8-23-09 Note from Melissa!

  Hi everyone.  The donkeys all got here safely this morning.  They are all doing great, eating and drinking.  We love them all.  Thank you so much to all of you.  Just a quick note to let you know everything is going well, and some quick pictures:

(Melissa, if you have these photos in a larger format, please re-send them to us!)

***UPDATE July 21, 2010***

Hi Sharon,

    Just quickly shot 2 photos I thought you might enjoy. 

     In the 1st one, notice the lengths we took to protect our trees from our donkey pals.  You can also see the 2 kids in the tree and Everett patiently waiting like he's done this before. 

     2nd pic shows my two lovely children actually bringing the tree branches down to their donkey pals!  What a gig :)

     Everyone is doing wonderfully.  Everett truly is content anywhere and with anyone.  His buddy is our mammoth,  who is often seen chasing Everett around the field, you know, helping him out with his excercise.  But the tables eventually turn and old Everett becomes the chaser.

     Tinker is just a sweetheart.  She is often the 1st one to visit when we go the the pen.  And if we pay attention to the others, we get the swift head butt in the back that you told me about :)

     So this was just a real quick update, as I have often meant to write you.  Feel free to share the pics with Tonnette, I just don't have her e-mail handy.

     Hope all is well - Melissa