Antony Gibbon's Lord Of The Rings Treetop Dwellings...

Looking like some treetop dwellings for the Elves of Lothlorien in JR Tolkiens Lord Of The Rings, Antony Gibbon's Roost Treehouses are designed to copy the curvaceous and organic forms found in Nature.
The intention was to create a treehouse using materials from sustainable sources that blended in and almost became part of the tree, being camouflaged by the surrounding foliage.
Each treehouse is harnessed to the treetrunk using a bracing technique that causes no damage to the tree or inhibits its growth
in any way.
One central spiral staircase leads to the treetop platform and each Roost sleeps two regular size people my precious...

In New Zealand We're Teaching Old Dogs New Driving Tricks...

Ginny, a Whippet Cross, Porter a Border Collie Cross and Monty a Giant Schnauzer just happened to be three of the abandoned dogs that abound in New Zealand.
The SPCA decided to try and teach a few of their homeless dogs some skills to up the profile of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and to change the public's perception of the intelligence of rescued dogs.
Who knows, there may be some openings for these canny canines as taxi drivers or racecar drivers or, or, or airline pilots.
The well known and world acclaimed animal trainer Mark Vette who's team have trained animals for Lord of The Rings and The Last Samurai have been preparing the pooches for their live performance on NZ television.
It's hard to concentrate on doing things right said Monty, who became the world's first driving dog, when all these back seat drivers are yelling and cheering and taking photos. It's not really such a big deal 'cause in New Zealand, political animals run the country, but not very well, a bit like performing seals really.
And if you're really lucky you might even see a flying tortoise.
You can see more here Monty, here Porter, here Ginny...

Where The Hobbits Live...

Bilbo Baggins invited me down to Hobbiton, where the Hobbits live.
Where RJ Tolkien's Middle Earth writings of The Lord Of The Rings were based. Where Peter Jackson filmed the famous trilogy.
This film set at New Zealand's Matamata is just like the real thing...