Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

  Holiday’s always remind me of the big family celebrations that my mother gave.   Christmas was the big one.    Mom loved family celebrations!    The Austrian embroidered tablecloth and napkins came out along with the red and white dishes.   The crystal with the gold rims and the silverware were just the start.   I always helped set the table correctly.   At a very young age, I knew the knife and spoon were on the right of the plate and the two different sized forks were on the left.   There was always a flower arrangement or centerpiece and candles . Austrian tablecloth, red and white dishes, centerpiece and a grandson! Everyone’s favorite foods were made and there would not have been a celebration without ‘Mom’s Denver Biscuits’.   I can still smell the hot potato based yeast rolls.   Several of us make them now or at least know how.   Somehow they are not quite as good as hers were but they bring her back to...

Ok!   I’m back!   My blogs will get back on schedule. In case you forgot, Tuesdays are nature and things important to me.   Fridays are usually about jewelry techniques and what I’m doing. It is so nice to be home in Prescott AZ.   I’ve been to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and stopped to see the Condors.   Then we went to Mexico to Rancho Esmeralda for training in locating and surveying birds.   Next I went to Kansas City to see family and last to Tucson for the fall Reptile Show.   Each place I visited held special memories both past and present.   In Kansas City, I visited my brothers and their families.   Lots of memories revisited!   We reminisced about growing up and about our parents.   There are 5 ½ years between each of us three kids.   We talked about how each of us remembers and experienced our lives with the same parents.   And of course, our parents were in different stages of their life with each o...