Tag: snow
Posted on November 13, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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When I went to bed last night it was 4F (minus 15 celcius) – now, I know for you people up in the mountains to the north this is not too cold but for me here on the plains of Illinois this is bloody… Continue Reading “ALTERNATING UNIVERSES”
I know it is backwards but think about it.
Posted on January 30, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Last night as the wind blew hard and the temperatures dropped so fast my face ached, I got all the chores finished. Finally got in the house. Finally peeled off the layers of messed up miserable ramshackle outdoor homeless person clothing. Finally got my… Continue Reading “LAST NIGHT”
Posted on January 29, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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I am just so grateful that this drift down into deep freeze is only for a couple of days. Some people choose to live in temperatures like this. Not me though. I am not set up for it.
Category: PhotographyTags: animal photography, chickens, countrylife, cows, extreme cold, farm photography, farming, freezing, pigs, snow, weather, winter
Posted on January 24, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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After almost two inches of rain, and no evaporation, no rain soaking into the frozen ground, we have slowly descended back into the bad cold. See this? All ice. Not polished like a skating rink but just as slidey. Like throwing buckets of water… Continue Reading “THE ICEMAN”
Posted on January 20, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Last night the moon and the deep white snow joined in to create a glow that seemed to come from the Earth herself. I wish you could have seen it. It appeared to lift from under the snow like deep shuttered light from below.… Continue Reading “YOU SHOULD SEE THE NIGHT”
Category: PhotographyTags: celi, countrylife, cows, farming, featured, hereford pigs, peacock, photography, pigs, snow, weather
Posted on January 18, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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I do look forward to posting every day again but I am over half way through my course so not long now. Another month I think.
Posted on January 16, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
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Tia is half Holstein, the most common dairy cow on Earth, and Half Angus the favorite beef cow of America. Like my favorite sparrows she is terribly common. But the nicest heifer on the property. And wide!
Posted on January 11, 2019
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
19 Comments
As you and I browse through these sunny bucolic farmyard photos from yesterday snow clouds are gathering to the east today. They are forecasting a few inches coming in tonight, but we will see. Snow is moody and prone to changing its mind.
Category: PhotographyTags: animal photography, Barn, countrylife, farm photography, farming, featured, hereford pigs, homesteading, pigs, snow, weather
Posted on October 13, 2018
by Cecilia Mary Gunther
52 Comments
Weird. Very cold and most unsettling to have snow this early. Though I have heard tell of it snowing on a Halloween before. I had not even shaken the spiders out of my winter work coat yet.