Tag: The kitchen’s garden

• A Fine day on the Farmy

  It was a grey chilly day.  Almost no direct sunlight.  It is funny how even the tiniest shaft of sun can lift our heads. Yes, this is the same peacock. The Duke of Kupa’s train is growing so fast! This has surprised me, I thought he would wait until late winter. But already he is…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  November 4, 2012

  Farming, Photography

  aspirin for pigs, headphones, Nanowrimo, pigs in pain, The Daily View, The Duke of Kupa, The kitchen’s garden, writing, Yesterdays Temperatures

• A gypsy summer day with three new teensy weensy arrivals

  First this most magnificent day in chronological order because that is the way we do things. It was like a sumptious spring day yesterday. All cushiony and warm and loud with birdsong. A scanty bright sunrise over the swimming pool.  Fat sheep!! A growth spurt in the fields and gardens.  The bees were out in…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 25, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography

  chickens, chicks, chooks, sunrise, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden, warm day, Yesterdays Temperatures

• Decisions: Managing the household and farm during NanoWriMo

  I have made a few decisions. The hardest decision is to give up my night time White Russian made with home made Coffee Liquer and raw milk. We will not discuss the Vodka as it is against the law in America to have a Still. I will only drink tea in the evenings in November.…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 24, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography, Writing

  kittens, Nanowrimo, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden, timetable, writing, Yesterdays Temperatures

• Big Scary Moggy Mousers: They have arrived!

  The new barn mousers have arrived.  They came from another barn across the way that has a cat problem, and we have a mouse problem: all good. I took them up into the warm hayfilled mezzanine floor of the barn,  high and safe,  above the big animals, to acclimatise. When they can climb down by…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 22, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography

  bantam rooster, barn cats, kittens, Nanowrimo, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden, Yesterdays Temperatures

• Big Scary Moggy Mousers: They have arrived!

  The new barn mousers have arrived.  They came from another barn across the way that has a cat problem, and we have a mouse problem: all good. I took them up into the warm hayfilled mezzanine floor of the barn,  high and safe,  above the big animals, to acclimatise. When they can climb down by…

  Cecilia Mary Gunther

  October 22, 2012

  Farming, Life, Photography

  bantam rooster, barn cats, kittens, Nanowrimo, The Daily View, The kitchen’s garden, Yesterdays Temperatures