Scott’s Adventures in Arizona

Kid Sculpture Shopping area in the Fountain Hills Park

Kid Sculpture Shopping area in the Fountain Hills Park

    Art, in many localities, is given a budget by city hall. Artists are then commissioned to produce public art for public consumption. Public art springs up in parks, in downtown open spaces near city halls, by busy streets and intersections. The art is...

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Just Statues Lincoln and Reagan

Just Statues Lincoln and Reagan

    At the entry to the Fountain Hills Park are a number of statues, some seated on benches, some standing, all with commemorative plaques and praising comments. The figures cast shadows, some longer than others. Most of the statues are of men and most have...

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Music in the Park playing the vibes

Music in the Park playing the vibes

    The need to make music is a human one. By the Fountain Hills Park lake is an outside music area. In a tight circle are eight different music makers, You can hammer tubes, strike bells, bang on cans, waggle ropes that move noisemakers, make sounds to call...

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Nesting Bird Arizona Home for Sale

Nesting Bird Arizona Home for Sale

    In the front courtyard of a vacant home for sale in Fountain Hills, Arizona, a bird has made her nest in a God's flowing locks.. She, quietly, doesn't move as I peek through the house windows into sad, empty rooms where someone used to live. By the time...

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Frisbee Golf Fountain Hills Park, Fountain Hills, Arizona

Frisbee Golf Fountain Hills Park, Fountain Hills, Arizona

    Golf, as invented in the Scottish countryside, started with sticks and a ball. Those old guys hit the little hand made wood ball for a distant hole dug in the ground, added traps and water later to make the game harder. They created a rule book and came...

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” The Fountain “ Fountain Hills, Arizona

” The Fountain “ Fountain Hills, Arizona

    This morning, the Fountain goes off at nine sharp, the same time as all the local businesses open. Ducks cruise past it like little feathered boats as a steady geyser of water is propelled several hundred feet into the air.  I film the eruption from...

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Portillo’s In Fountain Hills, Arizona

Portillo’s In Fountain Hills, Arizona

    At closing, Portillo's, in Fountain Hills, is almost empty. The eatery specializes in Chicago food, hot dogs, polish sausage and Italian Beef. The restaurant is gleaming and has checkered tablecloths, old style movie posters and employees dressed in...

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