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 2024 had been a 'year of completion' for me!  If you scroll down, you'll see that I've recently finished writing and editing my first novel - The Nunavut I Knew!  This was a four year effort!!  You'll also see a post highlighting the completion of a 3' x 3' artwork that took me five years to complete using puzzle pieces as my medium.  Now... I'm proud to showcase my latest artwork, that I just picked up yesterday, that is entitled 215! When you click on the link below you will see how this artwork started several years ago, as well!  I kinda like seeing many of my efforts coming to an end... although their ends are more a beginning if you ask me.  Now that these works are done, I've got to find ways to share them with the world!  I'm about to start looking at finding a publisher for my novel.  My puzzle artwork needs to find a home and 215 is about to begin a journey of it's own, as this story will show...

215

Please enjoy this effort! 

More Than Meets The Eye...

  It recently came to my attention that many people are checking out my website on their phones!  This is great... but this site is created for laptop viewing and many phone users are missing A LOT of content!

I asked one visitor to my site if she had viewed my poetry or video tabs.  She didn't know what I was talking about and it became clear that she thought I only had 5 or 6 posts on this site.  These 5 or 6 posts are what you are now seeing just on my 'home' page.

So... here's how you can access SO MUCH MORE content on this page, if you are using a phone...

If you simply click on the small black arrow that's pointing down on the right side of the small bar that (on my phone) says '(Move to...)' that is located right above the first post... another page will appear with all of my tabs... including 'Art Gallery', 'Video Gallery', 'Poetry Gallery', and soooo much more!

There is literally enough content on this website to entertain and inspire you for days on end!!!

So... have fun investigating all that bitsandpeaces.com has to offer!!! 

Ohhhh... and don't forget to find me on Facebook & Instagram! 

FINALLY DONE!!! Ummmm... almost!

 Many of you know that I've been working on my first novel for quite some time!  It took me two years to write the first draft of The Nunavut I Knew and I've spent the last two years editing it!

I'm very happy to share that I completed this phase of this project just yesterday!!!!

Here is a link to the page I created that tells the story about how this novel came to life... and for fun, I've shared an excerpt from Chapter 1, for your interest!  Please enjoy...

The Making Of... The Nunavut I Knew

Devon... The Songwriter!

 

Hungry Words On The Wind

Devon has evolved as a musician over these last many years!

He is now a song writer!

Over the summer, Devon has written 3 songs!

This is the story about the song that he wrote called Hungry Words On The Wind... and how he recently performed this song for an audience!!!! 

Devon's Gravitrax Videos on Youtube

 A few months ago, Devon and I began to promote his Youtube channel where he shares a lot of fun videos showcasing our Gravitrax building adventures.  These videos are very creative and will definitely crack you up in many instances!!!

I didn't want Devon to think that he'd be an overnight smash sensation... so we set realistic goals.  We figured that if we could get around 50 subscribers and around 600 views of all of his videos that this would be a great!!!  Well... I'm happy to share that his channel now has 36 subscribers (almost at his goal) and he's nearing 1000 views (waaaay past his goal).  So this is great news!

When we first started uploading his video, Joanne suggested that we also make Youtube shorts to further promote the channel.  Shorts are 10-40 second long videos that give a viewer a taste of what they'll find in our longer videos!  I love how we can also add music to these videos.  Anyone who knows me well will not be surprised to listen and hear how we've got a great selection of Rock'N'Roll to accompany these shorts!

SO....

I'll start you off with a link to a webpage where I go into a bit more detail about all of this as well as sharing links to Devon's videos and shorts...

Devon's Gravitrax Youtube Videos

Please enjoy!!!!

FINALLY!!!! DONE!!!!

 

This is a 3'-0" x 3'-0" wood canvas!  

The artwork was created using puzzle pieces!  

This project began in January 2019!!!  

This project was completed on March 8, 2024 at 6:16pm!!!

I am so happy that the finale for this project was such a success!

I've spent the last 4 hours finishing my story and getting

the photos posted so that I can share the entire story with you...

Please enjoy...

Puzzle Artwork by Mr. Jim

Whoot! Whoot!  A fun update...

Until just two hours ago, I have never been able to share a good quality image of this artwork.  All my photos create an image that is not square... mostly because the art is so big that I can't get a decent photo of the art.  A few days ago, I tracked down a photography studio in downtown London, Ontario where they have a scanner that was big enough to handle a 3' x 3' image!  I'm very excited to share this scanned image with you all...

Just click on the link above... to the longest blog story I've ever written... haha... and right at the end of the story you will be able to see the scanned image!

Oh... I've finally figured out a name for this artwork, as well!  I share the title with the scanned image!  Please enjoy...

Make bitsandpeaces.com a 'favourite'

This website is very new and since I have close to 20 years of art, music and stories to share with you, it is easy to realize that many more posts are still to come....

Mark this page as a 'favourite' and visit again and again to see the many inspiring efforts that will fill your heart with love and peace, as we work together to create a better world for future generations!