bethie in a nutshell

Category: bethie's world | Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:49 pm

Welcome to bethie's world. A world of art and nature. I grow the food plants for butterfly larva and in the hot months have hundreds of butterflies daily. I grow a zillion flowers and never have to put up a hummingbird feeder. My husband and I work on stained glass in our spare time, sandblast art,woodworking,hyper-tufa, and metalwork to name a few. I don't think I've ever made anything that he hasn't had a hand in at some point and vice versa. I work on mosaics a lot. This winter when we had the time we did our bathroom vanity in mosaic. It was nothing but work but of course NOW it was all worth it.

We have been happily together since I was 19 and somehow managed to grow (and Growup) together and not apart. We love hiking and nature and canoeing. For years we rehabiltated baby birds of prey. We are avid birdwatchers and have made our yard a haven for wildlife. That has its downside as every creature in creation has tried to take up space on our little paradise. From hawks snatching birds off our feeders to weasels taking up in our shop to giant snakes laying on our windowsills we have had an interesting ride. We moved here to rural West Tennessee 20 years ago from the big city of Norfolk, Va. and we have never looked back. The laid back country lifestyle suits us perfectly.
Well enough for now. I hear a bunch of weeds calling my name.

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jubabe296 wrote on Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:08 pm:

OH Bethie your mosiac bathroom vanity is beautiful!!! Your work I have seen so for is really wonderful!! Did you make the moon and stars in the vase on the vanity? Those are great I really like them! I'm so glad you started a blog and I look forward to reading more about your wonderful life!!

bethie wrote on Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:05 pm:

Thanks so much jubabe296. Yes we made the "magic wands." The minute the vanity was done I knew we needed some special piece to go on top of it. My hubby cut the shapes out of little pieces of wood so we could put glass on both sides so they would reflect in the mirror.

Gardenstew wrote on Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:19 pm:

Yay a Bethie blog! I was waiting for this to happen ;)

I am already amazed by the fraction of work you guys have created so now I'm excited now to see more and to learn more about the processes.

Really glad you started a blog Bethie!

glendann wrote on Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:47 pm:

That is such great work .I do love the Mosiac counter.
I love all the detail work you do .You are so tallented .Thanks for allowing us into your world .