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The beautiful Oliver doing what he does best..hanging out in the dirt

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I am thinking of writing a book, an account of how difficult, extreme, exciting, magical my last four years have been managing one of the largest animal sanctuaries in the world has been. Any advice on how to start?

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The beautiful Scottish hills

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I absolutely love this photo I took, the reflection in the rain water, the colours just love it ❤️

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Eyes like emeralds ❤️

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It’s been a while since I posted, the reason for this was due to being in hospital for a while.

Whilst I am on the mend, being Ill has made me think so much about my mental health, physical health and general well-being.

When I was discharged from hospital I found that I really struggled to relax, rest and think clearly enough about how I was going to change my lifestyle. Not being able to sleep and get the rest I needed, quite frankly annoyed me and made my recovery longer.

How should we change our outlook on live? How should we get the rest we need for both our mental and physical health? How should we go forward in building a better life for ourselves? These are all questions I’m working on finding the answers for, but for now, nature the sea and a calming environment without stress, peace and quiet is a good start to this journey.

Any advice or tips on how to relax, keep stress reduced and altogether live better please let me know. Xx

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When you wake up your cat because you wanna talk 🤭

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What a yawn!

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Toto has the correct idea for today! ❤️

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What a storm that was.

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Today is our day off, finally after a long time we are having a rest day……hopefully.

This is my kitten Ozzie, he was 2 days old when he was dumped outside the gates with his 2 siblings, by his owners, because…wait for it…..they wasn’t the right colour!! Are you actually kidding me?? But they was put on the floor and the owners ran away literally ran.

He is six months old now and has never left my side since the day I took him home.

What a beautiful soul he is, let’s see what trouble he gets up to with his brother today.

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Well last night was a very interesting night. Whilst I was enjoying snuggling on my sofa with my cats and my husband watching a film and enjoying a bottle of wine, we was disturbed by my security guard to alert us to a mob of around 10 angry men trying to Lear us out the sanctuary. These people where the ones who had issued death threats the day before.

We obviously did not oblige to their request and they left shortly afterwards. What they wanted to achieve is beyond me. I was not scared, not only do we have a human security guard but I have the best security ever, I live in a sanctuary of 2000 dogs. Although, I am not worried by their threats or behaviour as nothing shocks me living here now, I am a little concerned at what drama today will bring.

I can not believe that today we are still living in a world full of hate, war, malice and brutality. That is what really scares me.

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Last night was an interesting one, as I sat with my husband trying to enjoy a film and a bottle of wine we was disturbed by our security, who informed us of a mob outside trying to get us out (these would be some of the people who issued death threats) luckily living with 2000 dogs we have the best security and nothing more came of it that night. But, it staggers me That we still live in a world filled with so much hate, malice and just sheer brutality.

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As another day dawns here in Sri Lanka. I can’t help wondering what today has in store for me, let’s hope it’s nothing like yesterday. Two death threats from staff, glass bottles being thrown over the walls, constant bickering from staff and dogs,no fuel, no electricity…Oh well, off we go to work!!