Listening to Gordon Lightfoot and Painting Storm Clouds over Lake Ontario, Canada

 

 

It's been a while since I did a painting.

Been working on other leather and metal craft projects

It's a gloomy rainy day,

And this is a view of Lake Ontario in Canada 

                        The name Ontario is derived from the Iroquoian word Kaniatarí:io or Oniatarí:io 

Meaning "lake of shining waters" or "beautiful lake"

Lake Ontario has existed for more than 11,000 years! 

And it surely is a beautiful Lake!
 

Storm Clouds over Lake Ontario, Canada

 

16" x 20" oil painting on canvas 

Roll On - J.J. Cale 🎸

"If the sun don't shine this evening
And the rain is falling down
Don't grieve just 'cause it's cloudier
C'mon down to the corner
We're having a party there ..."

Roll On - J.J. Cale 

 

Watching the Hummingbird before the rain

                        There's only one bird that can fly backwards, and upside down!

       And every year, they visit us starting in the spring because we've planted a garden just for them, 

         and the monarch butterflies. 

                 The amazing thing is before migrating south for the winter, 

                              these tiny birds double their body weight. 

                       They then undertake a non-stop 20-hour flight across the Gulf of Mexico, 

                       traveling roughly 800 kilometres over open water without a single break.

       This is the male ruby-throated hummingb

These photos from today

 

 

 

Photos and video from previous years

 

https://www.koshy.ca/2024/08/ruby-throated.html 

Lawn

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Dirty Tires

 Wish there were more places around here I could drive off-road

    Maybe we should move away from the crowded city

To someplace where there are no people or roads