When You WERE a White Donkey...Once Upon a Time...๐คท ๐
Celine, our Beautiful ( now Ginger...) Roller in the video, joined The Sanctuary as the Product of Horrendous breeding practices...that left her Blind...
Spicy & Feisty....a Little Thing like lack of Eyesight...just doesn't get in Her Way...โค๏ธ
She's a Handful...but just SO Precious.
If you would like become a Monthly/Xmas Sponsor for this Brave Girl...please get in touch with us by DM/WA on 063 156 5942.๐
We...are currently Toughing Out what has become a 12hr Power Outage so far....๐ฅต๐ฅต๐ฅต
This Late in the Year...๐คท๐คท
Sending Love ๐ค๐โจ
#donkeysofinstagram
#vegansanctuary
#bestlife
A CHRISTMAS CATALOGUE ๐
Did you see it??๐๐๐
Three Ways...You can REALLY make such a Huge Difference to our Precious Farmies This Season Of Giving! ๐โจ๐ฆ๐คถ
Here's a Quick Recap :
๐SPONSOR your Favourite Farmie ( Horse, Donk, Paca-Boy, Chiccie, Duck, Goose,Bun or Piggie ) for between R100 - R300 monthly / Once-Off by sending us a DM/ WA to 063 156 5942.
( Sponsorships make REALLY Great Christmas Gifts too...It Comes with a Personalized Adoption Certificate, regular video updates & 3 free entries into our Christmas Getaway Competition!๐)
๐BUY-A-BALE for just R90...in our Christmas Bales Drive. ๐ฆYou can buy as many as you can Afford๐๐ ( Details are on the Flyer in the SB)
(This Ongoing Drought...is just Depleting our Resources to the Point of Depression at the Moment...You have NO IDEA how far just ONE bale goes...๐๐)
๐BOOK YOUR WEEKEND AT OUR GAIA HOUSE / ENTER TO WIN A GETAWAY FOR 4 AT JUST R100 PER ENTRY!! ๐๐You can enter as many times as you like and your Voucher will be valid for a Full Year!
( Details on entry in the Flyer in the SB)
( This....is just SUCH a Unique Way to Experience The Sanctuary...our Precious Farmies IN their Home, You Know??โบ๏ธ)
A Few...Precious...Raindrops fell over The Sanctuary late Yesterday afternoon as we were wrapping up PM Feed.
Not Nearly Enough...๐
Resulted in the MOST Beautiful Double Rainbow...( See photo in the SB) ๐๐
A Sign.
To Hold All Miracles - especially The One called Hope - Close. ๐
Yes!
Hope that You will join in any...or all Three of our Hopes this Festive Season.๐๐๐๐
Love, Always ๐
#vegansanctuary
#donate
#christmas2024
A Slice...of Who We Are.
Our Why...
For the Newbies...& Beautiful Supporters who Travel this With Us. ๐๐
Look forward to a Fresh Sunday Love Letter tomorrow...๐
Second last of the Year.โบ๏ธ
#vegansanctuary
#rescue
#donate
HELLO BEAUTIFUL DECEMBER ! ๐
...and Hello to You too, Beautiful Reader! โบ๏ธ๐๐ท
It's Officially Silly Season! ๐๐คถ๐ฆ
This Anno Domini 2024 is Getting Ready to lay on it's back in The Green Grass...legs outstretched, hands interlaced behind the Head...elbows Wide. โ๏ธโ๏ธ
SO
AM
I !!!๐๐๐๐โบ๏ธ
TWO more Weeks ( 10 Work days, You know...if you'd be Counting...๐) of choking on Office Air for Me...๐ฅณ๐๏ธ๐ฐ๐...YES!!!!
Oh, Yes! ๐
It's not just About having Six Weeks of Fresh Mountair Air & no Traffic or Humans...๐ฅด
It's Them...The Time...
REALLY Soak Them in, You know?? Walk straight up to 'em when I miss 'em...Having more than a Few Moments to just Be with Them...Learning SO much by just watching Herd Dynamics! ๐ฆโค๏ธโค๏ธ
AND the Great Summer Horse Bathing Joy ahead too!๐๐ฆ
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It's Magic Season Too! ๐๐คถโจ
Christmas...is just THE Best Time for Wonders & Miracles & Giving & just Shining Light...where There wasn't Any before. ๐ฏ๏ธ๐
Join Us for Magic Season this Year...
Sponsor a Farmie - even if it's just for December. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ด
Enter our Christmas Getaway Competition & stand a Chance to come & create some Your Own Magic with Family & Friends for a weekend at our Gaia House.
