Ok
.... are YOU with me this week ???
Are YOU on my team ???
Will YOU help me win the weekly contest at the
Animal Rescue Site ???
It's real easy .... go here http://animalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/shelterchallenge.faces?siteId=3
and enter Rikkis Refuge in VA in the USA and follow the directions ...
it's easy, no information
collection, no spam .... just your vote ---
help me get the mostest
votes this week ... just this week ... vote daily thru Sunday and YOU can help
me win $1,000 to feed my furry friends at Rikki's Refuge. There are 1925 of us .... well a couple hundred of them have feathers
... but we feed them too. Vote every
day from every computer you have, home, office, phone and so on !!!!
Let’s work together real
hard this week and win the weekly $1,000 prize !!!
SUPER GOOD
NEWS !!!
Great Grand Pa is doing good
in Florida .... and he’s really liking the weather and real happy he gotted
home before all this snow be on the ground.
I think I kind a wish I could be there with him and Bowtie too ..... but
mom says I have to stay here in Virginia at Rikki’s Refuge and help take care
of all the aminals.
GGP had a bad lump in his
bladder and he had to go to the hospital today and have a nice doctor take it
out. They thought he’d have to stay in
the hospital overnight ... but uh ah he didn’t !!! He woke up quick and was feeling good and he was home by 4 pm !!
He called me to remind me to
eat my 4 pm snack and he sounded real good, just like himself and said he felt
pretty good too ... just a little tired.
Happy
Birthday Mariza !!!!!
Thank you for so many years
of service to all the critters and all your help over the years!!! Mariza
well remembers the "old days" and how far Rikki's has come. She’s been volunteering tirelessly for the
animals for over 13 years ..... read
all about the different things she’s done over the years
http://rikkisrefuge.blogspot.com/2013/01/meet-mariza-soliman-january-28-2013.html
Sweetheart
Walk and Mingle
Is your best friend nothin’
but a hound dog ?
Well at Rikki’s Refuge we
LOVE Hound Dogs !
We invite you to a
Valentine event
especially for you
and your best friend
.... your dog ... or
your human !
You’ll have the
opportunity to walk around our new 63 acre facility with your best friend.
Meet and Mingle with
other Dog Lovers.
Roam the wooded
areas, see the barns and outbuildings, run thru the pastures ...
lots of fun for you
and your four or two footed friend ...
all before our
animals move in.
Learn about Rikki’s
Refuge and find out about
future volunteer
opportunities,
fence fixin’, mural
painting, barn mucking, and more !
Sunday, February 10th,
from 1 - 3 pm,
admission is $12.50
or a case of cat food (per couple, same or mixed species)
... you heard me
right ... today is going to the dogs ...
but we’ve got to feed
the cats too !!
Tickets MUST be
bought in advance and the number is LIMITED.
So call 540-854-0870
x3 or email mail@RikkisRefuge.org
for your tickets
TODAY ... don’t delay !
Doggies must be
leashed at all times and
accompanied by an
owner 18 or older,
must be dog and human
friendly and
must bring proof of
vaccinations, including rabies.
A VISIT TO
RIKKI’S REFUGE
and
HLUHLUWE
IMFOLOZI
Mom’s all grown up boy,
James, who’s been sailing of GGP’s boat came to visit. He really wanted to play with all the
animals and take lots of pictures. And
that was the week it rained and it rained and it rained ... and it was cold ...
not freezing really ... but sure felt like it.
So on his last day .. Jan 15th .. he decided to brave the
cold wet and visit the animals.
Lots of our animals don’t
mind the icky cold. But he didn’t see
many kitties! Most of us were hiding
away in our warm condos.
Pictures
from Uncle James' visit ---- this be Evil, his kitty, he's staying at GGP's
place here while James is traveling on the boat.
The
last stop, before coming to Rikki’s Refuge was Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa where
their kitties is a bit bigger than our kitties ....
Welcome
to Rikki's ......
Hmmmm
maybe we should add a more interactive entrance monument ....
