Tag: milking machine

• Fitting the Puzzle Together

  Yesterday the warmth began to melt a little snow, then the water began to make a lot of mist then a lot of fog, then we lost the horizon.  Gone.  I thought  that today I would have a little round up of what’s happening so we can get the next few months in order. Kind…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  February 21, 2014

  Farming, homesteading, Humour, Life, Photography

  farming, high wnds, milk cow, milking machine, pigs hormone, weather

• The Things you find on the dining room Table

  Once a year, my mother used to take a week and go away by herself.  Usually on a retreat to a monastry or convent. Though I am sure she would have gone absolutely anywhere that promised peace, quiet and no rowdy children.  Someone else did the cooking and cleaning and she rested her mind and…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 27, 2012

  Humour, Life, Writing

  children, kitchen table, milking machine, mothers, motorbike, row boat

• Lemon Honey Cheesecake with a Twist of Mint and a milking machine.

  Merry Christmas, John said as he carried two huge boxes through the kitchen door.  I checked the calender, yes,  still January. The milking machine had arrived.  Much excitement. If Daisy the cow could have seen us staring at the bewildering collection of bits and pieces with knobs and switches, all gleaming and solid looking, she…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  January 26, 2012

  Farming, Sustainable farming

  cheese cake, lemon curd, milking machine, mint, raw milk, rosemary