are you a fan?

i am not really into facebook like a lot of people: i feel funny posting my eating habits to my friends-on line or i.r.l....i dont want anyone's opinion on my outfits...and i'm not really into television (that i care to speak out loud about)or movies. so, i'm there...on facebook...but, i only participate when forced, er, poked. today i unabashedly opened a business page, which used to be called a 'fan' page, i think. i figure i work a lot on a bunch of different projects all at the same time, and maybe somebody might be interested...or 'like' it, i mean. so i spent the last five days figuring out a design for my main page, and then how to load it in 'fbml' (really?), and that was a trick, mind you! then how to install my two etsy shops on separate clickable pages, which was also interesting! it's done now, so please go to

lynda andrews-barry designs...take a look...write on my wall...search herban elements or my enamel jewelry shop...and give it the thumbs up if you are so inclined!

storm damage

today was bright and sunny and perfect...

last weekend: not so much. it was over 100° and super cell storms cruised through about 3-ish. we were under a tornado warning- which is fairly normal these days-but it was more like straight line winds at 75 mph- that tore the locust trees to bits. a medium size branch fell into the back corner of my yard and destroyed my lovely fountain and birdbath.

poseidon's head ended up about 20 feet from the rest of the pile.

iPhone app for bird watchers

this afternoon i was weeding again...trying to catch up with the henbit that has enveloped many parts of my poor neglected flower garden: i know it's in there somewhere! i did leave a little of the weed in front of the rabbit's door, as its supposed to be cold tonight. there were a lot of birds out there with me...most of them i recognized, but the little sparrows are hard to differentiate: they are all so stripe-y in browns and beiges...then one popped up on the tutuer in front of me and sang a fantastic song! i was determined to i.d. this one since i had such a clear view, and pulled out my iPhone and opened my birds app. i knew this bird was some type of sparrow, and since it sang, i figured it could possibly be a 'song sparrow', so i typed that into the search box. the photo that turned up looked like the little guy and it had a song sound sample...which i pushed. the little song sparrow flew right at me and tried to land on my arm! after i screamed (not too loudly!), it veered left and landed on a branch above me and belted out it's song. what just happened? i hit the song button again on the app, and once again he tried to land on me, but choose to land near me instead, and sing the same song again! turns out the bird is attracted to the recording: some bird watchers actually use their iPhone bird apps to attract birds down from trees...not me, though: the little song sparrow seemed genuinely disappointed there was no mate there.

heated bird bath

thankfully we have had temperatures above freezing and the 45" of snow we have has started to recede. my heated bird bath provided water for the squirrels, but none of the local birds have come by. spring cant come soon enough.

day 10: design something every day

im working on a project involving  vintage charms which i am having cast in sterling silver. inspired by the birds who have surrounded my heated bird bath this winter, this sterling silver hollow ring welcomes a little (currently plastic) bird hovering above a domed acorn bird bath. so, i am surprised i have made ten days in a row of designing something every day: cheers to me!

top selling birds

i seem to sell a lot of bird pendants and earrings during both spring and fall migration.

red birds on a wire

speaking of feathers, just sold these red bird on a wire earrings from my high contrast etsy shop. not sure if they are cardinals or (male) summer tanagers, but whatever: they are cool.

birds of a feather

aliherrmann has bird on the brain in her latest treasury. check out her awesome aviary-inspired artwork in her etsy shop.

black bird singing in the dead of night

black bird pendant, sold (to a musician!) and relisted in my

high contrast etsy shop