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| Brookgreen Gardens - Limerick by Dixon Lanier Merritt Photo by Brenda B. |
One of the best things about living in the south now is being able to visit the fabulous Brookgreen Gardens. It's an awesome garden that is a National Historic Landmark filled with amazing sculptures and located in Murrels Inlet, South Carolina. We became members not too long after moving to NC because we knew we would be visiting often and would want to bring visitor's to see it as well. It's a drive that takes under 2 hours so it's a good day trip. I laugh when I think about this now because hardly ever took a day trip that long when living in CT and now it's not a big deal. :-)
Looking for a photo for today's Wordless (wordy today...) Wednesday post, I ran across this one that I had taken on one of our trips. Pelican's are one of my favorite birds and this is just an example of one of the many interesting things to see in the gardens. I'll post some more photos here and there as we make more trips to the area.
This is the poem / limerick written by Dixon Lanier Merritt:
A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill will hold more than his belican.
He can take in his beak
Food enough for a week,
But I’m damned if I see how the helican.
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Hmmm, I'm thinking I'll take the Ts for a little car ride to see the water and the big birds. Then again, schmaybe not... lol
I would love to explore there. I love all birds and that poem made me laugh out loud.
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Nice post and the poem made me LOL too ha!
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Fun poem about the Pelican ~ they are fascinating ~ Xo
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That limerick made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteFun limerick, obviously new for me!
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Such a fun poem! It's nice to have a place like this to take visitors.
ReplyDeleteThat is a cute poem.
ReplyDeleteI visited there years ago and it really is a beautiful place.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh- I am still chuckling as is my sweetie since I read it out loud- what a lovely place to be in!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful place!
ReplyDeleteCharlee: "Ooh, we have lots of pelicans around here, but now I'm kind of worried one of them might eat me."
ReplyDeleteLulu: "As well you should be!"
That sounds like such a wonderful place. We love pelicans, too!
ReplyDeleteYes, Beau was saying open the door and he knows I will as soon as I get a few shots. Pelican is my favorite bird, love the poem.
ReplyDeleteBrenda,
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by yesterday afternoon. I accidentally published a future post that you commented on and didn't notice that I got the date wrong. It was just one of those days doing this and that while working on that post all day. Anyway, your comment will be hidden from viewers until it goes live a second time. lol
I wondered where you live. We like western NC a lot and used to do a lot of day trips into the area before world went crazy with Covid. We're getting back into the groove, though. The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of our favorite hang outs. :)
Many of our day trips in the same drive range and often longer than the one you spoke of in this post but I nodded my head in agreement when you referred to how that was normal while living in CT. We laughed while visiting Maine that every place we wanted to see was two to two and half hours away, which isn't bad compared to many we take in our area. It's just all in what you're used to.
Pelicians are fascinating. The first time I saw one up close was in 2013 while visiting friends in Florida. That thing was in a parking lot of all places. That seemed so strange to me and it was so big, bigger than I imagined. I didn't dare get too close to it. I'm definitely not a true "cat", right? :)
Again, thank you for stopping by yesterday. I am sharing today an art post for the first time in a long while. Have a wonderful day, my furriend!
What a brilliant limerick! It'll come straight to mind next time I see a pelican!
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