fascinated by the calf getting his little horns removed that they lined up like kids at a movie watching under the door.
Category: Farming, farmphotography, Photography, Sustainable farmingTags: cats, country, countryliving, cows, farming, farmlife, healthyfood, healthyliving, kunekune, living, oldbarns, pigs
Posted on October 19, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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That about sums it up.
Category: Farming, farmphotography, Life, PhotographyTags: chickens, country, countrylife, farming, farmlife, hereford pigs, kunekune, mud, pigs, potbelly
Think like a cow.
Category: Farm Animals, farmphotography, Photography, Sustainable farmingTags: boar, countrylife, cows, cows tails, farming, farmlife, featured, kunekune, pigs, potbelly, share, weather, wet
Posted on September 30, 2017
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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SATURDAY ALREADY!
Category: Farming, Humour, Photography, Sustainable farmingTags: calf, country life, cow, Dexters, farm, farm life, farming, kunekune, milking cow, pig, potbelly