~
The Blue Ridge Mountains,
are a part of Appalachia,
and so is Scotland,
I’m told.
A museum in Edinburgh,
the part of university,
has geological displays.
And part of exhibit
shows Scotland once flowed
from Virginia to atop
of Olde England.
And that was just part
of their woes.
As Angles all know,
those Scots are so different!
a whole lot of difference,
those folk.
But the part I don’t get
is why Scotland left
Appalachia in Virginia
to start with.
Those tough Scots,
like Blue Ridge rocks,
still like
to paint themselves blue.
I guess that would make
them long lost old Scots
part and parcel
Wahoos.
~
© 2011 Marvin Loyd Welborn.
[Revised 01 March 2012; 15 December 2013. 28 March 2014]
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I do love England so,
concrete and witty imagery, very animated write on your subject.
Happy Poetry Picnic.
I didn’t know that. Interesting 🙂
…it was also a surprise to me.
Fascinating piece! 🙂
Thanks I was surprised to find that out, whilst in Edinburgh.
And the Outer Hebrides are part of Greenland. It tried to invade Scotland but never quite got ashore. It is all most mysterious. And Hibernia – where on earth did she come from?
LOL Yo No se
Wow, you learn something new every day don’t you! Great job Tink!! Blessings, Terri
nice penning, as usual! I live in TN just a few minutes from the Smokey’s. My husband and I watched a documentary on the Appalachain Trail just the other night, I had never known about it before after living in this area for so long! Do you know much about it? Anyway, I have a great love for the mountains and the South and wanted to say nice work.
Kellie
http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/on-a-hilltop-in-december/
Thanks, Kellie. Beautiful area, and the mountains are very, very old.
Nice poem, great story, but it’s not over yet those crazy continents are still drifting around…maybe Scotland will come home some day
LOL. well, many of her children already have.
Love the view from 30,000 years up.
Interesting facts…I live about an hour from the Blue Ridge…Virginia/NC…beautiful place to drive/hike.
Well, hello cousin! I live in Hooville (Charlottesville). Great meeting you.
so cool…didn’t know this… but Edinburgh is on my cities to visit list…will probably go there next year…looking forward to visit that museum…
Oh yes, Claudia…you need to. Edinburgh is a great city to visit. and, if you can, you can hire one of those up-country bus tours, which takes into into the highlands for a couple of days and back to Edinburg. Enjoy!
perhaps they need to relocate a bit further south where the sky is painted Tarheel blue…just saying…smiles.
Great history lesson, Tink. Informing whimsy. I’ve walked the Appalachian from end to end…well I actually walked both ends of it and not the bits in between. I did a read a book about hikingthe Appalachian end to end and I did read the bits in between that one.
Cheers,
Mark Butkus
Thanks for the info.. I didn’t know this bit of history ~
I love Edinburgh, it’s a truly gorgeous city. Cold, but stunning.
Love the mountains, the Appalachians… been to Edinburgh, some years ago… nicely penned and interesting bit of history!
Love the mountains and Appalachia… been to Edinburgh, some years ago…nicely penned and interesting bit of history!
(oops– entered the wrong link in my first comment– corrected link below)
I really like the whimsy of this. You kinda got me at first, which cool. 🙂