An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie’s dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the Pinelands of South Jersey. She was planning to relocate Annie and her caravan of ragtag rescues—horses and goats, dogs and cats, chickens and pigs—when Annie died, just two weeks before moving day. In her heartbreak, Laurie resolved to make her mother's dream her own. In 2001, she established the Funny Farm Animal Rescue outside Mays Landing, New Jersey. Today, she carries on Annie’s mission to save abused and neglected animals. Funny Farm is Laurie’s story: of promises kept, dreams fulfilled, and animals lost and found. It’s the story of Annie McNulty, who fled a nightmarish marriage with few skills, no money and no resources, dragging three kids behind her, and accumulating hundreds of cast-off animals on the way. And lastly, it's the story of the brave, incredible, and adorable animals that were rescued. Although there are some sad parts (as life always is), there are lots of laughs.

How often have you thought you might like to chuck it all in, leave the steaming metropolis and its noise and dirt behind and make for pastures new, to begin your life again? We often talk about it but people rarely do it. Jackie Moffat is one of those who did. In 1982 she and her family - armed with a bucketload of optimism, stout boots and a highly developed sense of the ridiculous - upped sticks from London (where she'd lived all her life) and went North, to Cumbria. Their destination was the Eden Valley, and a small stock-rearing and dairy farm called Rowfoot, and there they have spent the past twenty years getting to grips with the practice of running a working farm, keeping sheep, cattle, pigs and horses, becoming part of the (often eccentric) community, coping with the ups and downs (Foot and Mouth devastated them) of farming life. For the past ten years, the author's written a regular column for the Cumbria and Lake District Life magazine, and it was this that inspired her to write about her life in rural England and the trials, tribulations and pleasures of running a farm.

Laughter, Encouragement, and Inspirational Devotions for Every Day Inspirations from the Funny Farm is a collection of funny, heartwarming, true stories of life and adventures on the funny farm of Hodge Critter Lodge. Farm life can be tough on the body and the mind, but with Christ, joy can be found in anything and everything. This funny devotional full of crazy critter chaos and fun family traditions will inspire you to look forward to your daily quiet time with Christ. "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness" (Lamentations 3:22-23).

Uncle Nick’s Funny Farm is a collection of short stories about animals on a farm, featuring wonderful pictures for children to colour and a short quiz after each story. “The New Farm Cat” tells about the new kitten the farmer brings home. The old farm cat takes the kitten around to show her all the different animals. “The Little Red Hen” looks around the farm and sees all the animals with their babies, but she doesn’t have any babies. She tries to hatch different objects and is sad when it doesn’t work. The little white hen feels sorry for her and gives the little red hen some of her eggs. When the little red hen hatches three baby chicks, she becomes very happy. “The Strange Little Creature” in Lily Pad Pond just hatched from an egg, but doesn’t know what he is. He asks different animals what they are and if he is the same, but he isn’t. He reaches a lily pad and talks to a frog, who tells him that he is also a frog. “A Use for Trojan” tells the story of Trojan, the horse that ploughs the farmer’s fields. One day, the farmer buys a new red tractor and Trojan is not needed any more. He is very sad until the day a duck runs up to Trojan and tells him a sheep is stuck in the mud. The tractor tried to pull the sheep out, but also got stuck. It’s Trojan to the rescue!

Peter doesn’t really like being alone and after agreeing to go on a solo adventure he soon finds himself in hot water when he discovers that Harvey the horse has forgotten how to horse around. Things get even stranger when Peter has to call Dr Chris Tal, a rather interesting green flamingo, to help save Harvey. During the course of the adventure, we find out why the doctor is green and how Peter got fisheye, but we don’t find out much about Marina the mermaid. Well - not just yet!

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 In the mid1970s, the fourlane Black Horse Pike was the main route between Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore, surrounded by farms and farmers’ markets. There were a few billboards. #2 My mother and her children, Cathy and Stephen, escaped to New Jersey from my father. They lived in a halfhouse in a clearing in the woods, not fit to live in. Yet, this was their brandnew start. #3 When we moved into our new house, we made a pitiful sight, lugging our sad little bags. Mom was smiling, but in a strange, fixed way that wasn’t even halfhappy. We had been living out of a suitcase, four people shoehorned into a single motel room, sleeping on two narrow beds with thin mattresses and springs that dug into our backs at night. #4 We would spend our time in hotels or motels, watching TV and eating junk food. Our life was fun while it lasted, but eventually we had to go back home.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In the mid-1970s, the four-lane Black Horse Pike was the main route between Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore, surrounded by farms and farmers’ markets. There were a few billboards. #2 My mother and her children, Cathy and Stephen, escaped to New Jersey from my father. They lived in a half-house in a clearing in the woods, not fit to live in. Yet, this was their brand-new start. #3 When we moved into our new house, we made a pitiful sight, lugging our sad little bags. Mom was smiling, but in a strange, fixed way that wasn’t even half-happy. We had been living out of a suitcase, four people shoehorned into a single motel room, sleeping on two narrow beds with thin mattresses and springs that dug into our backs at night. #4 We would spend our time in hotels or motels, watching TV and eating junk food. Our life was fun while it lasted, but eventually we had to go back home.