Tag: milking the cow

• Sharing the Milk

  

  Lady Astor and I had a good think together yesterday. Cows and I mind-think  – think like a cow and all that.  My Plan has always been to share-milk with the cows this year. They are older girls and have not ever been house cows. I had intended to do this with both  – but…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  April 12, 2015

  Farming, homesteading, Life, Photography

  calves, dog in grass, dogs and calves, dutch belted, farm animals, milking the cow

• Time for milking

  At milking time, Daisy sees TonTon appear in the field and then walks to the gate and up into the yards. For a little munch. She hears the pump go on and off as I rinse the lines and the bucket and comes to her door to watch. She is very calm, and just chews…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  September 9, 2012

  Sustainable farming

  brushing the cow, cat on a post, dog in a field, milking the cow

• Guess what?! We are all good today.

  Yesterday flowed. It trickled along from one thing to the next. And at every bus stop of the day, my little metaphorical red bus puttered up,  work got on or off in a gentle orderly fashion. Work was started and finished and wandered back down the circular road of life without hurry. I am thinking…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  June 13, 2012

  Farming, Life, Sustainable farming

  alfalfa hay, food, jumping lambs, milking the cow