Leia's Life Equine Sanctuary

Leia's Life Equine Sanctuary Here, we hold Safe Space for and offer Lifetime Sanctuary to horses to live in a Natural Herd. 🦄♥️No rotational ownership, no careers required. Just Love.

Forever begins Here. 🦄♥️🙏🏻

06/09/2026

SOMETHING 💌

Grey Skies.

Rumbling Thunder.

Wind wails around the corners of The Sanctuary.

Sigh.

I know what's coming...🤷‍♀️

Horses...

are Something when it Rains.

They are...

Something when it's Windy.

Combine the Two...?!!

Beautiful Pandemonium. 😁❤️

Horses

are

Something...

Aren't they...?💌

( * No humans were injured in the making of this video * )




23/08/2026

WISDOM 💌

Busy Season...

glares at us from behind the Last Cold Front.

As Mama Earth turns up The Volume ( not complaining, just saying...😁) and Spring starts to sprung (?) at The Sanctuary...

Vacs.

Deworming.

Feet.

Teeth.

Shear.

The Gaze of the Routine pre-First Spring Rains Schedule, for some reason...

appears less Intimidating this Year.

Sigh.

Maybe a Spot

of

Wisdom...?🤷‍♀️

Duly earned with Blood, Sweat, Tears &

the Occassional Broken Digit. 🖐🏻👣

Grateful, actually...I thought.

For Pockets of Peace.

Must hold on to Those.

Love, Always 💌

"wisdom is not loud
nor does it whisper

it is a resonance
that realigns you with a better direction
it is a knowing that arises with undeniable clarity
it is an expansion that makes the mind lighter

wisdom is gradual,
often showing you the same truth
but from different angles,
until it finally clicks so deeply
that it becomes part of your being

as the wisdom within you matures,
it becomes easier to let go,
to stop fighting yourself,
and to move with nature instead of against it"

Yung Pueblo, from The Way Forward.




08/08/2026

THE METRICS OF HUMANHOOD 💌

We...

Can turn Anything into a Competition.

The

Human Race. 🙄🤷‍♀️

Finite Metrics.

Rules.

Standards.

A Winner.

Who's the Best at What....

complete, of course - with a Shiny Reward

&

a Solid Pat on the Back at the End. 🎖️🏆

Certifiable.

Peer-Reviewed.

Blue Lable Verified.

We like that.👍🏻✔️

The Best CEO.

Employee of the Month.

The Mare who won The Ribbon.

The Gelding that just Came Short.

" C'mon! " Social Media urges " Nominate! Someone out there...just has to be The Best..."

Mares are Moody.

Geldings are Goofy.

And...

I look at my wiley, dusty Geldings getting in some Good & Solid Playtime before Breakfast...

Blissfully Unaware of Their Ranking in the Hierarchy of Goodness.

Marvelously Unmindful of their Position in the Race for Greatness.

Spectacularly Unbothered by The Points...

&

The Panel apparently assigned to Adjudicate.

I duck for a Flying Hoof...and chuckle to myself.

We...

are

Missing the Point.

They...are not. 😁🎖️🏆🦄❤️

Love, Always 💌

"Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention."

- John O' Donahue, from " For Presence"




25/07/2026

UNTIL 💌

A Blank Slate...

Is Often the Best Place to Start. 😁

Not knowing what You don't Know...

You know? 😁

They Teach me Every Day...this Wiley Herd of Free Horses.

That Clocks and Boxes and Generational Hand-Me-Down Wisdoms about what These Amazing Souls need

&

when They Need it...

Will work.

Until it Doesn't.

And Then....

You're only really left with the One Tool in your Toolbox that You can't ever put down -

Listening.

Because when You believe that you're the Smartest in the Room...

You will Learn Nothing.

( Says my Yoga Teacher 😁)

Horses...deserve to be Heard.

We need to Hear Them.

Love, Always 💌




12/07/2026

SUNDAY MORNING 💌

I write You after a Full Morning of Bright Sunshine, a Freezing Wind & Playing Horses...
..who decided that Musical Stables would be a nice Add to The Morning Schedule. 🙄🤷‍♀️

I undid Fairy Knots.

