ElizabethJeanAllen,
aka Betty Belekis, has been a member since
March 16 2008,
has rated 1,716 lenses,
favorited 426, and has
created 103 lenses from scratch.
Betty Belekis
donates their royalties to Squidoo Charity Fund.
This member's top-ranked page is "The Mallard Duck".
My Bio
Before I sat down to update my bio, I took a look at my list of lenses. They are as varied as the students in my classroom. Can one be passionate about so many different things?
The poster on the wall of my classroom sums it up nicely. We learn from the Past, Live in the Present, and Plan for the Future. My passion is writing, but I am first and foremost a teacher. The past is full of fascinating p...
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Before I sat down to update my bio, I took a look at my list of lenses. They are as varied as the students in my classroom. Can one be passionate about so many different things?
The poster on the wall of my classroom sums it up nicely. We learn from the Past, Live in the Present, and Plan for the Future. My passion is writing, but I am first and foremost a teacher. The past is full of fascinating people like Benjamin Franklin and Annie Oakley, and there are slices in time that have molded our society into what it is today. Where we came from is every bit as important as where we are going.
We live in the present. Stepping out my back door and spotting a Cardinal or Purple Finch fluttering around my bird feeder, or a Hummingbird winging its way through my flower garden, is bound to bring a smile to my face. Stress doesn't stand a chance against the simple pleasure gleaned from an hour on the back porch watching the birds. When I glance up and spot a Red-tailed Hawk circling high in the sky, I am reminded of the scope and depth of this wonderful world we live in.
Looking ahead, we plan for the future. We live in a beautiful world, but I see the mistakes my generation and the generations before me have made. Much of The Water Around Us is polluted, no longer fit for human consumption. We bury our trash and send smoke and fumes fluttering through the atmosphere. How long can we turn a blind-eye and pretend the problems don't exist?
The Past, the Present, and the Future. All three have shaped me into what I am today. I laugh and I play, I read and I learn. Check out my lenses for surely parts of my heart and soul are hidden within.
I have four lenographys, one for my backyard birds, Busy Lizzy's Backyard Birds, one for my birds of prey, Busy Lizzy's Birds of Prey, one for my Aquatic Birds Busy Lizzy's Aquatic Birds, and one for the rest of my lenses, Busy Lizzy's Lenses. Check them out and let me know what you think.
Lizzy
Check out these great lenses...
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- My Mother's Shoes
A Yellowback Mystery
An imprint of J.A. Rock & Co., Publishers
EAN: 978-1-59663-586-9
Just Released! Order it here or ask for it at your favorite bookstore.
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- Raggedy Ann and Andy
Raggedy Ann officially came into being in 1915, but actually existed for some time before that. Johnny Gruelle, an artist and political cartoonist, had a daughter named Marcella. When she found an old rag doll in the attic of their home, she brought...
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- The Weekend Reader
So many books and so little time. Narrow down your choices by reading book reviews. Here are my top picks for this month. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
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- John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Since his death in 1851 John James Audubon's name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. Audubon had a talent for drawing and an interest in birds. He spent thirty-five years wandering around his adopted country capturi...
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- Mystery Genres
Years past we could answer that question with a few short sentences. A mystery was a riddle or a puzzle. The reader and the protagonist had to determine the secret, solve the riddle or puzzle, and find the guilty party. The clues were buried within t...
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All of my Lenses (all 103 of 'em!)