( Details on our Flyer in the SB)
It would just mean SO much to Us & The Farmies! ๐โค๏ธ
I hear a Heatwave is forecast for Gauteng & Surrounds this Coming Week...๐ฅต๐ฅต
We're bracing ourselves & The Farmies...
Take Extra Care this Week! ๐
Love, Always ๐
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#christmas2024
#supportrescue
#sanctuarylife
#sanctuary
#christmascompetition
#adoptdontshop
When You are just THE Cutest Calf gettin' your Mornin' Scratch...โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
Please don't forget to enter our Fabulous Christmas Getaway Competition!๐คถ๐๐ฆ
Deets in the SB!!
Happyyyy Saturday!!๐
#calvesofinstagram
#sanctuarylife
#supportrescues
#christmascompetition
#rescueisthebestbreed
On an Exhale...& A XMAS COMP ๐
It's Lunchtime here at The Sanctuary...๐ด๐
We've just come in from the OTTB's...๐พ๐พ& the Humans eagerly Await the Thrown-Together Lasagne - happily bubbling away in the oven. ๐๐๐( Me...not so Much...just switching ON the Oven gives me palpitations about Eskom...๐ฅด๐ฅด)
Where does This Beautiful Sunday Lunchtime Find You, my Friend??๐ค
This Journey of Sanctuary...This Week....Sjo. ๐ฅด๐ฅด๐
(READ : Like the Melissa McCarthy meme - the One where the Whale knocks her out of the boat...like THAT...!!๐ฅด)
Anyone who has Ever spent more than a few months as The Guardians of Horses - ( add a few Younger & Older OTTB's to The Mix..) would Know that if Everyone goes to Bed Healthy & Wakes up Healthy - You have a Win. ๐
You can Pat yourself on the Back. ๐๏ธ๐
And There are Those Days...just not Many this Week...๐ฅด๐
Sooo...Monday Morning saw Us All taking a Big, Fat Inhale when we woke up to Precious Princess Leia apparently having an allergic reaction of some sort...her whole mouth swollen...like a human bee-sting type of reaction...๐ต
Vet on Speed-dial....๐โ๏ธ
Combo of Meds, Prayers, Tears & FOUR DAYS later...
Sorted. ๐ฅด
Happyyy Friday rolls around...Hmmm. ๐ค
Not Just Yet...says Murphy....First - a Side Serving of a small vaginal prolapse on one of our Precious Donkey Foals...๐ต๐
Vet on Speed-dial...Again...๐โ๏ธ
Same Combo minus the Four Days...but Keeping an Eye...
Saturday Morning...Sweet Nessie from Next Door ( 19 yr old Appy Mare ๐) asks for a Playdate with Our Wiley Herd...
SJOOOOO....!!!๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐๐An Almighty Playing, Jolling, Thundering of Hooves , Rolling & Sharing of Teff Grass & Stable Space - was The Outcome. โบ๏ธโค๏ธ
Casanova Romeo at the Forefront of course...Aeroplaney making a New Friend. โค๏ธ
We weren't Keen on taking Ness Home & she wasn't Keen on Going...๐
On the Way...a Gentle Reminder for Little Old Me that not All Horses
When it's clearly Breakfast Time...& Mom just Needs a Little Nudge...๐๐
Cutie Pie Front Donk Bella-Mae could really use a Monthly Sponsor...to Keep her Livin' her Best Sanctuary Life! ๐โค๏ธ
As Front Donk...of Course!
If You would be interested or know Someone who might be...Please send us a DM or WA to 063 156 5942.
(Personalized Adoption Certificate & regular Video Updates incl๐)
Happyyyyy Tuesday, Everyboooodyyy!!๐๐ฑ๐ฆ
#rescueisthebestbreed
#adoptdontshop
BETTER ๐
Yes, we Are!
We All are. ๐
Just in Case You sent Us some Good Ju-ju for a Bit...or We were just on Your Minds. ๐
Thunder rumbles in the Skies as I write You...โ๏ธโ๏ธ
"Come, Sweet Rain..." I pray Aloud. ๐
I've been Doing a Lot of that Lately. โ๏ธ
The Horses' Condition is on the Up with Fields slowly recovering & the arrival of some Good Ol' Teff hay. ๐
Biblical Manna...that's What it is...You know??
We Survived another Colic Bout, my Leia & I. Hubby doctors and I'm responsible for the Crying, Worrying, Imsomnia, Kissing Better & Hugs. ๐๐ โค๏ธ
Just like the Human Boys...better in a Day or Two...& Mom collapses in a Heap of Relief & Exhaustion.๐
Which Incidentally...are My Exact Plans for the Rest this Afternoon.๐๐ด๐ด
We are by No means Out of The Woods yet...๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
Just a Bit Better. ๐
Love, Always ๐
When You have climbed into the just-picked Carrot Stash from the Veggie Garden...meant for the Buns๐ฐ๐ฐ๐
Join the Sanctuary Pups & Go Vegan!๐ฑ๐ฑ๐
Happyyyy Saturday!
