GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Compass

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Compass: Painting by: J.R Hilton COMPASS WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON 2017 I WONDERED SO MANY TIMES  WHY I DID THE THINGS I'VE ...

Lyrics: Compass

Painting by: J.R Hilton

COMPASS

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017

I WONDERED SO MANY TIMES 

WHY I DID THE THINGS I'VE DONE

THEN I MOVED ON

LEFT ALL THAT BEHIND ME

TRADED IT FOR THE THINGS I DID NEXT

NOTHING SPECIAL, MUCH THE SAME

JUST ANOTHER TEN YEARS, IN THE GAME

BLINDED BY DESIRE, FEEDING THE FIRE

UNTIL IT'S OUT OF CONTROL

PUT IT OUT THEN IT'S TIME TO GO

 COMPASS COMPASS POINT THE WAY

WHICH DIRECTION, IS IT GONNA BE TODAY

I HOPE IT'S LOVELY ON THE WAY

ONE BAD DECISION LEADS TO MORE

WHY NOT MAKE IT THREE OR FOUR

WHILE I'M STILL BULLETPROOF

YOU MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE

YOU TRY TO PUT ALL THAT HURT

IN THE PAST

BUT IT ALL TAKES TIME

TO CROSS THE DIVIDING LINE

WHAT KIND OF NEW BEGINNING IS THIS AT THE END

IF I HAS A CRYSTAL BALL, I'D BE SUCH A KNOW IT ALL 

COMPASS COMPASS, POINT ME IN THE DIRECTION

OF THE SUN

TO PEACEFUL DAYS

FILLED WITH LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING

THAT FEEDS MY DREAMS

TOUCHES MY DESIRES

LORD KNOWS I'VE HAD ENOUGH, SADNESS AND TEARS

REGRETFUL DECISIONS THAT BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES

THANKS TO THE GRACES THAT SET ME FREE

LEAVE ME IN WONDER

WALLOW IN SPLENDOR

WASH OVER ME, THE TIDES OF FORTUNE

KEEP THE WAY CLEAR

GET RID OF THE DISTORTION

SUNDOWNS, THAT MELT IN THE SKY

REVEALING ENDLESS STARS, TO MY EYES

NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE PRIZE

TAKEN FOR GRANTED, FOR WAY TOO LONG

FLIGHTS OF FANCY OVER NOW

I'M STANDING STRONG

COMPASS COMPASS, POINT THE WAY

AVOID THE PERILS AND THE PITFALLS

EACH BRIDGE I CROSS BRINGS ME CLOSER

TO THE OTHER SIDE, FROM THE SIDE I'M ON

WHICH DIRECTION, I'M ALREADY GONE

LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM

IT WAS ONE I'D NEVER SEEN

LOVELY FRAMED IN BLUE AND GREEN

 

 

 

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Just A Love Song

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Just A Love Song:  JUST A LOVE SONG WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON 2017  TAKE MY HAND TAKE MY HEART GET TO KNOW ME EVERY PART HOW I FEEL WHEN YOU...

Lyrics: Just A Love Song

 JUST A LOVE SONG

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017 


TAKE MY HAND
TAKE MY HEART
GET TO KNOW ME
EVERY PART
HOW I FEEL
WHEN YOU GO AWAY
ALWAYS TURNS INTO JUST ANOTHER DAY
THOUGHT THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

I LIKE YOUR WAY OF THINKING
I LIKE WHERE ALL THIS IS HEADED TO
ONE PLACE TOGETHER
ME AND YOU
WHAT BETTER PLACE TO START
THE THINGS YOU SAY
GO TO MY HEART AND STAY
THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
PLAYING IN YOUR EYES
I JUST HAVE TO SAY
YOU'RE THE SWEETEST SURPRISE
NOW I KNOW WHY LOVE COULDN'T FIND ME
THE BEST IS ALWAYS SAVED FOR LAST

TAKE MY HAND
TAKE MY HEART
JUST MAKE SURE, ONCE YOU START
YOU NEVER STOP
DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT
DANCE WITH ME FOREVER
LIKE AN ANGEL, DON'T YOU EVER STOP 
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
I WON'T CHANGE MY MIND
THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE OF YOU TO FIND
THIS IS OUR TIME
YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT
BUT YOU'RE ALREADY MINE
 

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Reflections in the Sunset ( Goodbye)

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Reflections in the Sunset ( Goodbye): REFLECTIONS IN THE SUNSET (GOODBYE) WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON 2017 IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG RUN AND NOW I THINK IT&...