Manyyyy...🥴

I got to sing whilst convincing them that They just HAD to stand for it....😁

The Un-knotting...

&

The False Notes...🥴🎶🎶

Sanctuary Sunday Morning.

Cold...

but

Blessed. ✝️

Stay warm 🔥🔥

Love, Always 💌



05/07/2026

SUNSET ON A BEAUTIFUL LIFE - RUN FREE, SWEET JULIETTE ✝️🌈💔

Saying Goodbye to The Oldies...

Never gets Easier. 😓

Sweet, Littlie Juliette joined us as a Senior Mom - with her Partner, Prinsie, her two grown up foals Aurora & Romeo - and their Bonded Donk Friend, G***t.

Their Humans had a Huge Change if Circumstance...but never lost Contact.

Julie watched closely as her Little Herd slowly amalgamated with The Hooligans. 😁

Romeo - true to his Reputation slotted in with the Girls...😍Chatting up a New Chick every Week. ❤️

G***t joined the Donks On & Off - especially if a Play with Elijah or Jonah was on the Cards 😁 - but would always catch up again.

Spicy Aurora Borealis, stayed by her Mom's side - - only occasionally allowing very, very Special Members of the Wiley Herd close to her Mom.

Like Cruisey, our Blind Boy - who has since joined their Micro-Herd full time.🥹❤️

Julie...in her Lifetime - only ever knew Love. ❤️❤️

And...

She not only watched her Foals grow into the Beautiful, Free Ponies that they are today, but

She grew Old with Them. 🙏

A Right...Stolen from SO many. 😔

Thank you, Mia Christie & Family - for Allowing us to Love her too...& Share a Slice of her Journey. 🙏❤️

To our Beautiful, Calm-in-the-face-of-Everything Julie...

Mooi Loop, Ons ou Meisiekindjie. Ons kan nie Ophou Lief wees vir Jou nie. 😓✝️🙏❤️

Stuur vir Ons n Poskaart...✝️🙏

" ...mag die pad om jou weer lei
na waar die ooste vlam
al langs die buitelyne van vergeet
waar hane die sterre troos
en blaasorkeste speel
in binneplase van die hart..."

From - " Na-dood" by Breyten Breytenbach, Afrikaans Poet & Writer.




28/06/2026

PUPS' DAY OUT 💌

So....Our New Digs doesn't even Nearly have all the Power Challenges that we had become almost Conditioned to accept as Normality in that Horrid Little Town....🫣

BUT

Eskom....is still Eskom...🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

&

16hr Outage last week Sunday...In Winter...proved a bit Tough on our Solar...😵‍💫

I do Apologize unreservedly to the Three Dedicated Readers of The Sunday Love Letter...🥺😵‍💫🙏

There has been SO much said of Late regarding what is/isn't Sanctuary....what is/isn't Rescue and Who should be the Keeper of the Crypt amongst the Epic & Sweeping....🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤐

Whilst I have Absolutely Zero Interest in adding my 5c to a Debate that is Probably Older than the Mountains surrounding us....

I did Think to Share a Few Special Moments with Two Very Special Littlies whose Stewardship was entrusted to us some time ago. 😍😍

Two Little Sisters - dumped at a Sports Centre.

Bonded...as One...is Partially Sighted & The Other...Her Guide. ❤️

We treated Them to some New Sights, Sounds & Smells...& Invaluable Bonding Time 😁

and Ourselves to some Good, Solid Fresh Air. 🌬️

Because When You're Doing the Work....

Do You Really have Time for " The Debate"...??!

Just Asking.

Maybe It's a Priority-Thing...

&

Maybe...a Fortnightly Love Letter...

Isn't a Bad Idea either. 😁

And Some Otis Redding. 🎶🎶

Love, Always 💌

"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

-Henry David Thoreau, American Essayist, Poet, Philosopher, Naturalist




14/06/2026

ASTRONAUTS & PINK TUTU'S 💌

The Vast Abyss that is Social Media for Disinterested Gen X-er...like Me...😁 - just Sometimes - have some Real Pearls to offer.

I very clumsily attach it below - With Thanks to .

Sir/Madam -this Video is my Answer.

