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A Talented Boston Terrier Balances 25 Days Of Christmas On His Head.




Director Dj Cosgrove and wife Amber originally hail from Columbus, Ohio and now live in Los Angeles along with their adorable and talented Boston Terrier, Turbo.


above: their family portrait from Instagram

Together, between their two instagram accounts, they have shared photos on alternating days of Turbo balancing Christmas items on his head.

Photographed on the same formica flooring (all except for one image) with Christmas lights strewn at his feet, Turbo, who is crazy cute, manages to balance everything from Bumble, The Abominable Snowman to a porcelain teapot on his little black and white head and snout.

25 Days Of Things on Turbo's Head: (okay, technically, I'm sharing 23 days, you'll have to start following them to see the last 2 days)

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DJ and Amber, who themselves are a beautiful hip young couple, are dog lovers and trained Turbo themselves.


above: DJ and Amber Cosgrove

above: Turbo poses between the Cosgroves ( photo courtesy of Joseph Lombardi of Aztech productions)

No tape, glue, wax or any assistance is used. Turbo, who turned 3 on August 5th, has pure talent and has been balancing things on his head since both began their instagram accounts. Earlier images show the treat as motivation on his snout, but as time passed Turbo didn't need the treat for his fantastic feats.


all images © and courtesy of DJ and Amber Cosgrove

I was so happy to stumble upon these images, quite accidentally and now am thrilled to share them with you.

DJ Cosgrove on Instagram
Amber Cosgrove on Instagram

Countdown to Christmas Eve With Google's New Santa Tracker, Chrome App and Interactive Website.




For the past few years I have been writing posts about Norad's Santa Tracker (once a partner of Google's) and how it works as a nice online activity to enjoy with your children and friends. Now that Microsoft's Bing has partnered with Norad, Google has gone all out and created their own Google Maps' Santa Tracker and until it launches on Christmas Eve, you can explore a fun interactive animated site with plenty of games and goodies or download a Google Chrome app for added entertainment.




above: screen grabs of the Village briefing and windtunnel

Santa’s many developer elves, who are hard at work in the North Pole helping Santa prepare for his big day, have combined their elf magic with the latest and greatest in Google Maps technology and sleigh engineering to allow you to follow his progress around the world, and also learn a little about some of his stops along the way.


above: a sneak preview of the Google Santa Tracker which launches on Christmas Eve.

Even without using Google chrome as your browser, you can enjoy the following at the Google Santa Tracker Site:

•Create a Custom Phone Call from Santa in the form of an mp3 file you can send to your friends (This is really cool. It takes a few minutes to make the first one, but it's worth it.)



•You (or your kids) can play one of three games that operates with your keyboard.

Present Drop:


Village Racer:


Jetpack:


If you use Google Chrome, you can download the app and enjoy even more fun like a dashboard tracker, play around with Santa's blimp or elf bus and write messages on a frosty browser window.




•You can Follow Santa on Google+

The friendly elves have also invited you to explore Santa’s village while Santa gets ready for his journey. So go ahead and explore his village, you might just find some fun activities and meet some interesting elves.

The Google Maps Santa Tracker is created and developed by Google, with a little help from Santa’s elves. Need help or have another question? Visit their Help Center to learn more about Santa Tracker.

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The Complete Collection of Hideaways by Rosalie Monod de Froideville



above: The HideAway Adult cozy, made of soft wool

If you ever wanted to just curl up and hide, I have yet to find anything more suitable than Rosalie Monod de Froideville's HideAways.

From the Netherlands this product line of bizarre cozies for everything from adults to dogs has been an ongoing series. Sorry, they don't have any for tea kettles.

Rosalie began the collection with the introduction of the adult, baby and dog wool cozies in October of 2005 and was described as follows:
"We all have these moments when we wish the world could just stop existing for a while. Whether it's to get away from a personal crisis or from universal threats, from time to time all we want to do is curl up and hide. Now, for these moments we have the perfect soultion: the HideAway. Pre-shaped in the hiding-position, this cover has a snug fit and is easy to use. you can get into it fast and easy, anywhere and at any time."



above: The HideAway for Adult


above: The HideAway for Baby


above: The HideAway for Dog

In December of 2005, she added the wool customizable Hideaway Memory Deluxe (also called the HideAway Custom:



Later, in 2006, she began using other materials for outdoor use and added the HideAway Corporate, the HideAway Thug-life and the HideAway Trench:

above: The HideAway Corporate, pin striped with room for briefcase


above: the HideAway Trench


above: The HideAway Thug-life is very 'street'

At this point, the HideAways were available to order directly from the Netherlands. Here's a look at the brochure:



I do not know if they are still available to order, but to inquire, you can contact them at HideAwayenterprises@gmail.com

In June of 2007, the Excursion HideAway came about, set on wheels, complete with handle:


above: the Excursion HideAway

In April of 2008, the Migratory HideAway was born, a compliment to her piece, The Migratory Home


above: the Migratory HideAway

Since then Rosalie has continued with unusual products which you can find on her site here.

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