Well DANG !!! It’s empty. WHAT am I going to have for breakfast?

Would you send me just ONE can of food?
Love, Crybaby

You can feed Crybaby by sending a donation to www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe THANK YOU !!!

Look what’s happening at Rikki’s Refuge today !!! We’re changing into summer clothing !!

it’s all in a day’s work at Rikki’s Refuge …. photos by those caring for the animals
(you can help support those animals at www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate)

4:07 am and our day starts – a little cool and breezy this morning at 45 degrees. But, 70 is on the way !!! Yippie !!!!

Fabio is living on the edge !!

Riley just wants one tummy rub. No one ever does it twice! If YOU know Riley, YOU know why …. and she’s probably had YOUR blood on her claws or fangs !

Breakfast is served at the Life Center

6:02 am these guys are still very very sheepy.

6:43 am The suns getting ready to start its appearance.

The sun coming up over Dahlia.

Nibbs can just have my jacket. He’s apparently called Nibbs or Nab for a reason !!

by 11 am we have our morning chores done, everyone is fed and cleaned and we head off to Deep Roots Home And Garden Center to buy feed for our hoofed and feathered friends. This pallet of feed, will last a week ….. every week, we pick up another !

If you’d like to help us, you can call and order a few bags of feed for us, and well pick it up next time we’re there!! Thank you … here’s the info.

Deep Roots Home and Garden Center
28284 Constitution Hwy, Rhoadesville, VA 22542
540-854-5093
Their hours are Monday – Friday 9 am to 6 pm, Saturday 8 am to 4 pm, closed Sunday.
www.facebook.com/DeepRootsHomeandgarden
Wrangler All Stock (sweet feed)
Cracked Corn
Senior Horse Food

And if you’re in the area, stop in, it’s a wonderful place, and ohhhh the plants !!!!

When we got back to the refuge to unload, we found a delivery at the front gate. Cases of fluids for our hospital patients, and our kidney patients. When you’re a life care sanctuary, it means caring for everyone no matter their age or issues. Many are given up and come to us in the later years, or with medical problems. And so many cats, if they live into their upper teens, will have kidney issues which are helped so much with daily sub-q fluids. They keep our medical folk very busy !!

Yikes … this invoice is for $819.31 ….. woowzer !!!! That’s over $2 a bag more than it was last time. How long can this go on? If you’d like to donate to help with our medical bills, we’d love you !!!

CLICK HERE to help with the VET DEBT

So the boxes were loaded up on top of the feed, and everything put away …..

And it was back to Deep Roots to buy the week’s supply of cat litter. Yeah !!! Another whole pallet full !!! 600 cats use a lot of litterboxes.

And back to Rikki’s to unload another truck full.

Meanwhile Mr Turkey was strutting about and showing off ….. it’s the favorite pastime of the male birds ….. especially in the spring when love is in the air !!

What a PURRFECT day for a picnic !! Hold on I’m coming !!!!!

WOW !!! Look !!! A surprise at the gate !!!!! Donations !!!

HIGH approval rating on today’s donations !!!! Even the empty boxes become pressies for the kitties to play in !!!!!!

Our parting shot today is the happy cows grazing on all this lush green grass !!!

Everyone lives happily ever after at Rikki’s Refuge !!
With YOUR help we can provide life long homes to well over 1,000 animals each & every day !!!!
www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate
Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Rapidan VA 22733 (shipping address for food, etc)
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960 (secure box for checks, etc)
mail@RikkisRefuge.org

YOU are our family !!! Your kind and generous donations make it all possible !!
Thank you for tuning in and sharing our day !!

it’s all in a day’s work at Rikki’s Refuge …. photos by those caring for the animals
(you can help support those animals at www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate)

They’re circling round …. waiting for breakfast. Cats can be demanding. Insistent. When they arrive in schools circling round ….. you better hurry up with the mopping and get to feeding. Before they begin feeding on YOU !!!!!

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Ahhhhh breakfast at the Life Center !!! Usually the first of Rikki’s critters to be fed. Well before the sun is up and many others are still sleeping.

The Grumpy Kitty Award for this morning goes to Cookie. What’s the matter Cookie? Why are you sulking? OK, Daddy Doug will give you extra snuggles and let you have a can of Fancy Feast all to yourself.

Another beautiful day on the way !!

Doug’s got all the trash loaded up, so he’ll be ready to go when the dump opens up.

Beautiful big horses … they eat a lot …. and I bet you know what else they do a lot !

They say you’ll find gold at the end of the rainbow, but, this is all I find everyday !

Breakfast time for the cats of Feline Fields … and they are gathering …. waiting for someone with thumbs to show up …

Pre-school is out and here’s Madison letting everyone know the way to Rikki’s Refuge, her favorite place in the whole wide world.

This picture isn’t all grass. We’ve got thousands of volunteer pumpkins that come up from where the sheep ate them last year. Now if they wouldn’t eat the vines ….. if they’d just have some patience …. they’d get more pumpkins later this year. Do you think any vines will go uneaten and pumpkins make it to grow big?

