Posts Tagged ‘covered bridge carvings’
New Brunswick’s covered bridges … kissing bridges
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A covered bridge is also known as a ‘kissing bridge’ – a place where a couple can steal a caress in privacy. A covered bridge has always been a good place to leave a message about affection for one another.
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During our covered bridge visits, we’ve seen lots of examples of these messages …
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At least two notations of love in the MacFarlane Covered Bridge (Ward’s Creek #2) …
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And another way of linking two sets of initials in the Marven Bridge (Belleisle Creek #2) …
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‘Just Married’ in chalk in the Moores Mills Bridge (Trout Creek #5) …
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And, back in the MacFarlane Bridge, an incomplete notation. Who did LANA love?
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Copyright 2017 Jane Tims
spring orchestra – fee-bee

Carving of the name ‘Phoebe’ on a beam of the Tantramar #2 Covered Bridge near Sackville, New Brunswick
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Phoebe
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unknown, she nudges
her way into Monday –
carved name in the covered bridge
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Black-capped Chickadee pipes
fee -bee, hey-sweetie
(bored with chick-a-dee-dee-dee)
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and Eastern Phoebe, rasps fee-bee
whee-zy, Phoe-bee
black bed-head, smuggie throat
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unknown, Phoebe nudges
her way into Monday
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Copyright 2015 Jane Tims
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