Thursday, March 22, 2018

March 13, 2018


March 13, 2018 -  Opie's Diary of Daily Doings at Rikki's Refuge
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal

Nope ... not comin out till that sun's all the way up !!
                                                                                            photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Riley and Big Ben
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
don't care if there's still no hot water today. 

And there's not.  Cuz there is never enough hoomans to do all the work if somebody bugs out, Papa Doug will have to do his fair share of feeding and cleaning too, before he can go to town for hot water heater parts. 

Good Mooooorning ....
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal

Bringing breakfast to the big guys!
                                                                                            photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Lovin that morning sunbeam !!!
                                                                                            photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Chicken see ... chicken do .... or should I say poo ?
                                                                                            photo compliments of Clarence Deal

The whole door assembly was falling out of the frame AGAIN this morning at the Life Center
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
This isn't the first time and we don't know why it does it.  It gets screwed back in and stays a while ... and then .....    So today Clarence pulled it out and fixed the frame up right and then put in extra long screws ....   paws crossed it doesn't try to fall out again. 

                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal

The less colorful side of a peacock
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
though the structure is amazing.  Lots of different sized feathers of different stiffnesses and that move in different ways.  It's all designed to lift all the plumage up and hold it there and to shake and rattle and rustle till a girl looks !!!!

Finally in late morning Doug was able to set off for the big city and parts for the water heater. 
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
but ... uh oh ....  when he got there ....  they said .... so sorry ... looks like it was shipped to our store in Manassas .....  it's only another hour and a half away ....  

Sighh......  and so off Papa Doug headed in the goat cart all the way to Manassas .....  and sure enough ... there was the part.

BUT the guy said $88 and Doug feaked .....  but you said $16 on Monday .... oh well said the guy ....  don't know who told you that but it's wrong ....   $88 or no part ... no hot water ....

So poor Doug had to count off all those green papers ......  www.RikkisRefuge.org/donate
Now there be nothin left for nums ......

At Rikki's, mostly the afternoon brought all kinds of interesting clouds ....

                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal

And finally Doug got all the way home to Rikki's.   And then went to work installing the part.  And then having to do all kinds of reset cus it's a fancy super duper hot water heater to make lots and lots of hot water and quick quick quick .....   so it's got puter parts and all kinds of silly things for a water heater.....

But about the time the sun started to go down ....  we had hot water again !!!!

Can you find the orange kitty watching you from Cat House #2 ?
                                                                                            photo compliments of Clarence Deal

Moon in western sky before sunset
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
The sun sets on another day at Rikki's Refuge
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal

Love, Opie 
Thank YOU for making it all possible !

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