Clarence started bush hogging at the Life Center today. It’s a non stop job all spring, summer and fall long. Then in the winter he gets to move snow !

A Canadian goose playing in a rain runoff puddle. Many birds, large and small, stop in for a rest on their migration paths every year. Headed north … headed south …. you’re welcome to drop in for a visit …. and a meal you snitch from our critters !!

8:16 pm and the day is coming to an end. This was such a beautiful day from start to finish! Thank you universe for smiling on Rikki’s !!

Everyone lives happily ever after at Rikki’s Refuge !!
With YOUR help we can provide life long homes to well over 1,000 animals each & every day !!!!
www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate
Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Rapidan VA 22733 (shipping address for food, etc)
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960 (secure box for checks, etc)
mail@RikkisRefuge.org

YOU are our family !!! Your kind and generous donations make it all possible !!
Thank you for tuning in this morning!!

it’s all in a day’s work at Rikki’s Refuge …. photos by those caring for the animals
(you can help support those animals at www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate)

Just a little moon this morning to start the day with.

With the Life Center shiny clean …….

I told Fabio it’s dark outside and he’s a indoor cat, so he can’t come out to help me. And what did he do?

He took my extra headlamp and says he’s ready to help me outside!!

It sure is nice that now, with spring, I only need my head lamp till about 6:10 am. Then the sun is up !!

Crybaby says good morning.

The look on Nibbs face says he doesn’t believe Maximus when he says, “No Vacancy in MY Box”.

Singing for breakfast.

The tractor can’t get close to fences, trees and other tight spots. So I’m trying to get as much mowing in before it’s time to start the afternoon clean up.

The peacocks just live to show off !!

Piglet says it’s just one of those days to spend in the mud !!

Preston agrees!

Goober watching a helicopter fly over … she’s thinking what fun she could have if she could jump that high and grab it !!!!

Someone is enjoying the flowers that Joe planted.

Hi Moukie !!

Everyone lives happily ever after at Rikki’s Refuge !!
With YOUR help we can provide life long homes to well over 1,000 animals each & every day !!!!

www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate
Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Rapidan VA 22733 (shipping address for food, etc)
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960 (secure box for checks, etc)
mail@RikkisRefuge.org

YOU are our family !!! Your kind and generous donations make it all possible !!
Thank you for tuning in this morning,

Doug Deal
Rikki’s Refuge Sanctuary Manager

(you can help support those animals at www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate)

A lovely 62 degrees out this morning as I start my day.

The first animals I visit have already started breakfast.

But they’re getting excited about the special nums I’ll be bringing them soon.

Moon is only about 1/8 out this morning, so not much light to work by. Sure glad I have my headlamp !!! I usually start and end my days by the light of my headlamp.

But the Sun will be up soon and it looks like a beautiful day ahead !

The early bird gets the worm …… except around here …. at Rikki’s Refuge the early bird gets the litterboxes ….. yippie !!! But the cats do so appreciate a clean up !!

Bella says GOOD MORNING !!!!! And look at that beautiful sunrise !!! One of the joys of early morning on the job is getting to watch the sunrise every day !!!!

On warm and hot days, even if the waters have stayed cleaned from the morning change out, we dump and refill in the middle of the day so all the animals have nice cold water all day long. If we deserve cool water – so do they !!

Joey and Milo are playing some kind of blinking game with each other. I’m not sure who wound up winning. These two are always up to something together.

Clarence just finished the first mowing of the year. Everything is so green this time of year, and starting to grow like crazy. Hey !!! Got a mower? Weed whacker? Think about VOLUNTEERING and coming out to HELP up !!

Dark clouds are starting to come in ….. I think it might rain this evening.

So there’s 2 sides to every coin, as you know. But did YOU know there are two sides to some of our pigs !!! Mud is the pigs’ best friend !!

It’s getting ready to storm tonight. Thunder is in the distance. Gotta rush to get everything done before it starts pouring.

Everyone lives happily ever after at Rikki’s Refuge !!
With YOUR help we can provide life long homes to well over 1,000 animals each & every day !!!!
www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate
Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Rapidan VA 22733 (shipping address for food, etc)
Rikki’s Refuge, PO Box 1357, Orange VA 22960 (secure box for checks, etc)
mail@RikkisRefuge.org

YOU are our family !!! Your kind and generous donations make it all possible !!
Thank you for tuning in this morning,

Doug Deal
Rikki’s Refuge Sanctuary Manager

Scrunchkin directing Boxing Day

Ben said, “I’m here too!”

Fabio says he’s just big boned. That tag is rather offensive.

Rikki’s Christmas Day tour has been cancelled.  This weather is just too cold.  I’m sorry, we’ll resume tours and fun when the world warms up !!

Saturday Donation Drop Off will not be staffed until further notice.  There will be a box or truck at the gate where you can leave donations.  I’m sorry we can’t leave the gate open for you to visit animals.  For your and their safety, we must have a docent on site with visitors.

We do hope to see you soon.

Have a wonderful Christmas and all of us wish all of you a very very wonderful New Year !!

Kerry