flicker. to my great alarm, he was after all in the presence of her majesty. hi husband suddenly lit up and darted across the room. peter had spotted the cause of the flickering light. one of the queen s young corgis, a beautiful pup named sandy, was eating through a lamp switch. sandy emerged unscathed. just like all my predecessors as first minister and prime ministers, i deeply valued the time i spent alone with the queen. her words of wisdom, counsel, and humor will stay in my heart for the rest of my life. however, the memory i cherish most is not from balmoral or from audiences, it is from 2015
now for your daily dose of cuteness. the chicago zoological society is announcing birth of the beautiful pup at the brookfield zoo born at 7:00 in the morning on new year s day. the zoo s first animal birth of the year and first of his species to be born there. he weighed in at just under 25 pounds at birth but will triple his weight in the next month or so and he s going to stay off exhibit for a few weeks to allow him to bond with his mama. you have to see this to believe it. huge sinkhole here in hawaii triggered by heavy rains. you see where the camera moves, move again here. a white pickup has collapsed inside. amazingly the driver was able to climb out of that and was hospitalized with only minor injuries. she says the road just swallowed