When things get dark…

Camouflage – synonyms: disguise, hide, conceal, keep hidden, mask, screen, veil, cloak, cover, cover up, obscure, shroud.

There’s a Starman in our little brood of rescued Silkie roosters. And although we know he’d like to come and meet us, his little side-steps tell us perhaps that time is not just yet.

We named her Beauty quite simply because she is. And although only 24 hours into this world, it was a beauty that radiated well into our hearts only moments after our first meeting.

For five lucky chickens, Christmas just got a whole lot brighter.

Having arrived at the pound, separately through different circumstances, their fate was set soon to become a common one.

Spied after having been dumped roadside, she had quickly taken refuge in dense bushes. For five long days and fearful nights she had existed by all of the smarts the little hen could muster.

Three clearly bonded and cheery ducks sat making idle quack quack as if waiting for their uber to arrive.

Dearest Abby, as you fled that abattoir, propelled by fear and the smell of death that always hangs heavy in such places, adrenaline flooding your system, and a wide-open gaze becoming your eyes, you raced.

Spying that a kinder future should lie ahead for a little lost lamb, the call was made.

Proving that good things come in small (read 2kg teeny tiny, small) woolly packages.

Pure and honest with her emotions is sweet Hydie.

The plucky little Muscovy duck who found her true north, and prompted us to consider if we have found ours too.

On a bitter winter’s night, a cavalcade of kindness was formed to save a newborn lamb. 

Blinking with his one good eye, little Cluedo was without a clue as to what was about to happen to him.

“Hey, wait little lambie, you are going the wrong way…”

Naming her “Fern”, she touched us like no other.

With their black and white spots, these two pigs make an adorable and inseparable pair ready for adoption.

While we work to find who forgot Mrs. Magoo, we discover the list is as long as it is tragic.

In the early hours of today, dear Henry pig nestled into his straw bed and drew in a breath

With soft golden straw beneath him, and his best buddy beside him, dear Captain Jack could be forgiven for thinking he is in paradise.

It was the message we prayed we would never have to send – well, not for many a year anyway – to our team.

Little Valencia came into our world late yesterday. One look at her huddled form, and no words were needed to convey she desperately needed care. A little waif of a being whose history was as obscure as her future would have been, had kindness not found her.

Finding a word to describe yesterday, we land on “hopeful”.