January 17, 2021 Sunday at Rikki’s Refuge

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

Snow covered morning

Beauty shows up for her morning job

She helps with morning patrols to check on everybody.
Every animal is checked first thing every morning and last thing every night.
Morning and night rounds, to make sure they’re healthy and happy.
Eye contact with everyone, even the feral kitties, or the sheep hanging out in the woods.
It’s a LOT of walking !!! A LOT of counting !!! And can be a LOT of searching !!!

HI Hooman, you can pleaz make snoooo go way ?

Bella and Goliath hunched against the wall to stay on the dry spots.

Randolph doesn’t care, he’s not a sissy, he’ll venture forth and get his feet wet in the melting snow.

Flavored water is always so much better

Despite having fresh water in just scrubbed bowls, the melting snow taste so much better. Just like doggies who prefer puddles to fresh clean water !!!

Speaking of nice fresh clean water ……

Oink Oink !!!

My name is Polly

I’m a hog, I might not be a groundhog, but I’m a hog, and I see my shadow, I declare six more weeks of this glorious wet and muddy winter !!!

Cat-ching some rays !!

Beauty the Beautiful can’t stay white with all the mud around here !!!

Paul brings the donation from Re-Tail out to Rikki’s.

Did YOU know we have a thrift shop to help raise money for Rikki’s?
Yup, Re-Tail at 3502 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg VA, USA
We’re open 9-5 every Wed-Sun and we accept your donations of gently used household items, furniture and clothing from noon – 4 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Come by and check us out !!!
When you’re checking out, telling the Cashiers, “Timmy, Rikki’s Official Spokes Cat Sent me” will get you a 10% discount on your entire purchase from January 20th thru January 24th !!!

Bonnie drives out from Charlottesville to bring donations collected at Pet Supplies Plus.

THANK YOU Bonnie !!!

And pressies delivered by the nice box bringing hoomans today too !!!!

WOW this has been a wonderful day. All the canned food for the cats and dogs were donated and everyone is happy. Tonight we’ll dream of what tomorrow will bring !!!!

We try to never worry about where our next meal comes from cus we know we can rely on YOU !!!!

Thank you for caring about us !!!

Pressie can be delivered to Rikki’s Refuge, 10910 Barr Ln, Rapidan VA 22733 by USPS, UPS, FedEx or YOU, at the end of the road, just before our gate, is a Donation Station! Thank you !!

So thankful for growing grass!!!

FREE nums for so many of our friends !!

There’s that car thief gang, huddled up planning their next move !!

Freckles – the cow with the most magnificent horns

just look at how fuzzy he gets in the winter !!!
Fuzzy and warm !!
Did you know that cows and horses and goats and pigs all get thicker fur and hair in the winter too ???

The sun goes down over a refuge without snow ….

but with puddles and more mud !!!

Everybody Lives HAPPILY EVER AFTER at Rikki’s Refuge.

With YOUR help we provide life long homes to well over 1,000 animals each and every day !!!!
Animals who had nowhere else on earth to go.

Thank YOU for making it all possible.
www.RikkisRefuge.org/Donate