Browse Rentals

Mermaids in Our Midst: Sue Tobey White

Leave a Comment / Mermaid's Friends and Family /

We recently had the good fortune of having a superb artist come for a stay at Mermaid Cottages! Sue Tobey White is a sculptor and painter from Belfast, Maine. Her vibrant, color filled canvases invite you in and surround you with delicious textures and fun themes. From her beautiful beach scenes and lively dancers to her delectable vegetables, there’s no way to keep from smiling when viewing her work!
If you ever get the chance to visit Belfast, Sue’s gallery is a must-see! She founded the High Street Studio and Gallery in 2002 and now she and other artists have their work there.

Sue taught elementary art for fifteen years in the Belfast area and now offers classes and workshops at High Street Gallery. Her work is inspired by the colors and symbols of children’s art as well as her love of Maine and her surroundings. Sue received her Bachelor degree in Art Education at Southern Connecticut State College and has attended numerous workshops in multiple mediums including watercolor, mask making, puppetry, clay, collage, doll sculpture, and color theory. According to Sue, workshops help to feed her need to create!

We are so honored to claim Sue as a fellow Mermaid. Hopefully, she will make it back to Tybee real soon! If you are interested in learning more about Sue Tobey White and her art work, make sure to visit her website. Better yet, if you’re in the area, don’t miss exploring her gallery at 149 High Street, Belfast, Maine. Either way, you’ll definitely be inspired!

Mermaids in Our Midst: Sue Tobey White Read More »

Live Like a Local: ­­Erinn go Brach Ya’ll!

Leave a Comment / Live Like a Local /
     Woohoo! Its that time of year again…this Saturday, March 12th, is the Tybee Island Irish Heritage Parade! We are even more excited about it because we had a blast a few weeks ago making festive hats with the residents of the Oceanside nursing home for their trolley ride. Tybee’s Irish Heritage Celebration is a fun, family friendly way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and, I don’t know about you, but I can hardly wait! The parade starts at City Hall and will proceed down Butler Avenue all the way to Tyrbisa Street. Get your green on and head out for a spot, because the fun starts at 3 pm and you don’t want to miss it!
     The St. Patrick’s Day fun doesn’t stop there either. Savannah’s famous St. Patrick’s Day Celebration gets started on the green day itself, Thursday March 17th, and runs through Saturday, March 19th! This will be the 187th celebration, and you have to be there! Visit the event website for a full schedule of events, but the festivities begin early at 8 am at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist with the St. Partick’s Day Mass, followed by the huge parade kick-off at 10:15 am. Savannah will even be getting in the Irish mood early with The Greening of the Fountain in Forsyth Park on March 11th, so it’s really a city wide affair!
     Don’t miss a minute of the fun…come celebrate with us, Tybee style! Cead Mile Failte…One Hundred Thousand Welcomes, because we can’t wait to celebrate the Irish in us all!

Live Like a Local: ­­Erinn go Brach Ya’ll! Read More »

IRISH HERITAGE:Soft Coated Wheaton Terriers

Leave a Comment / Service Dogs (Beach Bum Biscuits) /
We’re celebrating Irish Heritage with five of the top Irish Pet Breeds!  How about these Soft Coated Wheaton Terriers!  This loving, active Irish breed has very little shedding so they make outstanding pets for anyone with allergies and their easy going demeanor makes them a great choice as therapy dogs.  There are four coat varieties: Traditional Irish, Heavy Irish, English and American. They’re hypoallergenic, low maintenance, love people, smart and easy to train.  Just brush them once a day and their hair is more like human hair; it just keeps growing and is easy to maintain.  They’re great watch dogs, meaning they’re great with children, but non-aggressive, so not so well suited as a guard dog.
Take a look at this sweet You Tube video by zwubby222 and all the shades of love that Soft Coated Wheatons come in!
Join us for the Tybee Irish Heritage Celebration Parade this weekend and follow our BLOG and on FACEBOOK.  Post your photos of your pets enjoying Tybee Island and Mermaid Cottages and your pet could be our Beach Bum Biscuits Eater of the Day!

IRISH HERITAGE:Soft Coated Wheaton Terriers Read More »

Mermaid Sighting: Beary Clever Art from Sue Tobey White

1 Comment / Mermaid Sightings /

     This week, we really have a special treat. A beautiful piece by our friend Sue Tobey White, a fabulous artist from Belfast, Maine, is our featured mermaid sighting!
     A few years ago, Belfast had fiberglass bears, much like other cities…Chicago had cows, Tybee has turtles and so on. Well, Sue was one of the artists participating! Sue was kind enough to email a little information to us.

“We could choose between a standing-on-all-fours or a standing bear, on two legs, and create what we wanted. I chose the one on two legs. We cut off the legs, made a tail, and created Bearielle, the mer-bear.She is now on Nantucket Island at the home of someone who collects mermaids!”

    
     Isn’t Bearielle fabulous? Of course, I adore this quirky, unique mermaid! Thank you so much for sharing her with us Sue. You can read more about Bearielle and the other Belfast Bears at the Belfast Bearfest website; they are all so much fun!
     Have you seen a mermaid? Feel like sharing? We’d love to see your sighting! Please send your sighting and story to diane@mermaidcottages.com and allow us to share it with our readers. And, make sure to catch our up-coming Mermaids in Our Midst post this week to learn more about Sue Tobey White and her fabulous art!

Mermaid Sighting: Beary Clever Art from Sue Tobey White Read More »

Irish Heritage:The Irish Setter

Leave a Comment / Service Dogs (Beach Bum Biscuits) /

Even though the original Irish Setters were bred and trained as setting or hunting dogs, these modern day setters are now in more beneficial use as therapy dogs.

Patients enjoy stroking the silky manes of these magnificent dogs and Irish Setters have even found great success in the READ Programs.  This is where Irish Setters are used as therapy dogs in schools and students are allowed to read to the dogs.  A real people dog, an Irish Setter Therapy Dog will lie down and relax while a student reads to it.  It doesn’t correct or interrupt the student, so it helps the student to get past the anxieties of reading in front of others. 

Their pleasant demeanor makes them great family pets, but they are not aggressive enough to be considered a guard dog.  We say Irish Setters are great therapy for everyone!

We found this fantastic video of Irish Setters by our friends at Animal Planet!

We’re celebrating Irish Heritages in preparation for St. Patrick’s Day, but we enjoy celebrating your pets every day!  Post photos of your pet enjoying visits to Tybee Island and Mermaid Cottages on our FACEBOOK page and your pet could be our Beach Bum Biscuits Eater of the Day!

Irish Heritage:The Irish Setter Read More »