March 12, 2021 Friday 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)
I’m sorry I’m behind on getting the news of Rikki’s Refuge out to you every day. About a week behind at this point. Some days end up being longer than others. There are so many things to do to take care of the animals every day, things at the refuge, things at the store, things with suppliers, supporters, donors and more !!! Many things keep me on the road for long hours. Sometimes by the time I finish for the day, it’s way late and I’m so tired, I just go to sleep for a few hours before getting up again. I always promise I’ll get up an extra hour early to get that newsletter done. But sometimes I just can’t wake up after two hours !!! Or I get up and there’s more Its-Just-Got-To-Be-Done things waiting. I know you love reading about what happened yesterday. I’m working on catching up!!! IF there are no unexpected disasters today, I’ll get three days of What’s Happen at Rikki’s out to you !!! But if somebody calls and says I’ve got 1,000 pounds of cat food and I’m only two hours away, and it has to be out of our store before we close today …. well …. I’m on my way !!!!
Trying to decide if it will rain or sun today
Let’s head out to the woods and see what we caught on the trailcam over night !
Rocky is the only one to cross the creek at our spot last night.
Marbles is winking at YOU !!! Good Morning !!! Got nums today ?
Yes sweetie, every day, nums for you and all your friends !!!
Mr Peacock showed off and displayed for attention
But the attention Toby and Marbles gave him wasn’t exactly what he had in mind !!
The Rainbow over the Bridge.
Getting faded and needing YOU to come out and help us keep up with painting !!!
Panda hops in the bucket of the tractor to head to pigs to give them breakfast.
Ohh please let it rain today
I so miss my mud
The skies are darkening
Ohhh please let the rain come and make mud … please !!!
As soon as the rain starts the pigs run to the mud hole !!!
The geese are thrilled to see water again !!!
Panda says, “I guess I’ll go inside and wash dishes.”
By 3 pm the rain has stopped and the clouds have blown away and it’s a beautiful day !
It’s truly spring !! Beautiful things are spring up ever where !
Spring peepers start singing as the sun goes down, and keep it up all night till the sun begins to rise.
Not the “friends” we’re happy to see again this year. Every year the ticks seem to get more populous. The guineas love to eat them. Such a blessing to have them !!
The ferals back as far away from the hoomans coming to clean up.
Grass is coming up every where, fast and beautiful !!! Soon we’ll be mowing for hours every day !! If only everything was fenced in appropriate sections where the sheep could just move from one area to the next to do all the mowing !!!
5 pm and it’s still sunny and warm and beautiful !! Yup, we love the spring !!
Thank YOU for giving us chance to LIVE at Rikki’s Refuge.
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)
YOU have saved our lives !!