Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

I miss my Bobcats!   After living in Tucson AZ for 25 years, Bobcats were just part of my yard.   A wash (slightly depressed path where water ran when it rained very hard) ran behind my house with no fencing and was a corridor for a lot of wildlife.   On hot summer days just after I watered down the flagstone patio, a mother Bobcat would bring her cubs and cool off.   Somedays, she would come to drink from the small pools in the stone and stretch out by the back steps.   I loved watching from inside my enclosed Arizona room while I created jewelry.   These are wild animals that seldom bother humans and in Arizona we’ve learned to coexist!       Bobcats are found at all elevations, especially in rimrock and chaparral areas, and in the outskirts of urban areas where food is generally available.   My house was in the Catalina foothills and a perfect place for them to visit.          They can jump 12 ft. high and are often heard walking on the flat rooftops of the houses or curled

There are so many amazing things in nature that we seldom really pay attention to and I’ve decided to highlight one each Tuesday.   Please let me know if you enjoy this kind of post!   While going through my photographs today, I stopped at my folder of dragonflies and damselflies.   They fascinate me with their fast wings that are so sheer.   There are so many kinds and so many colors.   And even though the general shape is the same, there are many differences.   Dragonflies have multi-faceted eyes and two sets of wings with an elongated body.   They hold their wings away from and perpendicular to their bodies when they are resting. Damselflies (doesn’t that remind you of fairy tales?) hold their wings close to their bodies when at rest and they are generally smaller than dragonflies.   Another difference is in the eyes.   The damselfly eyes are set apart and the dragonfly eyes touch.   Who would have thought you had to look that closely to see the difference?  Gray Sanddragon