Things I saw today while wandering around Bryson City.
A flowering vine left to grow wild behind a building downtown. I thought it looked like an elephant:
Giant sunflowers at Darnell Farms. Brett ventured out to show the scale. We bought bananas and one sunflower for innkeeper Lainey.
Farmer Chad: Well heeyyy there little lady! How’s the writin’ comin’ along?
Me: Slow. I need to come and hang out here for some inspiration.
Farmer Chad: Monkey pickles and a flow-urrr. That’s an interesting mix.
I need to go and hang out with Farmer Chad more often.
A giant potato in the front of Gil’s bookstore. The truck driver had to do a 74 point turn in order to park it. I get anxiety thinking about it….this is the reason I am not a truck driver:
I can see the elephant too! It is amazing!
Okay that’s not seriously a potato, is it? I mean, it looks like one from a distance and all but can’t be!? Can it? Am I that clueless about potatoes?
It’s not real 🙂 I thought it was a rhinoceros at first. But it looks VERY real…..until you see the door on one side.
Yay for the Idaho Potato!! It kicked off the 2014 tour at my kids’ elementary school in the spring. Have a potato to celebrate!! ;o)
I love everything you write! Needed a good laugh and I got it this morning. I was anxious thinking about that 74 point turn 🙂 And monkey pickles… hysterical!
It totally looks like an elephant. It reminds me of this great place we stayed in Thailand a couple of months back – the resort owner had a fantastic garden, with elephant topiaries scattered throughout, some sitting, some standing. So beautiful! (We saw a squirrel there too. We didn’t believe it when our daughter said she saw a squirrel – Yeah right, like there are squirrels in Thailand! But there are. Who knew?)
Je découvre avec vous la vie américaine dans sa réalité quotidienne, belle journée !