#rescueisthebestbreed
MODJAJI ๐
Well...Hello There, Your Majesty ๐ง๐ง๐งโ๏ธ
FINALLY...๐ฅด
How befitting then that I write You with Sounds of Thunder...
Patter of Precious Raindrops...
Nourishing a Desperately Dehydrated Earth...๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ง๐
It'a bit STOP/GO at the Moment...( A Dance between Modjaj & Eskom as Power flickers on & off...๐คท)
THERE...Nevertheless.
Each Magnificent, Deeply Precious Drop - Matters!
To All of Us, Here.๐
So Too...your Generous Help as We All Recover from this Drought.
Thank You SO Much...for the Palpable Difference that You have made in the Lives of our Precious Farmies...& Therefor, in Ours too. ๐๐
If you Know of Someone with a Big Heart...just like You...who could maybe Help/Donate - please Share our Flyer in the SB. ๐
It would just mean Everything...like They Mean Everything...You Know??๐๐
The Road to Recovery Begins Here.
Late in this Anno Domini 2024...but it BEGINS.
We will Never, Ever Give Up on This Safe Space with This Much Love for These Gentle Souls. โค๏ธโค๏ธ
Ever.
Love, Always ๐
P.S Stay Tuned for Shorts of our Neked Paca Boys & Sheep...Onyx...sheared by my Dearest Partner-in-Crime husband. ๐( Under Expert Eyes, of Course!)
An Accompanying Tune from My Time today if You're following on IG...just Because. ๐
Music Heals too...You Know? ๐ถ๐ต๐
VE-CAN... ๐
Bit of an Election Campaign Slogan There...??!๐ซฃ
I'm not a Massive Watcher of World/ Any Other News, ( I really do get my Quota of Daily Grizzly courtesy of The Dreaded Office Job ๐ฅด)....but I am Watching the US Election with Some Interest. Let's See...๐
Hello, Beautiful Friend and Welcome Beautiful November. ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ง
At Last!
We can put October - notoriously the WORST Month of the Year for Horses on Graze - behind Us. ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
The Effects of Droptober & the Ongoing Drought however...may be an entirely Different Show to manage.๐๐
This Drought...is Hard on All of Us...Especially our Precious Unicorns...๐ฆ๐ฆ๐
On This Journey of Sanctuary...You Learn at the Speed of Politicians Exiting Portfolio's...that You CAN'T do it Alone...& Reaching Out is a Necessity.
We have SO many Specialies under our Care - Oldies, OTTB's, Ponies, Crossbreeds, Mini's....Each with Their Own Niggles & Paths That Lead to Sanctuary.
Individual Management...has to be Done.
Some Very Special Humans are Helping us to draft a New Feed Plan for the Horses in these Conditions.
SO Much Gratitude. ๐๐
Bit of a Journey Ahead, though... Extra Prayers, You Know??โ๏ธ๐ฆ
And So...World Vegan Day Came...& Went on 1 Nov.
SIGH.
My 5c...hasn't really Varied on the Topic. ๐คท
As a Proudly GenX Vegan...( READ : - Those who had Access to the R16 Feta-looking Tofu Bucket from Dischem, Fry's Sausages & kinda Figured Out the Rest between Pulses & Beans...๐)- I've had the Opportunity to See a New Generation evolve.
A Lot of Growth in the Plant-based Food Industry.
Maybe a Greater Sense of Awareness...
I don't Know if Any of Those have really translated into Success Stories for Sanctuaries caring for Souls who are /should be the Root of The Cause...
The Progress...Methinks, is still Regional & Focused...&could undoubtedly benefit from Diversity.
At least a Little...๐ฅด๐ฅด
Ultimately....We Need More Sanctuaries.
Idealistically.
In Rea
When You've been Space Cadetting with your Goat-Buddies in the Front Paddocks...
And Realize that Mom has loooooong been in & having Dinner without You...๐ซฃ๐โค๏ธโค๏ธ
This World Vegan Day...why not Sponsor our Hazelnut Lattรฉ monthly or donate any amount you can towards the Feed, Care & Love that goes into Each One of the Precious Souls under our Care?
Our bank details are :
FNB Business Account nr : 629 180 79022
Universal Code : 250 655
Ref : Your nr & HAZEL
We'll chat about it a bit more on Sunday, too. ๐
Have a Good One + it's Fridayyyyyyyy!!!๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
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#hazelnutthefreecalf
#sanctuarylife
