Mesmerizing video

A very special bond

A monkey in Rode, India, found a homeless little puppy and adopted him. She won't let her little charge out of her sight and will defend him from other street dogs. The locals were touched by the bond between the pair and started putting food out for them. "Mom" always lets "her baby" eat first. This is a truly "aww" story, eh?

A very cool way to create memories

Wendy Tsao came up with the idea of creating a priceless memento for her son when he drew a self-portrait at the age of four. She transformed his drawing into a soft toy, a very faithful version of his unique likeness. Now anybody can order a soft toy based on their children's drawings or any other drawing, via the website Child's Own Studio. Here are a few examples:

A very beautiful bird

Shapshifterbelly sent us this picture of a very colourful macaw. Study it carefully and share your views in the comments. This should be interesting... Thank you, SSB.

Fun food for all tastes

I'm sorry I didn't post anything yesterday. Billy arrived on Wednesday and yesterday we went shopping for ... food!

The great scheme of things

I love this picture. Pay attention to each figure and how they appear in each arrangement.

Books

They make a difference...

These days we live in a world dominated by technology:

Fortunately, there's always Kindle!

Late late post!

I'm sorry it's so late. We've been out all day, doing a million and one things...

I'll stay with the cat theme. Our son Paul, who lives in Australia, keeps posting cat things on Facebook and I keep saving them!

So proud of my niece!

Guest post by CC

[CC kindly sent us some photos of her niece Laura's time in Africa. I put the post together by copying CC's comments on the blog and what she wrote in the emails.]

Laura is traveling to a small village named Naivasha. It is 1.5 hours from Nairobi and she is going on a volunteer program to help children in an orphanage/school for 4 weeks. I am so proud of her for wanting to do this you cannot imagine it. She had wanted to do something like this and researched it for the past year. She is 19 years old and has traveled extensively with all of us but this is a wee bit different --- She is really looking forward to it as are all of us (her family) and I have no doubt it will be etched in her memory forever.

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I want to thank all of you for your prayers and well wishes for my niece Laura --- I am so grateful for them --- and she is too!

My sister has been able to speak with her only once, but she sends her photos and texts when she goes into town every few days (to use their wifi..:-) ) She is extremely happy, she said the kids call her mom and she gets spontaneous hugs all the time... I am soooo happy for her. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I do have a few photos she has snapped and sent:

En route to Nairobi

The resort where she goes to use wifi ... What a beautiful view (and what a difference
from where the orphanage is... poor little ones ... Sigh)

Most of these orphans have HIV---kind of abandoned at this place. It is run by a private couple -- they have no funding -- just donations. Every time I feel humanity is just getting worse and worse, I find out about these stories and smile, realizing there are more wonderful people than not. Thankfully!


[Thank you, CC. Laura is as beautiful and as generous as her auntie... ]