GGM
(great grandma) and Rikki (her kitty) are here --- Vincent is near by.
While
getting up close and personal with some critters, like this crocodile, James
contemplated when he might be moving in with GGM, Rikki and Vincent .....
bahhhhhhhdddd
goats
Seem
to be a universal thing ... with horned animals
Calvin
the mooo cow
Sure
looks friendlier than this fellow!
See
Calvin's thick curly winter coat? Remember how sleek he was in the summer? Did
you know cows grow longer fur in the winter to keep warm too!
These
guys don’t seem to have the need to grow winter coats!
Candy
the horsey !!!!
Zebuliah
the Zebra !!!!
Candy
... no matter what the weather .... this was the cold rainy days right before
the snow ... the big animals like to go out for fresh grass ...
This
is Phil Pheasant. He was born wild. His mom had her nest in some bushes in
Chicken City. She brought the young to eat with some baby chicks we had at the
time. When the pheasant family grew up mom and the teens left for the woods. Phil stayed ... and fell
in love with Randolph Rooster. Randolph didn't think it was so funny. When Phil
would jump on him in a very "friendly" way, he'd beat Phil up ... and
Randolph was lots bigger and Phil would get hurt. After three times in the
hospital for injured legs, and Phil still wanted Randolph to be his buddy .....
Phil moved to Rabbit Rotunda for his protection.
This
eagle was born free a continent away.
The
guineas and other residents of Rabbit Rotunda.
The
warthog residents of Hluhluwe
Imfolozi.
Ducks
... on a wet wet day ... just the way they like it !!!
The
young Warthogs like it wet too....
Cat
run furniture --- the kitties don't like the wet weather so much, so they're
mostly inside. Got kids outdoor play toys they've outgrown ??? Think about
giving them to Rikki's for the kitties or a sanctuary or rescue local to you.
LOOK
... what’s that ?
Feline
Fields !!
Feline
Tree !!
Loving
the wet weather
Loving
the dry weather
Cat
house number 1 -- not many coming out in the rain to visit !!
Wonder
how many of these ....
We
love our murals !!!! Thank you Rene Luther
..... lots more "canvas" just waiting .... can you paint pretty
pictures ?? Have you ever tried ??? Give it a shot and then think about doing
one at Rikki's !!!
...
it’d take to keep one cat house clean ....
Honk
honk honk ....
Scamper
scamper scamper ....
Looks
like Patrick and Preston had more produce then even these two big pigs could
eat .... and enough wallowing in the mud ... now nappy time .....
Bet
it takes a lot to fill these guys up too.....
Jack,
Peepers and Phoebe
Who’s
watching who ?
Jack
took a shine to James .... he's saying "come on in here cutie pie"
Everything
in Africa is bigger ...
Sally
and Mike
No
matter where they are ... they check out roads and cars ...
Woof
Woof Woof ... if we come out of our warm houses to see you ... do we get doggy
treats?
Hmmmm
wonder if radio tracking would be easier than keeping up with fence repair ?
Doggy
Downs, Club House #1 with it's new roof !!! Opps old roof and mess didn't get
cleaned up .... one more thing on the to-do list ... Rene Luther I think we're
needing some touch up paint !!!
Moving
thru the brush, these guys don’t worry about a permanent home.
Beauty
and Kiki who love the snow, the rain, the mud ... if it's icky ... they wanna
be out playing in it !!!!
Chomping
on leaves ... rain or shine ...
Peacocks
hiding from the rain under a trailer .... lots nummy bugs crawl out the ground
when it rains .... with all the free ranging birds it's amazing we could have a
single bug left anywhere !!!
Beautiful Blue Starling
These
vultures and 4,876 of their best friends live WAY up on the water tower right
by the dump ... it's not our own dump, but the county landfill where we take
lots and lots of "ick" every day .... guess them vultures find nums
there ..... yuck ...
Mr.
Buzzard, Hluhluwe Imfolozi, South
Africa
Love you bunches,
Opie
ps: remember 2013 is the year of the purr ....
Click Vincent to hear him purr ......
