Britain's Got Talent - First Auditions 2007-2009 & 2012

Connie Talbot
"Over the Rainbow"

2007

(with subtitle)

Paul Potts
"Nessum Dorma"

2007

Paul won the contest in 2007 and has recorded albums.

Andrew Johnston

2008

Escala

Electric String Quartet

2008

Faryl Smith 

"Ave Maria"
 2008

Charlie Green

"Summer Wind"

2008

Kate and Gin

Canine Freestyle

"James Bond Theme"

2009

Flawless

2009

Susan Boyle

"I Dreamed A Dream"

2009

Susan Boyle came in second place.


Diversity
2009

Diversity won the 2009 Britain's Got Talent final show.

I did not receive any email forwards for

 Britian's Got Talent from 2010 or 2011

Jonathan Antonie and Charlotte

2012

Find The Difference Between These Two Pictures . . .

This one is a tricky one . . . or is it?

My Sister Is Human!

Orangutan Baby Befriends a Little Girl

January 15th, 2010 

Little Girl is Still Best Buds With an Orangutan
July 13th, 2010
Back in January we posted about this baby orangutan who had taken a liking to a little girl. Well half a year later and the two of them have grown a bit, but are still the best of friends.

January 2011

MEET MOLLY - A PONY WITH A LOT OF HEART

You Gotta Meet Molly!!

Meet Molly.
She's a grey speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Hurricane Katrina hit southern Louisiana . She spent weekson her own before finally being rescued and takento a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled.  While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became infected, and her vet went to LSU for help, but LSU was overwhelmed, and this pony was a welfare case. You know how that goes.But after surgeon Rustin Moore met Molly, he changed his mind. He saw how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn't seem to get sores, and how she allowed people to handle her. She protected her injured leg. She constantly shifted her weight and didn't overload her good leg. She was a smart pony with a serious survival ethic.

Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee, and a temporary artificial limb was built. Molly walked out of the clinic and her story really begins there.

'This was the right horse and the right owner,' Moore insists. Molly happened to be a one-in-a-million patient. She's tough as nails, but sweet, and she was willing to cope with pain. She made it obvious she understood that she was in trouble. The other important factor, according to Moore , is having a truly committed and compliant owner who is dedicated to providing the daily care required over the lifetime of the horse.

Molly's story turns into a parable for life in Post-Katrina Louisiana. The little pony gained weight, and her mane finally felt a comb. A human prosthesis designer built her a leg.

The prosthetic has given Molly a whole new life, Allison Barca DVM, Molly's regular vet, reports.

And she asks for it. She will put her little limb out, and come to you and let you know that she wants you to put it on. Sometimes she wants you to take it off too. And sometimes, Molly gets away from Barca. 'It can be pretty bad when you can't catch a three-legged horse,' she laughs.

Most important of all, Molly has a job now. Kay, the rescue farm owner, started taking Molly to shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers. Anywhere she thought that people needed hope. Wherever Molly went, she showed people her pluck. She inspired people, and she had a good time doing it.

'It's obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life, Moore said. She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope to others.' Barca concluded, 'She's not back to normal, but she's going to be better. To me, she could be a symbol for New Orleans itself.'

This is Molly's most recent prosthesis.  
The bottom photo shows the ground surface
that she stands on,which has a smiley face embossed in it.  
Wherever Molly goes, she leaves a smiley hoof print behind.

God's creatures often reflect the

character we aspire to.


October 2010

Incredible Cheetah Photos

The Law Of The Wild says kill only when you are hungry

Photographer Michel Denis-Huot, who captured these amazing pictures on safari in Kenya 's Masai Mara in October last year, said he was astounded by what he saw:

"These three brothers (cheetahs) have been living together since they left their mother at about 18 months old,' he said.
'On the morning we saw them, they seemed not to be hungry, walking quickly but stopping sometimes to play together.
'At one point, they met a group of impala who ran away. But one youngster was not quick enough and the brothers caught it easily'."

These extraordinary scenes followed:

and then they just walked away 

without hurting Him . . .

"Where there is love, there is life." 

- Gandhi

To See Original Article, Click Here 

February 2011 

Lucky The Dog . . . 

Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named 'Lucky.'  

Lucky was a real character.

Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they would warn their friends to not leave their luggage open, because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his fancy.
Inevitably, someone would forget and something would come up missing.

Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement
and there the treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys.  Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box
and he was very particular that his toys stay in the box.

It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer.
Something told her she was going to die of this disease, in fact;
she was just sure it was fatal.

She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders.
The night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky.  A thought struck her . . . what would happen to Lucky?
Although the three-year-old dog liked Jim,  he was Mary's dog through and through.

If I die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought.  He won't understand that I didn't want to leave him!  The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death.

The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had anticipated and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks.  Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, whining and miserable.

Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital.  When she arrived home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up the steps to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap.

Lucky stood watching Mary, but he didn't come to her when she called.  It made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed.

When Mary woke for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong.  She couldn't move her head and her body felt heavy and hot.  But panic soon gave way to laughter when Mary realized the problem.  She was covered, literally blanketed, with every treasure Lucky owned!

While she had slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the basement bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life.

He had covered her with his love.

Mary forgot about dying.  Instead she and Lucky began living again, walking further and further together every day.  It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free.
Lucky?
He still steals treasures and stashes them in his toy box,
but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

September 2011

Deck of Cards

Here is a wonderful new way to look at a deck of cards!!

Deck of Cards
It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard.
The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week.
As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.

Just then an army sergeant came in and said, 

'Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?'

The soldier replied, 'I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord.'

The sergeant said, 'Looks to me like you're going to play cards.'

The soldier said, 'No, sir!  You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country, I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards.'

The sergeant asked in disbelief, 'How will you do that?'

'You see the Ace, Sergeant?
It reminds me that there is only one God.
The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments.
The Three represents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The Five is for the five virgins.  There were ten, but only five of them were glorified.
The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth.
The Seven is for the day God rested after making His Creation.
The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, 

            their three sons and their wives -- 

            the eight people God spared from
            the flood that destroyed the Earth.
The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy. 

         He cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.
The Ten represents the Ten Commandments 

             that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.
The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of God's first angels, 

                   but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly 

                   and wicked ways and is now the joker of eternal hell.
The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.
The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.
When I count the dots on all the cards, 
I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year.
There are a total of 52 cards in a deck; each is a week - 52 weeks in a year.
The four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
Each suit has thirteen cards -- there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.
So when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for.'
The sergeant just stood there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, 'Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?'

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
Protect them.
Bless them and their families.

In God I Trust!

Drinking/Eating Sugar -

   Each cube is a teaspoonful.

July 2010