Very large storms on Sun

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/15/great-eruption-solar-explosion_n_796744.html

Intense storms apparently covering half the sun's surface.  Solar flares 400,000 miles high.  Not human-friendly on the surface of the sun!

http://www.bing.com/videos/?FORM=MFEVID&publ=86A2F0DB-6F41-42B4-B28F-215BE6F24A97&crea=STND_MFEVID_core_HuffPoQ2FY2011_CustomVidLink_1x1&q=sun+eruption&docid=305760240838&FORM=HUFPST#

More (yet more) on the Science-Religion debate, again

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-alan-lurie/can-the-existence-of-god-_b_794308.html

This debate will never be proved either for or against, or this I believe.  But it is interesting.  I think it is a valuable debate merely because we need to think about the points raised.  Persons of faith should not blindly accept what they are told.  Scientists should be open to new ideas and not accept that because something cannot be proven (God) it cannot exist.

Hidden Code in Mona Lisa's Eyes?

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/301426

Checked Snopes but no information about this.  Did Da Vinci hide some information in the eyes of the Mona Lisa?  I wouldn't be surprised.

Robert Bateman's Web-Site

http://www.robertbateman.ca/
 

http://www.robertbateman.ca/

This web-site is full of treasures by Mr. Bateman:  his art, his address to Royal Roads University in Victoria upon recieving an honourary doctorate, a feature for children. . .He wants to share his love of the planet we all live on through his art and essays.
 
The painting above is one of my personal favourites:  called "Midnight:  Black Wolf".  The wolf is hiding and yet is in plain sight. 

Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, by Celtic Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPeVIuRjUi4&feature=related

I love music like this.  Sublime, elegant, meaningful.  Perfect harmony and pure voices.

Robert Bateman turns 80

http://www.bcmag.ca/issue/article/?id=3016

One of our best treasures, the great Robert Bateman, who paints pictures of nature so well that they look like photographs, lives on Saltspring Island in British Colombia.  He turned 80 recently, looks 60 and feels like 40.  His paintings are every one masterpieces.

Celtic Woman: "You Raise Me Up"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-17NWRddUk&feature=related

This is a song that we sing at church and it does indeed raise me up.  It raises my spirits when I am down and makes me glad I'm alive.  These ladies perform it wonderfully with amazing harmony and pure voices.