Save that date...... for all our local supporters!

Sunday, March 11- 4pm my place!

OK folks, here is a fundraiser that is a win-win for everyone! You don’t have to spend a dime! In fact you can go home with money in your own pockets!!  Come and hang out with good friends, drinks and munchies! All you have to do is bring any old gold and silver jewelry you no longer wear and want to get rid of. Then cash it in and get money for it on the spot!  It’s that simple!

So spread the word and save that date!!

I will update you soon with more info., but if you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact me!

We look forward to seeing you all then!

In other exciting news, a group of us, including Rascal Rescue &

Wilmington Wild Things, are in the process of becoming  one consolidated 501(c)3 non-profit! So do not be surprised if in the future, you start to notice name and email address changes.

Together we will be forming NEW  ARC, the North

East Wildlife Animal Rescue Coalition.

Move over Noah! There’s a “new Ark” in town!

Hope to see you all in March!

Deanna

After the storm...

OK...being from New England and all, anything under a foot is more like a dusting than a storm to me! So, after our last "dusting" of about 3 inches.....the clouds cleared out and it was a beautiful sunny day. Throw in a little wind and all that light, fluffy snow blew around in the sunbeams making for some lovely scenery outside my kitchen window!

Kind of like those "Jesus Clouds", you know, when the rays of sun come out through the clouds like in the pictures from the bible...??

I have my own "Jesus clouds" here with a little help from Mother Nature!

Some of my favorite birds.

I love the red bellied woodpeckers! I have a lot of them around here but I don't often get close. They are pretty skittish like the mourning doves and quick to fly off at the first hint of movement through the window. It's great in the summer when there is a group of them (Mom and Dad and the kids), swooping around in the woods making quite a racket! The kids learning life's lessons, following the adults around while instructions are squawked to them.

Always very cute...the black-capped chickadee. They may be little but they are quite brave! Many of them will come right over to the feeders as I fill them and sit  right next to me, watching, as if to say "hurry up already, we've been waiting!" Quite the characters!

An interesting tidbit about these guys....these tiny little birds are able to survive very cold temperatures by practicing nocturnal hypothermia. At night, they puff up their feathers to increase their insulation and lower their body temperature by as much as 15 degrees! This allows their stores of fat to last longer so they can survive  long winter nights. Their body temperature begins to rise before sunrise to be ready for the next days activities.

And one bird that can always brighten a gray day! I have tons of these guys around! Had they decided to perch closer together in the bushes here, you would have seen 4 splashes of bright red!

And the mourning doves! I have a huge flock here and have always loved these pretty birds. Although they sound sad (thus the name!), my flock seems to be pretty happy! They should be...they have a crazy lady keeping bird feeders full for the squirrels and birds! LOL

The boys are keeping warm.

I wouldn't want to get out of my nice cozy bed in the frigid weather we have been having either! Chester does his best to scoop up breakfast in bed........

...but eventually he had to emerge to reach more!  They are crazy if they think I'm going to make it easy for them and put the food right in there with them so they can stay all cozy and warm while I freeze my ass off delivering it to them! LOL

One if Laurie's boys came right out when he realized food was involved....while you can see the rest of them waiting inside for a special delivery they are not going to receive.

Boston is as handsome as ever...

...and his foot is almost totally healed. Just some scabbing left on the top. He is definitely thrilled to have company to cuddle with in some of the frigid temps we've had lately!