Lyrics: Reflections in the Sunset ( Goodbye)

REFLECTIONS IN THE SUNSET

(GOODBYE)

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

2017

IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG RUN

AND NOW I THINK IT'S CLOSE TO DONE

MOUNTAINS OF SORROW

RIVERS OF JOY

BOTH RUN THROUGH MY VEINS

EVERYTHING ALIKE

BUT NOTHING THE SAME

CIRCULATING JUST LIKE THE SUN 

AS LIFE SLOWLY EBBS AWAY 

I GUESS I'VE DONE IT

CLOSE TO ALL

THE THINGS THAT I MISSED

DON'T MEAN MUCH AT ALL NOW

AND MOST OF WHAT I'VE SEEN

LEFT ME ENTHRALLED

THE LESSONS THAT I HAD TO LEARN

ALL THE TIMES I CRASHED AND BURNED

MANY LESSONS TWICE OR MORE

WHAT IS WRONG AND WHAT IS RIGHT

LEADING WITH MY HEART WAS WRONG

I GUESS I KNEW IT ALL ALONG

SOMETIMES YOUR DEMONS NEVER GO AWAY

IT'S ALL YOU CAN DO, JUST TO HOLD THEM AT BAY

THE WIRE THAT HOLDS THEM BACK IS OLD AND FRAYED

THE MILES IN BETWEEN

ALL THE THINGS I'VE SEEN, ARE MANY

AND THE TIMES NOT FILLED WITH STRUGGLES ARE FEW 

I PASSED SO MANY MILESTONES

IT WAS NEVER EASY

BUT I GOT ALONG

SOMETIMES JUST BARELY

SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL

SOMETIMES I COULDN'T WALK, I HAD TO CRAWL

JUST TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD

KEEP MY DARK THOUGHTS AT ARMS LENGTH

CAREFUL HOW YOU THINK

CAREFUL HOW YOU SAY

YOU HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL

 ABOUT EVERYTHING THESE DAYS

LOOKING BACKWARDS INTO THE CLOUDS OF TIME

IF I SAW THEM ONCE

I SAW THEM A THOUSAND TIMES

ETCHED INTO MY MIND

BURNING BRIDGES THAT I CROSSED

THE CINDERS FELL INTO SWIRLING WATERS

BUT THE LESSONS WERE NEVER LOST

THE GOOD THINGS THAT I KEPT

HELPED ME TO FORGET

THE THINGS I THREW AWAY

THERE'S NO REDEMPTION IN REGRET

THE SUNSET PEEKING THROUGH THE PINES

IS GETTING DIM

JUST LIKE MY OWN EYES

MY LIFE IS JUST A WHIM

A FANCIFUL EXISTENCE

PLAYING AGAINST TIME

IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

 

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: CANADIAN PATRIOTS (YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE...

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: CANADIAN PATRIOTS (YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE...: CANADIAN PATRIOTS ( YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE) WRITTEN BY : J.R HILTON  2017 WHERE IS THE SENSE AND SE...

CANADIAN PATRIOTS (YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE)

CANADIAN PATRIOTS

( YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE)

