Wednesday, March 21, 2018

February 13, 2018


February 13, 2018 -  Opie's Diary of Daily Doings at Rikki's Refuge
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Oh !!!  The sun ... the SUN .... THE SUN is coming today !!!!!
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Ohhhh it feels so good today .....  even with the temps in the 30's the sun just makes all the difference in the world .... and it's not raining ....  we can all be outside soakin up the sun ....  even the hoomans are keeping their faces to the sun today and not looking thru those cameras much .....  

All the pictures I bring to you in my diary every day are new never before seen photo taken that day by the folks up close with the animals ...... 
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
When we advertise tours as Up Close and In Your Face .... we're really not kidding.  No matter how big or small .... everybody wants to jump up and climb all over their hooman visitors .....   well almost everybody .....  the ferals maybe not so much !!!
                                                                                            photo compliments of Lolly Busey

So I made this deal with Wal-Mart a while back .... 
                                                                                            graphic compliments of Lolly Busey
I said you can get me 200 cases of cat food?  And they said sure .... here ... just special order it .... and I did.  Then the man said it will be in in about 43 weeks ....   THREE WEEKS .... dude!  You ever waited 3 weeks for eat?   But that was the best they could do.  Booooo ......   so we begged and we pleaded .... and in 3 weeks they said huh ???  But in almost 4 weeks the dude called and said your cat food is here. 

So we went and filled up the truck ....  but it was only 144 cases ....  come on dude !!!    Great ... so I feed 72% of us ???  He said sorry .... I think the rest will be here any day .....   three weeks go by ... and Wal-Mart THINKS it came in but can't find it?  Really ?  You let me in your warehouse and I'll find that FIFTY SIX cases of food .....   like that's a pretty good pile ....  HOW do you loose that???

So till I find somebody else who'll make a big deal wif me, I needs to ask you to buy all the cans your stores have and bring 'em out !!!  Help help help ... 

Come to Donation Drop off on Saturdays at the Life Center, 21410 Constitution Hwy, Rapidan, or tell Amazon to deliver it to us

Ohh but LOOK !!!!!  
I found a DEAL!!!   $7.97 for a case of 24 cans ...  with tax it be $8.36 ....   it's a Smile Add On item ....  be sure you sign up for SMILE and tell 'em you want the donations to go to Life Unlimited of Virginia ... that's our fancy name.   BUT when it's an ADD-ON item that means you only get that price if your order is $25 or more BUT it can be all the ADD-ONs that total that price.  You don't gotta buy no nothin at regular price !!!!!   So go on ADD-EM-ON !!!!  

For only $33.44 you can send us 4 cases !!!!   Only this flavor .... I don't know why but the other flavors are much more green stuff.   This makes it $8.36 a case ...  not so bad ...  not much more than I'd gotiated with Wal-Mart.

ORDER UP and send it to
Opie's Pantry
Rikki's Refuge
10910 Barr Ln
Rapidan VA 22733

Thank you !!!!! 

What?  You don't want to deal with all that ordering and you want to save on the tax?  Oh ok.  Yes, I can buy it sales tax exempt.  That's cus we're a non profit.  OK, sure, I can do the work !!

You just put the green stuff here in my green stuff holding place and I can use it to order and send all the cases on the planet to ME !!!! 
thank you .... Oh ... just click here  www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe 

Geesh ... I'm lookin at another "deal" amazon wants me to try out ....  I can get a case of Friskies for $10.32 ... or 2 for $47.88, 3 for $66.44, 4 for $72.24 or they say, for the best savings of all 5 cases for $92.78 .......   come on amazon ...  I'm a cat ....  you ain't a gonna fool me with that one ....  I smart ... I be Spokes Cat and to get that job you gotta have brainz.

Say HI to Boots
                                                                                            photo compliments of Lauren Todd
He just joined us today .... and he's feeling mighty sick and miserable and scared right now.  Scared I think he'll recover from real quick, and hopefully from the sick quick too.  He's got some icky mouth issues going on.  Nothing we haven't seen and seen fixed up quick before.  Poor guy is double positive.  That means he is testing positive for both the fiv and the feluk virus ... oh no ....  so you know what that means most vets want to do to him.  Not our wonderful doc !!!!   Our doc knows double negatives can have long happy healthy lives.  And if it's not long, it can still be healthy and happy!!!   Come on Boots ... you show 'em !!!!!

Boots was somebody's yard cat and he started lookin skinny and sick, so they took him to their doc, and found out he was double positive.  They were devastated, they'd wanted to help him and maybe let him move inside ....  not kill him.  So they said NO ....  we're gonna find a safe place for him.  So that's why he's here.  Thank you for not killing him.

And THANK YOU for making it possible for us to care for Boots and other kitties that have issues people don't understand and don't know how to manage.  It's cus of YOU and your kind support that we have so many happy healthy animals.  YOU gave them that second chance!

                                                                                           graphic compliments of Lolly Busey

Ducks taking advantage of one of the many mud puddles dotting every flat surface at Rikki's
                                                                                            photo compliments of Clarence Deal
Sun setting over Bovine Boulevard
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Red sky over Life Center
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Darkening sky over Life Center garage
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Darkening sky over Life Center middle field
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Do YOU love to see our beautifully changing skies out here?  I sure love them, especially when our red skies at night are back.  I think the world is so beautiful, I love to watch the changes in nature and be with my animal friends !!!!   

I do love it when YOU visit too !!!!

                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Never stop lookin ...... your very special valentine may be just over that hill ..... Love, Asher
Ps .. thank you for giving us a home where we live in peace and happiness and with no fear for our lives !!! www.RikkisRefuge.org/FeedMe
Happy Valentines Day to you tomorrow !!!!

Love, Opie 

Thank YOU for making it all possible !

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