Callaway Gardens Butterfly Center

October 12, 2026

Thoughts on The Curse of the Sea Witches: A Little Mermaid Graphic Novel

I’ve been in the mood for fantasy stories and mermaids lately, so I was happy to get The Curse of the Sea Witches: A Little Mermaid Graphic Novel . It is written by Rhonda Cleary, and the artwork is done by Valentina Brancati, Andrea Greppi, Lorenzo Fornaciari, and Marco Leoni. The Little Mermaid is one of my favorite fairytales, so I was eager to see what adventure was in store for Ariel in this graphic novel. In the graphic novel, Princess Ariel joins Prince Eric to Greenland, where the Royal Trading Company is working with the locals to build a port for trade. But when Ariel discovers that the construction is disturbing the Arctic mermaids that live there, and that a conflict between the Arctic mermaids and the humans is brewing, she becomes determined to convince the mermaids and humans to work together to come up with a solution to this issue. One thing I will say is that I love the art style, and the artwork is beautiful. I also like how the graphic novel depicts Ariel’s adventur...

My family and I went to Callaway Gardens today for my birthday, and I took some photos while we were there. We went to the Butterfly Center, and there were beautiful flowers, plants, and butterflies there. I was having some trouble taking pictures of some of the butterflies because they were flying around fast, but I was able to take some photos and videos of them. We then got some slushies afterward.
We also went to the Callaway Country Store and Kitchen and ate there, but the food wasn't really that good, and some of the staff were a bit rude. But we did have a nice view of the trees from where we were sitting.
After that, we went to a bookstore and I got "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins.
Today was a very nice day.