WRITTEN BY : J.R HILTON 

2017

WHERE IS THE SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

THINGS ARE HEADED DOWNHILL QUICKLY 

EVERYONE'S LOOKING A LITTLE GREEN AND SICKLY

PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER, THE LIGHTS BEEN CAST

AND IT DOESN'T LOOK SO GOOD

THE SYSTEMS BEEN COMPROMISED

YOUR OPINIONS DON'T MATTER TO THEM ANYMORE

THE BORDERS WIDE OPEN

IT'S US AGAINST THEM

NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE ANARCHY TO MAKE A POINT

TIRED OF ALL THESE DEMANDS

MORE TAXES AND REFUGEE PLANS

YOU CAN'T SPEAK ON OUR BEHALF WITHOUT OUR OPINIONS

TIRED OF YOU TAKING OUR MILLIONS AND GIVING THEM AWAY

 YOU DON'T SEEM TO GET IT

 SO WE'LL HELP HELP YOU UNDERSTAND

 YOU FORGOT THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A SAY

WHO ARE YOU TO CHANGE THAT

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR WAY

YOU DON'T FOOL US EVEN A LITTLE BIT

TAKING ALL YOUR SELFIES AND TALKING SHIT

NOT A SHRED OF COMMON SENSE

NARCISSISTIC AND A LITTLE DENSE

YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE

ALIENATED AND ABANDONED THE COMMON MAN

BETRAYED US ONE AND ALL

TO SATISFY YOUR LUST FOR MONEY AND POWER

SENTENCED US TO POVERTY

TOOK AWAY OUR LIBERTY

THREATEN OUR WAY OF LIFE

YOU ATTACK OUR TRADITIONS

AS YOU SELL THEM DOWN THE ROAD

YOUR THREE MINUTES OF FAME IS UP

NOW YOU'RE JUST A FOOL ABOUT TO FALL

TO A PLACE AS LOW AS YOU ARE

YOU BRING THE FEATHERS I'LL BRING THE TAR

SINCE WHEN WAS THIS COUNTRY, YOURS TO GIVE AWAY

THIS TIME YOU WENT TOO FAR

IT ENDS AND BEGINS THE MIDNIGHT HOUR

 

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: All In This Dream

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: All In This Dream: ALL IN THIS DREAM WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON 2017 WHEN I WAKE UP I LIKE TO HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE SEA I LIKE TO S...

Lyrics: All In This Dream

ALL IN THIS DREAM

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

2017

WHEN I WAKE UP

I LIKE TO HEAR

THE SOUNDS OF THE SEA

I LIKE TO SIT AND GAZE

WHILE I HAVE MY TEA

STROLL DOWN THE BEACH LEISURELY

FEEDS MY SOUL, SOOTHES MY HEART

CLEARS MY HEAD, SETS ME APART

FROM THE MACHINE

MY TIME IS ONLY MINE

SUNSHINE OR RAIN, IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME

THAT'S CALLED BEING FREE

SO FAR IT'S ELUDED ME

IT'S ALL IN THIS DREAM

IN BETWEEN THE WORLD THAT IS MINE

AND THE ONE I SEEM TO HAVE LEFT BEHIND

SEE ME RISE, PHOENIX FROM ASH

INTO THE ENDLESS BLUE SKIES

TAKE ME, SHAKE ME, TO SEE IF I'M AWAKE

I KNOW IT'S BEEN AWHILE

SINCE I ASKED FOR A MIRACLE

BUT I COULD USE ONE NOW

IN BETWEEN, ALL THESE DREAMS

LIFE CAN MEAN SO MANY THINGS

AND WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING

THAT'S THE BEST TIME TO REFLECT ON

ALL THAT IS, AND ALL THAT COULD BE

THAT'S THE BEST IT GETS FOR NOW

THE REST WILL COME SOMEDAY I'M SURE SOMEHOW

I CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF THE SEA

CALLING OUT TO ME

LOUDER AND HEAVIER WITH THE COMING OF A STORM

I'LL JUST WISH A LITTLE HARDER

PUSH A LITTLE FARTHER

I WON'T REST UNTIL MY FEET ARE IN THE SAND

SUNNY SHORES AND BLUE SKIES ARE MINE

I'LL BE THERE ON A GOLDEN MORNING

A SPLENDID DAY, ALL MINE, WHY NOT WHO'S TO SAY

SITTING ON THE BEACH, IN THE SHADE

DRINKING ICY LEMONADE

ALL IN THIS DREAM, ANYWHERE, ANYTHING

JUST PUT ME AT THE SEA AND LEAVE ME BE

FOR AN ETERNITY

ALL IN THIS DREAM

IT MEANS MORE THAN ANYTHING

SUNSHINE, OR RAIN

 

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: NOSEHILL PARK, CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA ( HISTORY AN...

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: NOSEHILL PARK, CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA ( HISTORY AN...: NOSE HILL PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON 2017  NOSE HILL PARK ISN'T A PARK IN THE TRADITIONAL SEN...

NOSE HILL PARK, CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA ( HISTORY AND GUIDE )

NOSE HILL PARK, CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017 

NOSE HILL PARK ISN'T A PARK IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE OF A CITY PARK

LOCATED IN NW CALGARY, ITS A VERY BIG AND SPREAD OUT HILL, COVERING 4.5 SQUARE MILES, 11,27 SQUARE KILOMETERS, OF RARE GRASSLANDS, PATHWAYS AND TRAILS THAT CRISSCROSS THE ENTIRE PARK
BOTH PAVED AND UN- PAVED.
THE HILL REACHES 4,035 FT. IN ALTITUDE AT IT'S HIGHEST POINT
IT'S BORDERED ON THE SOUTH SIDE BY JOHN LAURIE BLVD. TO THE WEST BY SHAGANAPPI TRAIL, AND ON THE EAST BY 14ST. MacEwen Glen BORDERS THE NORTH SIDE. 

