The Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee is spacious. It is comprised of thousands of acres of indoor atria topped by glass ceilings a hundred plus feet above to let in sunlight for all of the vegetation to grow. The vegetation grows all over the hills and rocks throughout the atria, crisscrossed by flowing waterways and waterfalls. Miles of walkways wind their way through all of this to allow many hours of exploring and getting lost. So it is fitting that with all the space and high ceilings, that the home of Shrek would be found crammed underneath the metal struts of an overhead walkway bridge. Trolls and ogres love living under bridges as we all know. While The Wild Images Team was on one of our many excursions through the hotel grounds, we came across a small crowd gathering around this earthy cave of a home. We then noticed the sign above the door announcing it as the home of Shrek. Just a few minutes later he emerged from his home to the cheers of the crowds. As it was at holiday time, he was wearing the proper attire to Shrek the halls with boughs of holly. Fa la la la la, la la la la. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Tennessee including the indoor vegetation of the Garden Conservatory waterfalls and walkway, the secret spot where a backlit waterfall drops into a hidden pool, the frozen yet dreamy ice sculpture bedroom lamp scene, the working thermometer showing the ice sculpture display being kept at a frigid 9F, and the wonder of the larger than life ice sculpture nativity scene, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Tennessee include the strands of lights that create a giant holiday tree over glowing poinsettias, in the Garden Conservatory where even the lamps are festively decorated, the location where snowmen see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil, the moment when a certain ogre showed up to Shrek the Halls With Boughs of Holly, the fantastic overlook of The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina in front of a giant holiday scene, the late night view of a glowing sign that invited us to come make tasty treats with Gingy, but first we bundled up for the ice sculpture display where The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina is in the middle of a giant ice snowflake, followed by thawing out at the House of Gingy outside of the ice sculpture display, and after finally thawing out the equipment, the ever gracious host Gingy hams it up for the camera.
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