♫ Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form - Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

"And form is the key to organic life since no living thing can exist without it" 
- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago

For those who haven't watched this movie, Doctor Zhivago is a 1965 classic featuring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie and Alec Guinness.

Music by Maurice Jarre

One of the most beautiful movies in my collection!

Get Doctor Zhivago on Amazon or the original soundtrack on iTunes

#Art #Painting Muskoka Chair

Also known as the Adirondack chair, it is usually made with eleven flat pieces of wood and was first designed by Thomas Lee over a hundred years ago while vacationing in the Adirondack Mountains.

We enjoyed a cup of tea several years ago while sitting on these chairs at a friends trailer ☺

Muskoka Chair

12"x16" Oil on canvas

#Technology #Behaviour ♕ Love how the computer goes nuts when it is losing a game of chess :-)

(Btw, I'm just an average player, who plays chess on the train) ☺

When the computer sees a threat, it behaves quite human by threatening my Knight ♞  and King ♚ 

Never mind threats, and never underestimate the value of a pawn, it may end up as a Queen ♛

One more move to Checkmate!

#Barbecuing Fiery Hot Shrimp

Marinade black tiger shrimp and white shrimp for six hours in a mixture of salt, Kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric, fresh crushed garlic, soy sauce, clove and cinnamon powder. 

Arrange the shrimp on wood skewers as shown below 

There are three shrimp on a stick - the large one is a black tiger shrimp from India and the two smaller ones are white shrimp from China (they look like seahorses on a stick)

Turn over and baste with a little oil ...

Invite your friends over, and enjoy!

#Wildlife Night of the Raccoons

As I switched off the lights and turned to the window, I saw a silhouette of something walking on a  branch on the tree outside ...

Got the camera and quickly went outside. Feels like -7 degrees C tonight and the snow mostly frozen glistened in the faded moonlight ...

Two Raccoons ...

Hiding ...

As I write this, I can hear them outside. They sound like monkeys and hey wait ...

There are now four of them!!

Good night!