It is better for me to #light a candle, than to curse the darkness :-)

Audi Snowflakes

♫ If you like the sound of the electric guitar, it's hard not to like this version of Pachelbel's Canon

                                                   Get Canon by FunTwo on iTunes

♫ #Christmas Driving back home after that first snowfall, got a happy feeling listening to this @AmyGrant tune

                           "There's a happy feeling nothing in this world can buy ..." - Amy Grant

                                                  Get Sleigh Ride by Amy Grant on iTunes

♫ Which song from the 70's has words from Psalm 137 and Psalm 19 ?

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer - Psalm 19:14

#Cheese I love Hebrews 13:2 and white Stilton with Cranberry

Tastes best when shared ☺

Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! - Hebrews 13:2

This, then, is how you should pray - Jesus

                                                          The Lord's Prayer in Aramaic

♪ Listening to favourites from the 70's

"Some people never say those words "I love you"

But like a child, they're longing to be told" - Paul Simon

Get Something So Right by Paul Simon on iTunes

#Money Whenever I am at the mercy of a #bank, #insurance company or #tax collector, I am reminded of Matthew 22:15-22

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?”
But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away - Matthew 22:15-22

Out there in those days, I couldn't find a jacket I liked, so I made my own ...

This is one of three leather jackets I've made so far ... (my friend who lives in the jungle owns one of them)

Notice the imperfect lines of the stitches on the inside ☺

That's what happens when it's completely handmade ...

I used a needle (like the one cobblers use to repair shoes), some tough thread ...

                                                                     ...  And a lot of patience!

Adding copper and graphite while #painting the winter wheels

Fading graphite into matte black on the outside ...

And adding metallic copper on the inside ...

For those of you guys in fast cars who have many a time asked me on the road - below is how I paint the letters ☺

The mountain/snowflake symbol shows that a tire meets the required performance in snow testing

Cannot wait to put these on soon ...

I wonder if winter will be mild or extreme this year

The smoke coming out of the road on Yonge Street reminded me of the geysers at #Yellowstone National Park :-)

Click here to see what traffic can look like at Yellowstone National Park ☺

♫ "I see it and I hear it, but how can I explain, the #wonder of the moment" - ABBA

"... How I treasure every minute

Being part of it, being in it

With the urge to move on ..." - ABBA

Get Move On on iTunes

#Art Listening to Gordon Lightfoot and #painting Hardy Lake

This is my first painting in 7 months ...

Hardy Lake is in the Muskoka region and it's very scenic at this time of the year ...

Since the '70s the songs and music of Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) and Gordon Lightfoot have been a source of inspiration for me while painting. Here is one of my favourite Gordon Lightfoot songs - Whispers of the North available on iTunes

Hardy Lake

24"x36" oil on canvas

♪ May the angels protect me if all else should fail, when the last ship sails - Sting

Get The Last Ship on iTunes

#Art #PaintingInProgress Been painting for the last six hours ... :-)

To be continued when the first layer dries ...

♫ Listening to Isaiah 59:20 ♪

                                                                            
The words are here

My favourite version of this song is from the Christmas album by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (not available on YouTube). 
It's called Christmas with Kiri Te Kanawa.

Very powerful lyrics as well!

♫ O come, thou Branch of Jesse draw
The quarry from the lion's claw;
From the dread caverns of the grave,
From nether hell, thy people save ♪

Get O Come  O Come Immanuel from the Christmas album by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa on iTunes

Rejoice friends!! 
☺

Turning back #time before 2 am

Synchronize time to the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock

or read Time Flies ☺

#FamilyTime is movie time :-)

I'd rate this movie 9.2 out of 10

                                                                        Get Where Eagles Dare on Amazon

Haven't done a #painting in 7 months ...

... thanks to the busy, stressful, materialistic North American lifestyle (for which I am to blame) :-)

Hope to start a painting soon on this 24"x 36" canvas ...

My last painting was Wild Horses at Sunset, Montana