#allheretogether

A while ago I was fortunate to go on a countryside break. The wooden hut we rented on a large piece of land where the owner lived had a little grass patch at the end of the garden. One evening whilst I sat and enjoyed the sound of dusk an adult fox came out of the bushes, saw me and shot in the other direction. The next evening I put some food out, I  always remember my mother telling me that foxes like food that they can easily pick up to take to their cubs, so I purchased a thick sausage like roll from the local shop, sliced it up and placed it at the edge of the wood where I had previously seen the fox the night before. I sat and watched making myself a little more conspicuous than the previous night, low and behold out came the fox. She looked around nervously before picking up a piece of the sausage and taking it back into the bushes before returning to repeat the process. After the last piece of sausage had been taken I wandered over, not too close, but a little closer to see if I could take a look. I sat quietly on the grass, as I sat there I was aware of a presence to my left. I slowly turned my head to see a  little cub sitting bold as brass less than a foot away looking at me. I didn't move as not to startle him. As I sat there looking at this beautiful creature his mother appeared from nowhere growling at him and from my interpretation I heard it as “Get back in the bush RIGHT NOW”. Her concern that this little fur baby had wondered out into human view was clearly overwhelming her. At first I thought it was a beautiful thing that she was protecting it, but there was also an air of sadness that this innocent little creature was so trusting and hadn't experienced the world as his mother obviously had and that was teaching him to air with caution. I felt sad that as we freely be ourselves they have to hide experience fear and be cautious about us humans. Over the years on my animal journey I've heard and seen some hideous things such as fox hunters dragging a live fox across a field with its tail tied to a rope to spread the scent before the hunt, a fox being captured and let out in an  environment it doesn't know so the hounds have an advantage. I have heard of baby foxes being captured and put into a tiny cage with hounds to train them to kill bait. In society foxes are viewed as pests and an inconvenience, a nuisance, but as I write this post with sadness I think about this, just like us a mother is just looking out for her child, a hungry being is just trying to get food to look after themselves and their family. I ask myself, are they encroaching on our land or are we encroaching on theirs ? Is their a way to share or discourage when they come into unwelcomed spaces instead of killing and harm. We as humans are intelligent beings, we send things into space, develop technologies and so much more. If we work together we can find a way to share and be kind to all living beings and if we all look after each other then we will all be ok.

Peace, love, green vegan x

I was happily going about my day this week scrolling through Instagram when I came across a post about the recent loss of Star at Jacobs Ridge Animal Sanctuary. Despite only meeting this beauty twice the post really affected me in ways I never expected. I watched as Julian drove along having to give the news of Stars passing to the followers of the sanctuary  and despite wearing sunglasses I could feel the pain burning in his eyes. He continued to give the news to the followers and had to stop to take a breath in an attempt to disguise his obvious excruciating emotional pain. I stopped and I thought on this a while, it brings me back to a point where I often need to check in on myself, when I am perhaps being a scoundrel unappreciative of those around me or unappreciative of time with them. We take time for granted, we think it is here forever. In this life we share with  human or non human we all share the same thing, Love, and when that physical form of love passes it affects us in ways that are unexplainable. Through a screen from a different country I could feel this mans pain and it was awful. So people, be the best version of ourselves we can be and share that love with others. Cherish every moment. Sleep tight beautiful star x

For as long as I can remember I have had an absolute love for animals. They bring me such joy, for me they are my calm, my sanctuary my safe place. Animals seem to have an inate built in intuition, they just know. Over the last few years I have visited many animal sanctuaries such as Jacobs Ridge, Hillside, Fars and Happyfields. One thing I noticed about certain animals thar  were rescued from very poor conditions is the amount of trust they still have in humans despite the suffering they had endured, I watched them thought  to myself “ if only we were that forgiving of each other”. When I watch animals I learn things, they teach us so many things about  our inner calm and self. I watched  as a deer that had been run over and lost its mother be raised by  cockrel who now charges at anyone who goes near the deer. I became aware that they are not attched to species race colour creed or religion, they just be. They support not only their own kind but other kinds too and I think the human race can take a lesson from this, because if we all look after each other then we will all be ok.

Peace and love