Love, Always 💌

"A contractor was out at our place this week and went onto ask me the dreaded question every horse owner has heard about a million times...

🤔🐴❓

"SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR HORSES?"

OMG. My inner voice groaned.

Not that again. 🙄

Now maybe it's just me, but I've always found that a funny question.

Nobody walks up to someone with a Labrador and says, "Interesting dog. What's his occupation?" 🐕😂

Nobody points at a cat and asks, "What's her role within the organisation?" 🐈😆

Yet horses seem to be expected to arrive with a CV, references and a five year career plan. 📄🤣

My outer voice, however, couldn't help answering in the most ridiculous way possible. 🤪

"Oh, they are mostly involved with glacier surveying and low altitude submarine recovery." 🧊🚢

The contractor looked at me and blinked. 😳

I blinked back. 😐

So I continued.

"The draft horses do most of the heavy lifting. They wear pink tutus while they work because health and safety says they have to be visible from the air." 🐴🩷🩰✈️

More blinking. 😳😳

"The donkeys coordinate air traffic between New Zealand and the Moon." 🌙🫏

Even more blinking. 😳😳😳

"The Shetland and Falabella are astronauts. Apparently their smaller size makes them easier to launch." 🚀🐴🤣

At this point I could almost hear the gears turning. ⚙️⚙️⚙️

So I kept going.

"The Arab handles intelligence operations. Most of his work is classified." 🕶️🐴

Dead silence. 😶

I managed to hold a straight face for another few seconds.

Then I completely lost it. 🤣

The contractor looked at me.

I looked at him.

Then he started laughing too when he realised I was pulling his leg. 😂😂😂

In all seriousness though, maybe it's just me, but I've always found that question a bit funny.
..But, at the end, I suspect that most horse owners are doing exactly what people do with any animal they love.

They are simpy enjoying their company."


07/06/2026

PARADOX RAINBOW 💌

Freezing Cold. ❄️❄️

First Full Frost. 💃💃

A Herd....

Full of Early Morning Beans

&

Other Horsey Things....🤷‍♀️🙄😂🦄

Then

Somehow,

Inbetween the Crazy Days of De-Icing Water Throughs, Dress & Un******ng jiggery Horses according to the Mercury , Managing Temper Tantrums between Herdmates that were Soul-buddies JUST Yesterday...🙄 &
developing Bruce Lee-like Dodging Skills for Flying Hooves during The Great 6AM Zoom....🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

There was...This Day.

Gentle Sunshine.

A light Bout of Rain.

A Wiley Herd of Free Horses & Donks bathed in Rays of Golden Sunrise.

Grazing Peacefully on Their Land...with The First Rainbow at Our New Home - faintly at their backs. 🌈⛅

And of course....Looking at us like..." WHAAAAT?? US....??!!🙄🥺😂😂🦄

You see....

When You Put Good out into he World...there's Always Someone with Their Eye on your Coffee Machine...☕☕🫡

Just Sometimes...

Karma...has Other Plans. 💃🦄🦄☕

Stay Warm🔥🔥

Love, Always 💌



# yesitswinter

31/05/2026

REWRITE 💌

Conditioning....is Everything.

Isn't it....??

How we Look at What we See...

The Inner Dialogue that justfies the Action.

( which in the Equine Industry...comes with a Comfy Price Tag) 🙄

" Horses enjoy running."

" It's okay to ride a horse with incomplete biological development."

" Rotational Ownership is Rescue."

" Price increases with Schooling."

Somehow....the very Real physiological and emotional Needs of a Social Herd Animal...gets Lost in Translation between Humans - Rescue or Not - essentially vying for Money.

🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Our Wiley Herd have since Adjusted their Feed Schedule ( to include Loooots of Cold Weather Play too...🤷‍♀️🙄😂)

&

We....have just had to slot in....🕔🕓🕒

In Some Dark, Human Corner....It's a Sigh of Relief...🤷‍♀️😁🦄

In Reality, though - It's Horses...just being Horses.

It's Never too Late to Rewrite the Story of a Horse...

or

Your Chapter in It.

Be Their Book.

Love, Always 💌



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