HISTORICAL DATA

A LARGE RIVER THAT FLOWED FROM THE WEST BEFORE THE LAST GLACIAL AGE

DEPOSITED GRAVEL ON TOP OF THE SANDSTONE AND SHALE THAT FORMED THE HILLS BEDROCK. DURING THE LAST ICE AGE 15,000 YEARS AGO, ICE SHEETS WORE AWAY THE ROCK AND GRAVEL.

 WHEN THE ICE AGE ENDED, IT LEFT GLACIAL TILL ON THE TOP OF THE HILL AS IT RETREATED. THE GLACIERS RETREAT FORMED A HUGE GLACIAL LAKE

IN THE DEPRESSION THAT CALGARY'S  NOW OCCUPIES.

 THIS LAKE DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS IN THE SIDE OF THE HILL.

WHEN THE RIVER NOW KNOWN AS THE BOW STARTED TO FLOW FROM BOW GLACIER

IT ERODED THOSE SEDIMENTS AND HELPED SHAPE THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HILL.

FROM THE BOTTOM OF THIS HILL, ONE ONLY NOTICES A HILL COVERED WITH GRASS AND LACED WITH PATHWAYS AND TRAILS. IT'S QUITE DECEIVING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET UP THERE, THERE ARE MORE TREES THAN ONE WOULD IMAGINE THAT ARE TUCKED INTO LITTLE HIDDEN RAVINES AND COULEES.
 THERE IS A SMALL POND THAT FORMS IN A EAST SIDE GULLY IN SPRING AND DISAPPEARS BY MID SUMMER. DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE AREA YOU ARE ADVISED TO STAY ON THE PATHWAYS. SOME ARE PAVED AND MANY PEOPLE RIDE THEIR BIKES THROUGH THE PARK. IT ALSO PROVIDES AN OFF LEASH AREAS FOR DOGS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARK. MANY PEOPLE USE THIS PARK TO WALK DOGS.


 PARKING LOTS AND AVAILABLE AMENITIES ARE LOCATED AS FOLLOWS

  

THIS PARK IS THE THIRD LARGEST URBAN PARK OF ITS KIND IN NORTH AMERICA.

IT'S A MUNICIPAL PARK AND IT'S HOME TO MORE THAN 66 NATIVE VASCULAR PLANTS

PARRY OAT GRASS, PRAIRIE CROCUS, GOLDEN BEAN, BEDSTRAW, AND SAGE TO NAME A FEW. 95% OF GRASSLANDS IN NORTH AMERICA ARE LOST TO CULTIVATION,POLLUTION, ENCROACHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, MAKING IT  ENDANGERED AND VALUABLE NATIVE ROUGH FESCUE GRASSLAND. 

NOSE HILL IS ALSO HOME TO OVER 198 WILDLIFE SPECIES.

TO SOME IT IS SACRED

  TO SOME THIS HILL IS SACRED, AS THEIR ANCESTORS HUNTED THE MULTITUDE OF BISON HERDS THAT WINTERED HERE AND SURVIVED ON THE AREAS RICH BOUNTY.

THE PARKS NAME COMES FROM ABORIGINALS THAT BELIEVE THE HILL LOOKED LIKE A BIG NOSE FROM THE DISTANCE. THE HISTORY OF THE PARK IS INTERESTING.

IN 1779, THE HUDSON'S BAY SENT PETER FIDLER ON AN EXCURSION HERE TO EXPLORE THE PARK. HE WAS ESCORTED BY PEIGAN GUIDES AND RECORDED HIS ADVENTURE.

LATER ANOTHER HUDSON'S BAY TRADER, DAVID THOMPSON EXPLORED THE AREA NOTING THE AREAS CHINOOKS IN EFFECT, EFFECTIVELY TURNING A WINTERS DAY INTO A BALMY 58 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

A THISTLE THAT WAS STILL HANGING ON IN DECEMBER

 

IT'S THE CHINOOKS THAT ATTRACTED THE BISON HERDS THAT WINTERED HERE.
WHICH IN TURN, ATTRACTED PEOPLE HERE. THERE ARE TIPI RINGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PARK,CONSISTING OF HEAVY STONES THAT WERE USED TO HOLD DOWN ANIMAL SKINS OVER THEIR TIPI FRAMES.

 TIPI STONES ARE FOUND IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN BUT ARE OFTEN SCATTERED FROM THEIR CIRCLES BY PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES LARGER ANIMALS.

