Tag: sheep

• Mama takes the High Road.

  Yesterday was sunny and windy and hot.  Mama finally had her photo taken without TonTon but she had to go the high road. Still waiting.  Still no Lambs. This Sheep is the most frequently inspected animal on the farm. Even the carpenter spends his breaks watching for signs of movement.  Poor fellow is frankly horrified…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 22, 2012

  Bees, Farming, Flower Garden, Photography

  bumble bee, sheep, snowdrops

• The Bomber Bees, and Daisy goes for a wander in forbidden territory.

  Yesterday I was taken for a driving lesson  in the free green 1953 Dodge pick up. So I can drive it to and fro with the asparagus that will soon be popping up if the weather stays this warm!  Did I tell you that when I first went for my drivers license at age 15…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 18, 2012

  Bees, Farming, Photography

  1953 Dodge Pick up, bees, bees with pollen, cows, farming, flowers for bees, pregnant sheep, pussy willow, sheep

• Straight to the good news

  Mia is doing OK, though she lost her lambs.  After I wrote to you yesterday she gave birth to two stillborn tiny prem lambs. The crying from that wee sheep was harrowing.  I shifted her and Mama out of the middle pen after the worst of the messy business was over and  put them in…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 7, 2012

  Farming, Sustainable farming

  Barn, sheep, still born lambs, wind

• Sometimes the news will not be good.

  When working with animals things do not always go the way we want them to. Mia has presented with a nasty prolapse. I will not go into details here. There are plenty of sites that will give you those kinds of grisly pictures.   She got into trouble yesterday late afternoon. Of course my vet…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 6, 2012

  Farming

  Mia, sheep, vaginal prolapse, vet

• Life in the Fast, oops I mean SLOW, lane!

  Early spring is a period of waiting. I make my little seed pots from the seed catalogues. We sow the seeds and wait for the seeds to sprout.  We watch the weather each day and wait for it to be warm enough for all the seedlings to go outside into the sun.  (Also waiting for…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  March 5, 2012

  Farming, Photography, The Farmy

  hens, paper pots, seedlings, sheep, sky with clouds, sleeping chicken, waiting