Hidden songs

by the hand of Your Spirit
play the strings of my heart
and reveal

all my
hidden songs

by Your love

let me hear it



when the song in my heart is not for You

hold me in Your hands
receive me as I am
and take
take me away
I wanna be in the secret place

on the waves of Your mercy
I will sail on Your sea
I will give to You all of me

in the light of Your glory
I will lay on my face and worship You




hold me in Your hands
receive me as I am

and take
take me away
I wanna be in the secret place
with You is where I wanna be

Lord I worship You
Lord I love You
Lord I love You
Lord I need You
Lord I love You
Lord I need You
Lord I worship You

and I lift my heart and my hands to You
all my days

Secret Place, By Lincoln Brewster

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:1

The Bible, New King James Version

Striking artwork

Yesterday I came across a rather unique artist's rendering of a bird not unlike a sparrow but with a slightly longer tail. Notice the white breast feathers, the brown and delicate black shadings on its wings, and its head tucked out of sight under its wing. Varying textures were used throughout to give a 3-D affect. Interposed on the canvas behind the bird, is a barely visible camera as if to suggest a birdwatcher capturing the moment. Interesting and striking piece of work.

Well, the artist part might not be the whole truth.

But it definitely involves a bird, perhaps a large one.....striking...yah, that would be accurate.

Actually, here's another picture of it which will perhaps give you a different perspective. That is a car door handle at the upper left.

It was indeed a striking piece of work, and according to my husband, it was not a beautiful sight to clean it up! See...I've been telling you birds are creative creatures!

Let the Games Begin...(and the Promises)

Gotta love Canadian politics. We will be exposed to 6 intense weeks of election fervour as opposed to...what is it?...2....or does it seem like 5 years of American campaign rhetoric?

The competition has begun. And after hearing the promises starting to roll in today, I have just one piece of advice for the party leaders that may save a lot of needless arguing.

Why not simply make a promise similar to that of the big box stores?

"For every single thing our opposition promises....we'll
beat it by 10%. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back."

Of Cardinals and Crows

If it's not already evident, I am an avid bird watcher - well at least in my own neighbourhood. I'm not a junkie or anything - like those people who go out at early morning hours into wooded areas or ponds to count birds and keep records...

But I keep an eye on the birds in our yard and lately it's been all about cardinals and crows. Who doesn't love a cardinal? Beautiful, graceful, faithful birds. The most I have ever seen at a time is usually a family of four. Mom and Dad take turns helping each other feed and raise the young son and daughter - everything but the picket fence and the golden retriever....(well actually she is nearby). But this year I can't even count all the cardinals. I've counted up to nine at once in a tree and then I lose track. So we have set up special feeders just for them (try to tell that to the squirrels), with their favorite offering of sunflower and safflower seeds.

Tonight we spotted yet another small baby cardinal being steadily, faithfully fed by his Dad from one of our feeders. But then we heard the 'Caw Caw!!' of a crow above and Dad flew off. I don't know if the baby is okay because we had to leave.

Crows around our place always seem to travel in threes. When you're used to viewing songbirds, the crows remind me of huge thugs from the mafia - with New Joisey accents and cigars in their mouths. It got me interested in what crows eat - I was hoping it wasn't baby birds, but well...let's not talk about that.

I googled crows and did a little research. I've always heard that crows were super intelligent so I got a chuckle out of this video on Youtube.

And this one, though it made me a little nervous. (I don't like wild birds around who might be more intelligent than me).

Although I think it's very cool, I doubt you'll find me doing this with any crow (or raven) anytime soon....nor with a skittish cardinal, though I'd love to.