Cat activates dog's turbo mode

This is fascinating

I was mesmerized by this video...

Mesmerizing video

What a great experience!

GrannyJ sent us this impressive video. Make sure the sound is on. Thanks, GJ.

Weird, beautiful dress

This is an incredible dress! It was designed by Elodie Le-Prunennec.

Not an easy craft!

View sent me a link to a Brazilian Facebook post featuring this video. I had to do my homework and find it on YouTube so it could be shared on the blog. Thanks, View, it was worth it!

Blowing bubbles. Hahahahaha!

This is soooo tempting...

This video shows what happened to some politicians in the Ukraine. I could make a long list of useless, corrupt politicians that deserve to meet the same fate, especially in Brazil, where the most corrupt congress in history voted to impeach the democratically elected president. Grrr!

Seeing music

View sent us this beautiful video. Thanks, View.

Prepare to be amazed!

This origami animation is very very clever!

Fun with everyday objects

Snow can be fun!

A sad Christmas for some

View sent us this heartwarming video about a fictitious event. Thank you, View. Sadly, this will be the reality for the people of Carlisle and other places in the north of England, due to devastating floods. Hopefully, there will be help for them, just as there was for the family in the commercial...



Carlisle, the worst affected place:

Hey TW, beware!

I wonder if pickles would have the same effect?

A star is born!

Music in motion

View sent me this video a while ago and I had forgotten about it. I love these Rube Goldberg machines and this one is quite good. Make sure you have the sound on as the machine was built by a musician and the music is an integral part of the enjoyment of this video. Thanks, View.

Afraid of flying? Not me!

Lynn sent us this video, which features the most infectious laugh ever! Thank you, Lynn.

An eye for detail, a lot of patience and immense talent

This is the text that accompanies the YouTube video about the sculpture:

It took Chinese artist Zheng Chunhui 4 years to enter the Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest wooden carving. Chunhui is a famous wood carver, and his creation, his magnum opus, is over 40 feet (12 meters) long and made from one single tree trunk.

In addition to being so long, it also stands at 3 meters tall (10 feet) and is 2.4 meters (8 feet) wide. This amazingly intricate work features three dimensional boats, buildings bridges and 550 individually carved human figures, who are carrying cargo, shopping in markets, talking to each other and going about their daily business.

The scene depicted is actually a copy of a very famous Chinese painting 'Along the River During the Qinming Festival', which was painted over 1,000 years ago during the Song Dynasty by artist Zhang Zeduan. Many consider it the Chinese 'Mona Lisa'. This painting is one of the best indications of what ancient Chinese culture was like.

The work was awarded the world record as part of Guinness World Records Day. Chunhui's carving was unveiled at the Palace Museum in Beijing, the same location as the scroll on which it is based.

The original scroll, in three sections:

Enjoy this video, which shows the artist's work in detail and gives an idea of the proportions of the whole carving:

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IMPORTANT NOTICE (Repeated in the comments)

I have a further 15 albums of colours and had originally planned to post the Colour Series once a week, taking nearly 4 months to conclude the series. Unfortunately, I'm not a patient person and I'm itching to post them more often. I have a poll on the sidebar which closes next Saturday night. Please vote and we'll see where it will take us...

The poll is under the clock, top right hand side.

Miniature art (paging TW!)

This guy creates some extraordinary things employing unusual techniques. I tried to find out a few facts about him, but there doesn't seem to be very much out there... His name is Salavat Fidai and I believe he's Russian. He has a store on Etsy.

Here are a couple of time-lapse videos of the artist at work. (They're best enjoyed without sound because whoever chose the soundtrack has appalling taste in music!)

This is cool!

Keep an eye on the car...