A New Zealand artist has found a nonconventional way to use traditional woodcut printmaking tools to create splendidly colorful carved paintings, featuring animal and nature motifs. Following designs drawn lightly in chalk atop painted wooden panels, the artist, Hannah Jensen, 37, from Christchurch, New Zealand, plunges her engraving tool into the still slightly soft acrylic…
New Zealand Artist Carves Into Layers of Acrylic Paint to Create Breathtakingly Intricate Animal Artworks
Illinois Landlord Gives House to Longtime Elderly Lady Tenant for the Second Year in a Row
It wasn’t last Christmas but the one the year before when Illinois resident Chad Baker, 45, gave a house to the woman who was renting from him. Just a few months ago, Baker was at it again. The home remodeler, from Decatur, has now given his second of two rental properties to his 84-year-old former…
Sweet Cockatiel Plays a Game of Peekaboo With a Nest of His Baby Bird Brothers
A pet cockatiel that was caught on camera playing a game of “peekaboo” with a nest full of his baby brothers is proving that birds do have loving instincts. Turkish-born professional cockatiel breeder Tolga Sezdi, 27, has had 9-month-old Çapkın since the bird was born. When Çapkın grew curious about one of Sezdi’s latest broods,…
4 Young Men Push Elderly Woman’s Broken Scooter Home in Storm: ‘Be a Hero for Someone’
Caught under a black sky and pouring rain, laden with groceries and a dysfunctional scooter, one elderly Florida woman needed an everyday hero. Instead of one, she got four. In a world where it may seem that genuine kindness and heroism are among the quality goods suffering from supply chain problems, these unexpected heroes were…
Ancient Tales of Wisdom: The Tailor in Heaven
Ancient tales of wisdom remind us of the traditions and moral values that have been treasured all over the world. We hope the stories and messages in our Tales of Wisdom series help uplift the hearts and minds of our readers. This retold tale is one of many audio stories from the discontinued “Ancient Tales…
Paralyzed Bride Practises in Secret to Walk Down the Aisle at Wedding, Stunning Her Groom
A bride who’d dreamed of walking down the aisle her whole life was left paralyzed in a car accident as a high school senior, throwing her future into uncertainty. Yet after meeting the man of her dreams, she summoned the strength to practice walking and surprised the groom by meeting him at the altar on…
Dog Protects Abandoned Newborn Baby Like One of Her Own Puppies in Cold Night
An abandoned newborn baby girl was allegedly saved by a litter of puppies that kept her warm in the field overnight in India. The locals claimed that someone had left the baby during the night in late December 2021, without any clothing and with her umbilical cord still attached, in the Indian state of Chattisgarh;…
Library Book Borrowed in 1911 Finally Returned After 110 Years—And Here’s What the Late Fees Would Total:
A long-overdue library book finally found its way back on the shelves an incredible 110 years late after someone had borrowed it in 1911. The said book, “New Chronicles of Rebecca” by Kate Douglas Wigan, published in 1907, tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall who was raised in rural Maine, and is the sequel…
Video: Man Builds Tall Fence to Keep His ‘Airborne’ Dog in the Yard, but the Plan Backfires
Keen to prevent his youngest dog from escaping the yard, a man built a tall fence around his Kentucky home to keep her in. But the plan backfired; the dog made light work of the wooden perimeter, and her funny acrobatics have made her a social media sensation. “I built the fence when I moved…
Mom-of-3 Transforms Home Into 1970s Time Capsule and Manages to Get Everything for Less Than $25
A mother from Chicago has created an incredible “time capsule” home that will transport you to the 1970s and also revealed that every piece of furniture is second hand and costs less than $25. Writer Corbyn Hanson Wittig, 51, took on the huge endeavor of transforming her new home with four bedrooms into a vintage…
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