Odds N Ends

There are so many new friends to Home At Last we thought we would share a little about the Sanctuary. There are over 60 horses, donkeys and mules who live here permanently. No one is ever sold or given away. We have all ages, all breeds and animals in various physical and mental conditions. Some have been surrendered by loving families. Others have been rescued from the killer buyers. Only 11 are sponsored which means we need a lot of help in supporting these magnificent animals. There are no paid staff members.
The critters receive the best feed, quality medical and farrier care. The vet Dr Gary Darling is on our Board and he takes a special interest in every animal. We have volunteers who come regularly to help us.

The sky this morning was beautiful.

It just kept getting better.

Chardonnay, Sunny and Aurora chose to come in yesterday after Jake's roughhousing. They are not ready to go back out. They can stay in as long as they wish. With the cold wet weather coming, they'll be glad to have the barn.

Aurora is an 11 year old Arab mare who was seized by a neighboring county because of severe neglect. She was as thin as Sparkle, and had a critically injured eye. We stayed with her night and day while she recovered. She is a real fighter but a very sweet girl.
It took several months to get her back to good health. Her eye is healed with vision in it.

Sunny was set to be slaughtered, but rescued by NorCal, then brought to us. She is untrained but a wonderful loving girl. Right now she is the leader of the trio, but that can change daily. Her injuries from the fence incident are healing nicely.

Chardonnay was given to us by her owner because she had been so happy when she was placed here during the fires years ago. She was quite thin, but has made up for that. She is a great girl, too. Her stitches are doing well, but she'd rather not be bowled over by Big Bully Jake.

The skies cleared some by midday and it got warm and stuffy. Colder and wetter weather is due soon. I'm ready for sweatshirts and wood stove fires. And NO FLIES!!

We have twine. Gobs and gobs of twine. Each bale has three strings and we use 10-12 bales a day. No one around here recycles it and we hate to put it in the landfill. Does anyone have an idea of what to do with this? We thought about having someone macrame hammocks and sell them for Home At Last. Hammocks For Horses. Any takers?

Lexi and Levi had shown an interest in each other, but ever since I put them together, they have ignored one another. They don't even stand near each other.

Lexi's lump is still there. Dr Darling will be here Monday to check it out.

On Sunday the volunteers mucked out the stall turnouts putting the manure behind the panels.

Today, Larry Wilson of Wilson's Worms came to clean up the muck.

Way to go, Larry! Get that muck.

Larry is a great man. His business really helps Home At Last. One more way to recycle.

One little, two little, three little scoops full.

All clean til next time.

Jim does one last barn check before we call it quits for the day.

Before I started the blog I was sure it was at least 9:30 PM. It was only 6:30. I've been ready for bed for an hour. The change in seasons makes it hard on everyone and everything. I even took a nap today, but it's time to snuggle in and be lazy for a bit.

Thanks to everyone who make Home At Last a true sanctuary. We can't do it without you.