Star Gazing Farm, Animal Sanctuary

08/02/2025

“Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
And I say, it’s all right.”
Waldo, soaking up the sun while it makes a brief appearance.

06/02/2025

Dwayne, William and Willow on their Sheep Platform. Their Platform includes: an increase in grain provisions, expulsion of all naughty goats from “their” pastures and regular outings to local gardens for grazing. 😳🤪😂

03/02/2025

Dwayne and his cows. Sweet Dwayne is the shyest sheep here. Slowly, slowly he is accepting cookies from our hands.

03/02/2025

Our sweet, dear Dingy had to go to the hospital today. He’d been sick last week and our vet came out but no treatment helped him. He’s in great hands now at New Bolton Center. We have to hope and pray they can diagnose his problem.

We have concluded that we really need to acquire a van in which we can properly transport our camelids and sheep and goats. This SUV was all that was available and worked very poorly. If you know of anyone wanting to donate or sell a van with lots of cargo room, please reach out to us.

31/01/2025

Very rare moment. While both of these characters look like they have something on their minds, it is actually a peaceful scene. Very rare for Maria to venture into the “dog” side of the house. It’s an honor for her to want to snuggle and a miracle for Stephanie to be nice to her. Maybe there is hope for the world after all.

30/01/2025

Pearl and Dingy. Dingy has been sick the last few days so the vet came out and treated him. We’re hoping he’s on the mend. At least today we could take his coat off so he could enjoy the sunshine.

29/01/2025

Winter portrait. Oliver the vulture, a crow, and Waldo the pig.

28/01/2025

Stella and Cosmo in their birthday hats yesterday! And, of course, performing their tree act.

28/01/2025

Hopkins really landed in paradise when he moved here from the mean streets of Baltimore.

27/01/2025

Cosmo wants you to know that today is his BIRTHDAY!!! It's also Stella's birthday but he would like you to send all the presents and cake to him. He'll take care of making sure she gets some. Maybe :)

Their mom and dad were seized by animal control last years and brought here. Esme was very pregnant and she actually gave birth while the volunteers were here so they have known Cosmo and Stella their whole lives!

Star Gazing Farm is a farm animal sanctuary in Maryland.

27/01/2025

Food riot at the farm tonight.

I don’t even know where to begin. Suffice it to say that a single human is no match for an army of sheep and goats. I’m thinking they would be really great resistance fighters. For whatever.

26/01/2025

Jean-Claude may be trying to photobomb, but Ray Ray has the spotlight on him. What handsome fellows. It's hard to believe that Jean-Claude is already 15 years old! Ray is only 6 but it feels like they've both lived here forever.

26/01/2025

The newest Goat Boy Band.
From left to right: Tony, Falkor, Stinky Pete, and Gilbert.
All came here at different times from different circumstances, but have become best buds.

26/01/2025

Billy the chinchilla is quite the character... and loves his crunchy ci**rs!

25/01/2025

“ No Ma, we swear, we’re really not hanging out with the cows again. They, ah, they like, ah, just walked up here.”

It’s just over a year since the sheep arrived here from Animal Control and they persist in being best friends with the cows. They said our other sheep are OK but the cows are “super cool”.

23/01/2025

Joy at sunset. Winston arrived about a year and a half ago and he and Stephanie became fast friends. They played nonstop for months. Now they do take a rest once in a while, but they still have major wrestling sessions.

23/01/2025

Give a big welcome to Dougie! He just arrived today from the animal shelter. Someone bought fertilized eggs from Amazon. Dougie was the only one who hatched. Then they put their six-year-old in charge of feeding him. When he started to get sick and look emaciated, they took him to the shelter. You can’t make this stuff up.

We think Dougie is an Indian runner Duck. Not sure if he’s a girl or a boy, but we will love him or her either way.

22/01/2025

Tabitha has ANOTHER windowsill. This one also sparks competitions but for the moment, Tabitha wins. She said it needs a new “sofa” cover, though. Cats. Always needing just a bit more…