Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Sunday my friend, Luanna, and I went to the ‘Chalk It Up’ event that was held in a parking lot here in Prescott.   I’m one of those people who save the pictures from chalk artists that friends send me in emails.   It amazes me how three dimensional those pictures are….you know, the ones that look like you could just walk into a hole in the street and you know it’s just a picture! This was Prescott’s 4 th annual ‘Chalk It Up’ event and I was ready to be impressed! Many of the artists (artists of all ages) started drawing on Saturday and by Sunday afternoon, the art was well underway.   It was a hot day and the artists were getting sun or were shaded by umbrellas and friends.   There was music, popcorn, sodas, and hoola hoops! Looked like everyone was enjoying themselves as we walked down all the aisles deciding which work of art would get our vote. The idea was great!   Give the artists a free box of colored chalk, a patch of parking lot (ashalt) and let ...

Some of you may have noticed I skipped last week's blogs.   Sometimes I just don’t know what part of my days I want to write about and sometimes I just can’t focus on writing.   If you have been following my posts, you know that my love, Peter, has two benign (the joy of hearing that word) growths on salivary glands.    One of the glands decided to cause a problem.   We ended up going to Tucson to the University Medical Center and having the surgeon, Dr. Gernon, look at the problem.   Peter was admitted to the hospital with a staph infection.   It is cleared up now and surgery will be in June. While Peter was in the hospital, I made Viking Knit chain by his bedside.   As you can see, I was there quite a while!   But I’ve wanted to try combining wires for a striped or segmented effect.   I used copper, brass and steel wire. It was interesting to work with 3 metals of the same gauge and see the differences.   The steel ...

Sweetwater (Water Reclamation Ponds) in Tucson is one of my favorite places to visit and do some nature meditating.   Sometimes it smells a little foul; sometimes it doesn’t.   You just take your chances!   It is a popular site for birder’s as the 7 ponds (which might be full or not) draw a variety of birds.   On my recent visit to Tucson I just had to go see what birds were visiting and walk the trails.   It is so easy to regain a sense of peace in this place.   Of course I had my trusty camera and am sharing what I saw with you 3 Turtles Sunning Solitary Sandpiper -He's been here several months  Great Horned Owl  Beautiful Yellow Warbler Great Egret at the top of a tall tree - searching for food in the water below.  Pie-billed Grebe - in reflection  A Surprise! 3 American White Pelicans Red-winged Blackbird - if you've got it, flaunt it!