THERE ARE EVEN ANCIENT TOOL MAKING STATIONS USED BY THE NATIVES TO PREPARE FOR A HUNT.
 A STONE CAIRN TOPS THE HILL IN THE NE PART OF THE PARK.
MUCH EVIDENCE OF BISON KILLS HAVE BEEN FOUND, NOT SURPRISINGLY.
AN EARLY SETTLER OF THE NOSE HILL AREA STATED THAT THERE WERE BISON BONE BEDS 9 FEET THICK AND
AND 1 ACRE IN EXTENT. THIS WOULD INDICATE A BUFFALO JUMP ABOVE THE AREA.

A STONE MARKER WAS PLACED ON THE HILL INSTEAD OF NEARBY SPY HILL AS
THE PRESENCE OF ANCESTORS IS PRESUMABLY STRONG HERE.
WHEN ONE WALKS ALONE HERE, IF YOU ARE ATTUNED TO THAT SORT OF THING, YOU CAN FEEL PRESENCE OF ANCIENT SPIRITS WATCHING OVER YOU.
ITS A TREASURE RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY, FOR CERTAIN. 

A STONE MARKER THAT REPRESENTS THE FOUR TRIBES OF THE BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY AND MARKS THIS PLACE AS TRADITIONAL BLACKFOOT TERRITORY. THIS 7TH MARKER OF THIS KIND WAS PLACED HERE IN 2015 WITH AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY.

TWO METHODIST MISSIONARIES ON A HUNTING TRIP, A FATHER AND SON CAME HERE IN THE WINTER OF 1886, AND ON A BITTERLY COLD JANUARY 24TH NIGHT, BECAME SEPARATED IN A BLINDING SNOWSTORM. THE FATHER WAS FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH AND NOT UNTIL FEBRUARY, 6, AS A RAGING SNOWSTORM MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEARCH FOR HIM BEFORE THEN.

A LOVELY BOWER

CAIRN AT NE QUADRANT

THESE PICTURES WERE ALL TAKEN AT THE EAST AND NORTH SIDE  OF THE PARK
IT IS A FABULOUS AND UNUSUAL PLACE, AND ON A SUNNY DAY, VERY ENJOYABLE
BRING A HIKING STICK FOR THE MANY HILLS YOU WILL CLIMB.

IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF CALGARY FROM FORT TO CITY, A FEW QUARRIES AT NOSE HILL, EXISTED, MINING SANDSTONE THAT MANY OF THE FIRST GRAND BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH DOWNTOWN.

PRIOR TO WWI, THERE WAS A STRING OF BORDELLOS ALONG THE PARKS EASTERN BOUNDARY CATERING TO THE MANY SETTLERS THAT CAME TO THIS AREA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BOOM BEFORE THE WAR.

CATTLE WERE GRAZED UNOPPOSED ON THE HILL UNTIL 1969.
MANY PEOPLE USED THE AREA TO PICNIC AND CARS WERE LARGELY ABLE TO DRIVE ON THE HILL MOSTLY UNOPPOSED. OVER THE YEARS, A FEW DERELICT VEHICLES THAT NEVER MADE IT BACK TO THE ROAD LITTERED THE AREA, BUT WERE REMOVED EVENTUALLY. 

 

A VIEW OF THE PARKING LOT FROM ABOVE ON 14 ST. NW

 

 
DEVELOPERS STARTING TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE HILL AS EARLY AS THE 1940'S. THANKFULLY THAT NEVER HAPPENED EVEN TO THIS DAY. THE PARK DESERVES TO BE PROTECTED, AND IS DESIGNATED SO. ITS A GREAT PLACE TO ENJOY NATURE. THERE WERE 300 KM. OF INFORMAL TRAILS HERE, AND NOW MANY ARE PAVED, GRAVELED AND, MAINTAINED.

TAKE WATER WITH YOU AND PROTECTION FROM THE STRONG WINDS SOMETIMES ENCOUNTERED. STURDY FOOTWEAR WILL BE AN ASSET.

THIS PARK IS A MUST SEE, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO IT.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND PACK OUT YOUR LITTER

I HOPE YOU HAVE FOUND THIS INFORMATION HELPFUL

IF YOU HAVE ANY STORIES OR EXPERIENCES, RELATING TO THIS PARK, PLEASE COMMENT ON THEM AND THEY MAY BE PUBLISHED.
THANKS FOR READING THIS POST.

J.R HILTON