Automotive Art

Those of us who proudly admit to being life-long car enthusiasts have always considered that many of the cars we love are a "work of art". We can take our time looking them over, end to end, and top to bottom, taking in all the lines and curves, and appreciating all the styling features that make them the beautiful machine they are.
Many of us read the automotive magazines, study the engineering details, and soak in all the pictures we can find of our favorite models. Some of us follow like-minded enthusiasts on Twitter, Facebook, or other social media, and share our love of cars with thousands of people, from all over the world. We see the beauty that can be appreciated in any language.
As we all know, not everyone agrees. I'm sure we all know some people who just don't get it. They don't see what all the fuss is about. To them, it's just a car. I think they are really missing out on a beautiful aspect of this life.
Some of us enjoy taking our automotive art to another level, adding the images to many forms of artistic expression. The enthusiast posts on social media are full of great examples.

Just a minor example of my own automotive expression.

A Long Hot Summer

The first official day of summer is later this week, but, here in the American Southwest, we have had summer weather for a couple of months now. We have already had many days over 100 degrees, and lots of bright sunshine is pretty much our normal weather around here.
I do enjoy the summer, even though it gets very hot in our part of the country. We just adjust our routine to take advantage of the cooler mornings, and get all our running around done early. I like to be all done with the days chores and just relax indoors by early afternoon.
Where ever you live, I hope everyone can have a great summer. Life is too short. Take advantage of this summer season and enjoy it every chance you get.
You can check out my book at this link: Grab Some Gears

Summer in our part of the world.

The Next "Darwin's Garage"

In the last few days, we have been looking into the prospect of building a new house. We have found a great lot in a good part of town, and have found a suitable floor plan with the right amount of square footage, at the right cost. A big selling point for me is the three car garage. I've missed that on our current home. Our previous place in Northern Utah had an excellent three car garage, and that's a must for any new house, as far as I'm concerned.
As anyone who has gone through this process can attest to, there are a lot of things to consider. This in not an easy decision to make. We may loose some sleep in the next few days. And then, if we decide to go ahead with this project, we will be very busy for the next few months. Wish us luck.

The current  "Darwin's Garage", stay tuned for further developments.