Saturday, April 07, 2018

April 6, 2018


April 6, 2018 -  Opie's Diary of Daily Doings at Rikki's Refuge
It's Friday !!   And it's balmy and blustery day !!! 
                                                                                            photo compliments of Ron Herfurth
Good Morning from Horsey Haven !!! 
Lots more fence to paint .....   you WILL come out on Saturdays from 9 till 4 to help us, won't YOU?   Please .....   your help will get the job done and Rikki's beautiful quicker !!!!

Where's dat hooman ?
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
It be breakfast time !!

Mr Peacock waits outside the Office Trailers to show off to the next one who steps out !
                                                                                           photo compliments of Doug Deal
Looks like the trailers could use a coat of paint ......   come on 2018 is the year to beautify YOUR Refuge ....   come on out and help !!!!!

Marietta Muscovie ... Do YOU think she's beautiful?
                                                                                            photo compliments of Katie Terrill
We do !!!!   We love out muscovies.  Lots of folks point at them and say uuugggghhhh how ugly .....   it hurts their feelings.  We think they're just as beautiful as all the other kinds of ducks. 

Beauty gotz a sadz
                                                                                            photo compliments of Katie Terrill
Beauty wants to be the next Spokes Dog ....  but she doesn't think the other animals will approve her as a Refuge Ambassador .....   they think she does her job of security very very well ....  sometimes a little too well .....   and she just might not be so friendly to all the new people she'd meet at schools and other humane educational events she would have to go to as Spokes Dog.

Pigeons love roosting up in the rafters in their aviary. 
                                                                                            photo compliments of Katie Terrill
I've told you how every animal must be checked on twice every day.  And that means the one who use high escape tactics too.  Hoomans must climb up and check on everybody.  And even take the eggs out of the nests up on the rafters.  Nobody is allowed to replicate at Rikki's.  Too many animals are in need of homes, it's not right to create more. 

Philip D. Pheasant
                                                                                            photo compliments of Katie Terrill

Duck Convention !
                                                                                            photo compliments of Katie Terrill
All the supports in here need to be painted to look like trees ....  wouldn't that be awesome???   Willing to give your artistic mind a try?  It doesn't have to be perfect .... it just has to be fun !!!

Albert Adventure Monkey came out today for something really cool and special !!!!
                                                                                            photo compliments of Albert Adventure Monkey
It was Birthday Party time .....   a young lady opted for a tour of Rikki's Birthday Party and brought her friends and donations !!!!     Albert and Paul were the Rikkites who assisted them .....

But uh oh .....   Albert locked his camera and his keys in the car before leaving .....  and nobody could get it open .....  so he hitched a ride home and will come back tomorrow .....  so I'm sorry ....  no birthday pictures today !!!!

Look Aunt Nora ... Uncle Paul ... you don't have to stop painting when you run out of fence !!!!
 
Ron came out to work today
                                                                                            photo compliments of Ron Herfurth
and he painted the gate posts and put on new copper toppers !!!!   Isn't it purrty?

Look where we'll be tomorrow !!!
Boomer will be there explaining why he should Spokes Dog of Rikki's Refuge ....  come out and see how he does ... tell me what you think. 
                                                                                            photo compliments of Amy Griffin
Does he deserve the job?  But please, even if he does get hot on this expected to be cool day ... please don't eat him.   Friends don't eat friends.

Love, Opie 
Thank YOU for making it all possible !

You know the highlights, but do you ever wonder what happens every day, even ordinary days, at Rikki's Refuge?  Have you thought of starting a sanctuary and wonder what it's REALLY like?  Ever wonder what those with the animals all day every day see and think?  Follow my diary as I tell you about daily happenings and show you a dozen or so photos taken during the day!  You'll see a whole new perspective of the Refuge ....   See it ... Live it .... BE a part of the Rikki's Family .... get to know ALL the animals on a first name basis !!!!   Keep up with happenings every day of the year at RikkisRefuge.BlogSpot.com ...  every day since January 1, 2018 is archived just for YOU !!!!  

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