{"id":61,"date":"2016-10-04T15:08:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T19:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/?p=61"},"modified":"2025-01-10T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:50:58","slug":"farm-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/farm-living\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-61\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-61-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>I am drawn to my ewes\u2019 soft expressions.  I am drawn to winter scenes when the falling snow covers their fleece with thick white blankets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_297\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010-900x904.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Myra-IMG_2010.jpg 1394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myra<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nI love the expressive quality that holsteins have, their huge big eyes, and the beautiful colours in the gleaming black coats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_298\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paddies-Cow-IMG_2339.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-298\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paddies-Cow-IMG_2339-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paddies-Cow-IMG_2339-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paddies-Cow-IMG_2339-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paddies-Cow-IMG_2339-1008x1024.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paddies-Cow-IMG_2339-890x904.jpg 890w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Paddies-Cow-IMG_2339.jpg 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paddie's Cow<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThis large almost monochromatic oil painting is a study of a Charolais cow, Cattle often have a very passive aggressive expression, very engaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_300\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fifty-Shades-of-Blue-IMG_1926.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fifty-Shades-of-Blue-IMG_1926-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fifty-Shades-of-Blue-IMG_1926-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fifty-Shades-of-Blue-IMG_1926-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fifty-Shades-of-Blue-IMG_1926-1024x799.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fifty-Shades-of-Blue-IMG_1926-904x706.jpg 904w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Fifty-Shades-of-Blue-IMG_1926.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fifty Shades of Blue<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nA tranquil holstein cow, people ask if it is hard to paint animals who are all black, but there are so many subtle shades of blues and purples and reds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_301\" style=\"width: 305px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bison-Bull-IMG_0974.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bison-Bull-IMG_0974-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bison-Bull-IMG_0974-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bison-Bull-IMG_0974-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bison-Bull-IMG_0974-1006x1024.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bison-Bull-IMG_0974-889x904.jpg 889w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bison-Bull-IMG_0974.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bison Bull<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nA trip to Yellowstone Park inspired this painting   The park itself is a wonderland, and the wildlife was incredible. The majesty and presence of the bison bulls was breathtaking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_303\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-303\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933-904x896.jpg 904w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Bond-IMG_1933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bond<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nSasha, the donkey filly with her mom, Natasha<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_304\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sasha-IMG_2016.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sasha-IMG_2016-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sasha-IMG_2016-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sasha-IMG_2016-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sasha-IMG_2016-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sasha-IMG_2016-708x904.jpg 708w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sasha-IMG_2016.jpg 1097w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sasha<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nSasha is a saucy little donkey filly born last spring here.  My donkey trio are constant forms of both entertainment and frustration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_65\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ladies-last-spring.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-65\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ladies-last-spring-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Ladies Last Spring\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ladies-last-spring-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ladies-last-spring-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ladies-last-spring-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ladies-last-spring-960x632.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ladies-last-spring.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ladies Last Spring<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWalking down to do evening chores in late March, I was taken with the shadows the rail fence was throwing on the receding snowdrifts in the barnyard. The livestock were waiting impatiently to be fed, and Moguley the cat was sitting in the doorway, catching the last of the warmth from the fading spring sun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_66\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lady-in-wading.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lady-in-wading-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lady in Wading\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lady-in-wading-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lady-in-wading-768x991.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lady-in-wading-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lady-in-wading-744x960.jpg 744w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lady-in-wading.jpg 1085w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lady in Wading<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAn unexpected evening drive at the end of a hot summer day rewarded me with this striking image of a Holstein cooling down in the water, her reflection gently distorted by her slightest movement.  I crawled under electric fence and stumbled across the field in flip flops to get some grainy images with my iphone.  Am ever so glad I did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_68\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-greys.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-greys-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Summer at Three Bridges\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-greys-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-greys-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-greys-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-greys-960x713.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-greys.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summer at Three Bridges<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nA herd of Murray Gray cattle seeking shelter in a hedgerow from the summer heat. The sun is covering their backs with dapples as the trees move gently in the breeze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_69\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/september-morning-18x24.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/september-morning-18x24-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"September Morning\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/september-morning-18x24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/september-morning-18x24-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/september-morning-18x24-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/september-morning-18x24-960x719.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/september-morning-18x24.