Here are just a few of the highlights from Lucky’s big day today!
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Meredith’s 10th Birthday!
It’s Meredith’s 10th birthday! And what better way to celebrate with some of her favorite foods! For her birthday, Dr. Erin collected a feast of willow, apple and pear branches, grape vines, wild rose hips, and watercress, topped off with some homemade apple-pear sauce! Happy birthday, Meredith!
Annie’s Birthday Video
As promised, the video evidence from yesterday’s party celebrating Annie Chimpanzee!
Foxie’s Birthday Bash Continued!
Yesterday was Foxie’s 49th Birthday! If you haven’t checked out yesterday’s blog, feel free to check it out here. We had a surplus of party footage so please enjoy today’s video featuring that content!
Thank you to Paulette for sponsoring Foxie’s birthday!
Annie enjoying avocado ice cream:
Foxie, Negra, Annie, and Burrito out on Young’s Hill this morning before breakfast:
Jamie holding a white boot out on Young’s Hill:
Missy with a blade of grass:
Foxie’s 49th Birthday!
We’re throwing a party for Foxie’s 49th birthday, and it’s a big one. Her favorite human, Katelyn, went all out — she planned everything from start to finish and showed up on her day off to make sure it was just right for Foxie. On the menu: homemade avocado ice cream (yes, the staff got in on that too), watermelon bowls piled high with fruit and veggies, and rounds of berry smoothie shooters to top it all off.
Enjoy today’s short teaser video of the festivities and stay tuned tomorrow for the rest of the footage of Foxie’s group as well as Cy’s groups, George and Honey B’s crew!
Foxie enjoying her watermelon bowls out on Young’s Hill:
Foxie’s caregiver’s for today also had a friendly competition to see who could draw her beloved Strawberry Shortcake doll and these were then judged by Foxie’s favorite biped, caregiver Katelyn!
The winner in 1st place is Sabrina, followed by Anna in 2nd place and Ellen in 3rd place with Kelsi, Jenna and Krissy all in a tie for 4th
The small drawings then became part of the party decorations!
Video of Gordo’s 37th Birthday Celebration & Happy Birthday Betsy Cow
Ellen posted photos of the Christmas in July celebration for Gordo yesterday, and I had the privilege of putting together the video today of clips that Ellen and others captured while preparing for and during the grand celebration.
I think I know mine, but what’s your favorite moment in the video?
Today happens to be Betsy‘s 18th birthday! The cows celebrated with some homemade applesauce, and it was reported that they loved every last tongue-full of it!
Betsy is a wonderful sentry and protector of her little herd, and was such a great mom to her son Nutmeg, who passed away at the sanctuary last year.
She is also the friendliest cow with us humans.
There’s so much I love and admire about Betsy’s personality. I hope we get to share many more years with her and with Gordo at the sanctuary.
Gordo Turns 37!
Today is Gordo’s birthday! There is so much to love about Gordo Chimpanzee. He is quirky and fun, always keeping us on our toes (quite literally) with games of chase filled with bunny hops. He also loves to be tickled with a long-handled spoon, and will come to insist he be involved if you dare tickle someone else in his presence. He is a box enthusiast, and can often be found sitting inside even the smallest of boxes. He doesn’t like to get his feet dirty, and while he prefers to be served his meals in the greenhouses, he will almost always bring something with him to sit on so his feet aren’t on the ground (this could be rolling up a large ball to sit on, pulling up a box to sit in, or even perching on top of a single page from one of Cy’s magazines). He enjoys spending time out on The Bray, and in the quiet moments of the day can often be found grooming with his friend Terry. While he is not the first one you’d think of as a protector for his group (that would be Cy!), I still think of him as such, but perhaps in less obvious ways. He is there to destroy a magazine for Cy if one of the pictures is scaring him, and the first one to spit on caregivers in defense of his friends when we do anything he perceives as weird (such as laser therapy for wounds). We are so lucky to get to know and love Gordo! I’m linking a past blog video of one of my favorite Gordo memories here, in case you need more Gordo in your day.
Gordo’s birthday was filled with some of his favorite things…boxes, LOTS of smoothies, and mangoes. Many thanks to Paulette Wrisley for sponsoring Gordo’s birthday today! Enjoy the many faces of Gordo enjoying his birthday mangoes!
We went with a Christmas in July theme thanks to a recent donation of wrapping paper from one of our generous donors. We wrapped Gordo’s boxes with wrapping paper, and he (and his friends) enjoyed opening their gifts.
Terry with his present haul.
Rayne with her box.
Lucky watches Rayne open her box.
Jamie’s group enjoyed celebrating Gordo’s birthday as well with a lunch forage consisting of lots of tiny smoothies, pineapple, cherries, sugar snap peas, mini peppers, and grape tomatoes. Foxie was the first one out on Young’s Hill and snagged a smoothie for herself!
Foxie on the move with a doll in one hand, and a cherry stem in her mouth.
Burrito and Foxie on the Hill.
Burrito with a tiny smoothie.
