Recipes for living, loving and laughing:Jo, Elliott, Cloey & Zoey's adventures

Punch is his name and  events that have captured the attention of animal lovers worldwide, Punch — the young macaque   at a zoo in Japan   famous for his inseparable bond with a stuffed orangutan toy — has reached a major milestone in his journey toward social integration. On Thursday, visitors and staff at the Ichikawa Zoological and Botanical Garden witnessed a breakthrough: Punch was seen cuddling with and hitching a ride on the back of a fellow macaque. Punch’s story began with hardship. He was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth in July 2025 — and to ensure   his survival , zookeepers stepped in to hand-rear the primate.  not so nice videos are around that I will not show; in fact, I won't look at myself. I have always loved monkeys. I can stand at a zoo and watch the primates for hours.  BABY MONKEY CARRIES FAITHFUL STUFFED COMPANION EVERYWHERE HE GOES, DRAWING CROWDS AT ZOO This toy was made by Ikea and sold out instantly. I bought one fr...

 Dee used to love me. She has told me so many times. I was taken aback when she messaged me a political post (I am left. She is right.) I posted it on Facebook and got 180 comments addressing the picture rather than the reason I posted it. I will post it here.  There is a story here and when you have fewer years ahead than you do behind you, life changes. The woman who sent me this used to love me even with my politics. In May for an unknown reason her adult grandchildren took our grandchildren out of our lives. I can speculate as to why, but we love those kids more than is possible. She needed us at first. We dropped anything we had going on so they could stay over. There are many many articles about this new pandemic of adult children doing what these 2 have done. There are reasons that might be true or not, but we never spanked those kids or were anything but trustworthy and loved people in their lives. What do you think they are being told about Nana and Papa? Here today g...