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">September Morning<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nA Holstein wades quietly into a pond on a late fall morning. I was captivated by the sunlight reflecting off her belly and her reflection rippling in the water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_71\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sunflower One\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunflower-one.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-71\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunflower One<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nI was speaking one day with a gallery owner who told me the story of a customer who was quite taken with my work, \u201cespecially her paintings of sunflowers\u201d she insisted.  As I had never painted a sunflower before I told the owner I would do a number of paintings and call them my \u201cSunflower Series\u201d.  As close as I have come to painting a flower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_73\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Winnie-the-Pooh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Winnie-the-Pooh-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"Winnie the Pooh\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Winnie-the-Pooh-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Winnie-the-Pooh-768x756.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Winnie-the-Pooh-1024x1008.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Winnie-the-Pooh-960x945.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Winnie-the-Pooh.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winnie the Pooh<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nWinnie is the 4H Hereford calf of a family friends son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_117\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-grays.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-grays-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Murray Grays\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-grays-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-grays-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-grays-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-grays-960x683.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/murray-grays.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Murray Grays<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMy two Murray gray cows, contemplating whether to stay out or head back to the barn for shelter. I am fortunate to live on a hill, and the distant trees and hills create soft layers of grayish green in the falling snow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-7-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-7-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_20\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maggie-may.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maggie-may-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie May\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maggie-may-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maggie-may-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maggie-may-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maggie-may-960x711.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maggie-may.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie May<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nMaggie may was named after a friend of mine, her mother was one of the original team of Clydesdales I owned, and still have. Maggie was born and raised on the farm, and thinks she should have been a show jumper. Or at least that\u2019s the feeling I get as I watch her clear my rail fences to get to the grass that is always greener on the other side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_23\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Solitude-24x36.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Solitude-24x36-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Solitude\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Solitude-24x36-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Solitude-24x36-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Solitude-24x36-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Solitude-24x36-960x636.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Solitude-24x36.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solitude<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nOne of my favourite paintings, this is May, my first Clyde solemnly walking across a snow covered field. Her massive hooves shovel paths in the powdery snow, her head down in the wind, as the snow drapes a blanket of white across her back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-8-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_47\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Against the Wind\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind-960x645.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/against-the-wind.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Against the Wind<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nIt is said that, unlike cattle who face into an oncoming storm, horses stand with their backs to the wind. These three mares prefer to stand outside in the snow, even with the open door to the barn inviting them to come inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_62\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cappy.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cappy-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"Cappy\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cappy-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cappy-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cappy-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cappy-960x670.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cappy.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cappy<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nThis pastel is of Cappuccino, my sons pet rabbit. Cappy as he was commonly known lived under the hay in the lean to and was out sunning himself against the stone foundation wall of the barn on a sunny spring morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-9-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-61-9-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"18\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_64\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/i-dare-you-2016.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/i-dare-you-2016-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"I Dare You\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/i-dare-you-2016-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/i-dare-you-2016-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/i-dare-you-2016-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/i-dare-you-2016-960x623.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/i-dare-you-2016.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I Dare You<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nA field on Charolais cattle lined up at fence as I approached for a picture. They weren\u2019t quite sure whether to charge or to run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-61-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-61-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-61-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><div id=\"attachment_72\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watercooler-girls-14.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watercooler-girls-14-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"Watercooler Girls\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watercooler-girls-14-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watercooler-girls-14-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watercooler-girls-14-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watercooler-girls-14-960x474.jpg 960w, https:\/\/lyndacunningham.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/watercooler-girls-14.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watercooler Girls<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nCows are known for gossiping. It goes without saying. I can just imagine these girls crowded around the water trough, discussing Bessie\u2019s sudden drop in milk production, or who the father of Jill\u2019s calf really is...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-61-10-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am drawn to my ewes\u2019 soft expressions. I am drawn to winter scenes when the falling snow covers their fleece with thick white blankets. I love the expressive quality that holsteins have, their huge big eyes, and the beautiful colours in the gleaming black coats. 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