The Naples Botanical Garden has once again let the dinosaurs in, to the delight of lots of children. It isn’t my favorite exhibit, with all their roaring disturbing the serenity I crave as I wander through. The animated figures don’t excite me but I always bite at the challenge of taking an interesting image or two to tell an ancient story within a modern tropical setting.
And then I had a good laugh at myself. I was slowly moving along a sidewalk after taking this photo, absorbed in something about my camera, and this fellow flapped his wings, moved his head toward me, opened his mouth and made his little roar…
and I instinctively moved to the far side of the sidewalk. I respectfully gave him the space he asked for. And that, folks, is one of those occasional blurrings of my distinct, fine line between fantasy and reality.
But my favorite dinosaur is this one –
A New Day: Living Life Almost Gracefully 
I love these, especially the last two images. I seem to have so many pictures of kids climbing on sculptures in gardens next to ‘Don’t climb on the sculpture signs’. It’s lovely to see a sign encouraging them to climb!
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Love these, Pat. They are slightly bigger than our resident iguanas, but I bet these don’t eat the flowers. 😃
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Just make a lot of noise. One of them sprays water on people and then the people make a lot of noise.
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😅
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The last photo is adorable!!
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We have a garden like that here, too. It has a great picnic area. My grandkids love it.
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What a fun idea! I’d love to go and visit – and give some love to my inner child 😛
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Seems like your favorite dinosaur is also appreciated by others.
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What an adorable picture. The little girl makes it special. As for big bird, a touch of the whimsical to bring a smile. Thanks for including them in your walk. Cheers.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it, Dan.
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Very cute
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