Big Pete

This story, one I once was told, is about a troll named Pete,
And since he was just three years old, he walked on two big feet.
He leaped across the river deep and up the mountain steep,
But without something bittersweet, this story’s incomplete.

Pete, he was in love with everything around his feet
The flowers in the peat moss, roses, daisies and the weeds.
But every time he moved his feet, his heart would skip a beat,
‘Cause every step he took, he crushed the flowers underneath.

So Pete, he stopped to wonder at a heap of blooming buckwheat,
And wished his feet were more petite – he grieved them so gigantic.
He wondered, should he take a seat and slowly fall asleep,
Or should he keep on walking, in the hope to spread their seed?

From Thomas Dambo's "Trollmap"

While I’m (very) slowly slogging my way through my Ireland photos, life here at home goes on. We’ve done a few little jaunts here and there, all the usual stuff that has to happen when we aren’t trotting around the globe. 😉

Kathy & I recently took a little outing here in our own backyard, in search of Big Pete. Pete is a sculpture by Danish artist Thomas Dambo.  Dambo has become known for creating sculptures out of trash and recycled materials, and is currently on a quest to build troll sculptures across the U.S., with at least one in every state. Big Pete recently became Charlotte’s inhabitant among the hundred plus sculptures throughout the U.S. and the world. North Carolina currently has 7.