Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Wordless Wednesday: Garden Variety Chess



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30 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 7:51 AM

    That is too cool! Is it actually played I wonder?!

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  2. Napaboaniya.Elaine LingSeptember 9, 2008 at 8:35 AM

    We'll need strength to carry those while playing :P

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  3. jams o donnellSeptember 9, 2008 at 8:45 AM

    THat is a cool chess set. Shame I'm rotten at chess though!

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  4. eastcoastlifeSeptember 9, 2008 at 10:09 AM

    How cool! I don't know how to play chess. hehe...

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  5. Phyllis DobbsSeptember 9, 2008 at 12:01 PM

    That is such a neat scene and photo!

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  6. IndraniSeptember 9, 2008 at 12:14 PM

    That is the biggest chess board I have ever seen. Great shot!

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  7. BrilligSeptember 9, 2008 at 1:10 PM

    I think it would wear me out if I tried to play! Great photo. Happy WT/WW!

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 2:13 PM

    I do not play chess myself, I love to see those giant chess boards and that people socializes around them. Great photo!

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  9. MojoSeptember 9, 2008 at 2:40 PM

    How very Lewis Carrol.
    Where is the Botanical Garden? I think I knew at one time, but it won't come to me now.

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  10. MojoSeptember 9, 2008 at 2:44 PM

    Nevermind... I remember now. I was thinking it couldn't be in Chapel Hill because that's where Coker Arboretum is... We should get together and compare notes sometime...

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  11. RyanneSeptember 9, 2008 at 3:02 PM

    I stayed some where in Scotland that had a giant chess like that, and you could play it. Too bad I really stink at that game. Great shot.

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  12. chellekaySeptember 9, 2008 at 3:15 PM

    I like the giant chess set!

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  13. SandyCarlsonSeptember 9, 2008 at 6:50 PM

    That's cool. Must be fun to sit way back and plan the next move!

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM

    you'd be dead beat after the game! haha ^_~.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 9:39 PM

    Wow, so cool! My son would love to play as if he were in Harry Potter.

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  16. StriderSeptember 9, 2008 at 10:57 PM

    Wow! Craftily made chess set. Reminds me of the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone. Nice!

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2008 at 12:26 AM

    I love that! I missed playing like this when we were in Vienna! :)Mine is posted HERE! Happy WW!~

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2008 at 2:06 AM

    that is just gorgeous! the giant chess pieces i saw in dallas is nothing compared to that. hee hee.

    Milano
    Mammoth Mountains

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2008 at 4:03 AM

    Oh my, I hope those chess pieces aren't as heavy as they look! Cute idea, though.

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  20. janeseSeptember 10, 2008 at 10:03 AM

    cool!!!love to play it in real!!!

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2008 at 11:52 AM

    How clever! What part of NC are these gardens in?

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  22. DarylSeptember 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM

    How clever of the Gardens to do this sort of art installation ...

    And how clever of you to get a shot to share with us!

    :-Daryl

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  23. SabineMSeptember 10, 2008 at 12:16 PM

    I want to PLAY!!!!

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  24. Wayfaring WandererSeptember 10, 2008 at 12:58 PM

    That looks like a scaled down version of the Harry Potter chess set in the first movie! I would love to play chess on that bigger than life board!

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  25. MicheleSeptember 10, 2008 at 6:55 PM

    Super awesome... My husband would be so into that huge game of chess.. he loves the game!!!!
    Mountain Retreat

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  26. CarverSeptember 10, 2008 at 6:55 PM

    Thanks so much to everyone for visiting. Someone asked where this garden is located. It's in Chapel Hill, NC. I also post shots from the arboretum in Raleigh, NC and from Duke Gardens in Durham, NC although so far those are mostly on my other blog.

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  27. HorsoonSeptember 10, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    Reminds me of a scene in one of the Harry Potter movies... :)

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  28. MaRSeptember 11, 2008 at 6:55 AM

    Beautiful!!!

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  29. DeniseinVASeptember 11, 2008 at 9:13 AM

    Hi Carver, great photo. I saw a larger than life chess board when visiting my sister. She lives in Germany and there was a hotel with a set that people could actually move around and play. I think it was in Freiburg. Not sure of the spelling.

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  30. becky aka theRAVSeptember 13, 2008 at 3:36 PM

    Well, it had me wordless. I opened my mouth with awe and could not close it! Great shot, Carver! Funny I passed a house that has bricks on the front porch forming a rail that has white cement cutouts that look like pawn pieces of a chess set. I couldn't park to take a photo but I hope to soon...

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