Stars 7 days of hope 28 March – 3 April & happiness with Claire Petulengro
Susan Franks, 53, from Warwickshire, had to think on her feet when saving her poorly pet…
ARIES
21 March–20 April
Monday’s new moon is a solar eclipse, which helps you get back on track with those you found it impossible to find common ground with in recent days. Time you spend with family helps you reconnect with those you know you’ll never see eye to eye with. However, you can now agree to live and let live with them, after what has been a draining family time.
Call: 09058 170 710*
LEO
24 July–23 Aug
As Venus enters Aries, you’re no longer willing to tolerate those who don’t treat you with respect. Relationships ended now will not be given a second chance. You realise you’re ready, willing and able to live a good life. All you have to do is cut out those who never have and never will be truthful with their words and actions. You can do this with style – stand strong and enjoy it!
Call: 09058 170 714*
23 Nov–21 Dec
Your feelings for a close one have been changing on a daily basis. You’re more aware though now of what you want from a relationship. You’re also willing to give up something you once held dear in order to move forward. Use this weekend to have the heart to heart you’ve so far avoided, my friend. Your future is waiting to impress you, if you do, Sagittarius.
Call: 09058 170 718*
TAURUS
21 April–21 May
Mercury retrograde has made it hard for you to show patience to those who are already on borrowed time with you. Things you pay out for regarding to the home say a lot about what you’re going to be making your priority in the weeks and months ahead. Forms you sign now make your life a financially better place to be. Phone calls bring you a long awaited apology.
Call: 09058 170 711*
VIRGO
24 Aug–23 Sept
Don’t say you’ll accept standards which you know are beneath you. Just look at how far you’ve come. Applications you put in for changes at this time will be heard by the right faces. You can shape your life more to your needs and desires than has been possible since the beginning of the year. Avoid cancelling what you were responsible for booking professionally.
Call: 09058 170 715*
CAPRICORN
22 Dec–20 Jan
Just because a close one has had to focus their attention elsewhere, it does not mean that you’re not important to them. It means that they’re secure in the place you hold in their life. Try not to make problems where there are none. Adventure await this week if you’ll fall into love freefall. Your destiny is waiting if you do, Capricorn. There are plenty of exciting things on the horizon.
Call: 09058 170 719*
GEMINI
22 May–21 June
Things you say will not be forgotten, so think before you speak this week please. Time you make for older family members helps explain a lot about what did or didn’t happen last month and also helps you realise with whom your loyalty should lie. Travel plans get exciting thanks to a third party. For once, you’ll welcome others interfering in what happens next.
Call: 09058 170 712*
LIBRA
24 Sept–23 Oct
I can see you want to make changes but I also see that someone has done a very good job of emotionally manipulating you into making them a priority. Time spent with younger faces tells you much you did not know about the life of those you love. It also explains why they told you so little in months gone by! They’ve been treading on eggshells around you. Listen and act, Libra.
Call: 09058 170 716*
AQUARIUS
21 Jan–19 Feb
You have been setting a really unfair pace for yourself and it’s no wonder you’re feeling dazed and confused. Use this week to work out what and who needs to be your priority. You’ll be in for a surprise when you realise who you should have cut loose weeks ago. You’ll also feel relieved by doing so! Life is what you make it. Get ready, at long last, to make yours count, Aquarius.
Call: 09058 170 720*
CANCER
22 June–23 July
A week to be you, all you. You’ve spent so much time worrying what others think that you have forgotten to ask yourself how you actually feel. You need to dig deep, Cancer. Being on time this week is imperative to you maintaining respect with a professional face you already have much to prove to. Aquarians link to a work change which is heaven sent for your sign.
Call: 09058 170 713*
SCORPIO
24 Oct–22 Nov
Is it a case of after you get what you want, you don’t want it? Maybe so, Scorpio. You’re a sign who will give their all for those they love, but this week you’re determined to test if the feeling is mutual. Use Wednesday as your power day for the heart to heart you’ve been avoiding. It’s when the stars ensure that the truth comes to the fore. Speak out and say the truth.
Call: 09058 170 717*
PISCES
20 Feb–20 March
A vulnerable mood makes it easy for others to talk you into what they want. Of course this attitude will not last, and you must be prepared that you can change your mind in a heartbeat. Time spent looking at your career and where you want yours to go is key right now. Forms filled in now with honesty can change things both professionally and financially for you.
Call: 09058 170 721*
Getting a couple of Rich Tea biscuits out of the packet, they weren’t for dunking in my tea. As I had a very special furry friend waiting for their snack in anticipation.
‘Good morning, Rosy Posey,’ I’d sing out into the field.
And then, running alongside our four dogs, she appeared with her face aglow.
Giving Seacreed, our Collie cross, a boot up the bum, the dogs would all run around her, playing with one another.
However, there was something special about Rosy.
For she wasn’t a pooch – she was a playful little lamb.
And Rosy was determined to show that even though she’d had a difficult start, she wasn’t going to let anything stop her.
Even if she was one of the biggest rescues that me and my partner Jules, now 57, had ever taken in.
Setting up The Rescue Ranch, a sanctuary to help animals get back on their feet, nearly 30 years ago, we’d supported a number of vulnerable furry friends.
Starting out with two goats, Lilly and Phoebe, who were 46* going to be sent to slaughter, I’d bought a spot of land to keep them on.
Using all of my life savings, at just 20, it was a new adventure.
And as time went on, taking in neglected, unwell and injured animals was the norm.
From sheep, more goats, dogs and small animals, too.
Which caused the sanctuary to grow into the rescue location that it is today – still on that original patch of land.
At times, it was tough to see the animals in such distress. It broke my heart every single time.
However, the most rewarding feeling was sticking by them on the road to recovery.
Which was the case for Rosy Posey.
Spotted by a local horse rider in August 2023, she’d noticed an injured sheep unable to get up on the edge of a field.
With a very badly broken leg, that had fused back together, Rosy had been left untreated. She was in a desperate state. Rosy couldn’t walk, couldn’t stand and one of her eyes had even been pecked out by a crow – she’d been left for dead.
Only, we knew we would do everything in our power to be able to give Rosy a new lease of life at The Rescue Ranch. And that’s what we did. Getting mobility wheels, she was rolling around the grass.
Bumping into the dogs when they weren’t paying attention, she’d boot them up the bum to initiate play time.
Which is what she did in the last week of November 2023.
Munching on her Rich Tea biscuits and exercising on her wheels, Rosy was her usual self.
‘Are you a little bit chilly, Rosy?’ I asked, as it seemed like she wanted to go in early.
So, heading inside the barn she was there with her food bowl as I cracked on with other odd jobs around the house.
However, going in to check on her an hour or so later, our Rosy Posey had peacefully passed in her sleep.
I couldn’t quite believe it. In all honestly, both Jules and I went to pieces after that.
Rosy had touched our hearts in a way like no other animal.
Her mobility was getting better by the day, she’d even started to use two wheels rather than four.
We can’t even be sure why she died – it was a shock.
And since that moment, the dogs have picked up on our low mood, too.
Jules and I always try to remember the animals that we have lost over the years with plaques. Rosy was a little different. One of our friends who owns a sanctuary in Sussex kindly named a star in Rosy’s honour.
So now, whenever we look up to the sky, we can remember her for the happiness and love that she brought us.
Even if it was for a short period of time.
After her death, it’s made us realise how important it is for us to have bigger facilities.
We’d love to build a barn where our rescue animals can have enough room for physio.
However, we’ll remember Rosy Posy for the ewe-nique character that she was.
Showing that no matter what herd-ship you go through, positivity can get ewe through!
●search
She’d been left untreated and alone