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Roskva Troll

Coastal Maine Botanical Garden Trolls

Leave a Comment / Art, Arts, Maine / Megan

Naturally, we had to catch the Dambo Trolls while we were at the botanical garden. I had seen the three closest to the visitor’s center on a previous visit that the BF wasn’t able to make. So we caught the two I hadn’t seen, and he got to see all five. The Seeds did elude […]

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Rhode Island Troll Trail

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Here’s the reason for our seemingly random traverse of Rhode Island – we decided to do the Rhode Island Troll Trail and track down some of Thomas Dambo’s New England trolls. Weirdly, even though my mother was born in Rhode Island, and I went to collage right next door, I haven’t done a lot there.

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Denmark – Dambo Trolls

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Thomas Dambo first came to my attention when he installed six trolls at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden. Once I knew we were going to Denmark, I started marking the nearby trolls to see what we’d be able to find. There are three trolls currently in Copenhagen. The first troll turned out to be in

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Wall Power! – Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA

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We were in VT last weekend, visiting my in laws. They live Bennington, which is in the corner of the state that borders Massachusetts and New York. The town right over the border in MA is Williamstown, home of Williams College. It also happens to have one of my favorite coffee shops (Tunnel City), so

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Paris Street Art

Paris Street Art

Art, Arts, Travel / Megan

Bonus street art from our wanders – we didn’t even hit any of the real hot spots. I was really impressed with the variety out there.

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cat fence

Art and Form at the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden

Art, Arts, Maine / Megan

On Saturday, we brought P’s parents up to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden in Boothbay. We spent a good deal of time in the newly opened Children’s Garden, which is the kind of place I would have gone gaga over when I was younger. There are so many cool nooks and crannies to explore, and

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