Time is flying!

Summer if speeding by! Ever since Pat transferred to Food and Beverage at ESPN Wide World of Sports it seems all we do is say "good morning and good night!" Pat has worked several 10+ day shifts. For a while, Pat was struggling to get her "hours." Well, right now she's well over 400+ (most of which from the last two months) and making a whole lot more $$$$ than me! Most of her shifts have been early mornings which she doesn't seem to mind but she's ready for a break. And that's going to be this weekend. We're heading north in our "old friend" our "Journey."

I picked up a couple of shifts at EWWS and boy it's different working in this heat. However, it's not as bad as you'd expect. We cling to shady areas and hydrate constantly. At least in this humid heat you can certainly tell your loosing fluid, unlike that dry heat out west.

Let's see, oh, we heard from Pete and Joan. They connected with Jack and Alice at a NY Blue Grass festival.
Thanks to Pete here's the group, "kickin' back".....

Boy they look right at home don't they? Hey Jack, you know how to save more gas towing your "tag-along" camper? Get Pete to tow it behind his truck and slide-in camper!

They had a great time.

Jim and Judy have been "hibernating" this summer. No Internet but  all in all they are having a great summer!

Next post will be from New England.

Something is missing in DownTown Disney!

Sunday was a great day for our routine walk in DownTown Disney. Yeah, we stopped in at Giradelli's for our chocolot sample and then headed to.......

..... oh, how'd you guess! Pat's favorite, The Veggie!

After lunch we always seem to head to the "Art of Disney" store to see what's new. Naw, we didn't buy anything, but it's fun looking.

Then we headed to the water taxi for the ride to the Market place. Something is different!

Let me give you a different view.

Figure it out? The balloon is gone! This past weekend they deflated the balloon and removed it for inspection and maintenance. The waterfront looks soooo different. I spoke with one of the Aeroflight attendendants to ask him if they are able to save the helium. He said no, the gas gets contaminated. But, in about eight hours they had the balloon down, deflated, folded and taken away. Don't fret, it'll return!

About that time we had had just about enough of the heat and headed home.

Speaking of "looking" a couple of weeks ago Pat and I headed to the Market Street restaurant in Celebration for breakfast and their weekly street vendor tents were set up in the street. We just happened to find a couple of things to our liking. First off we talked to a fellow who sold Bee honey. We heard that local bee honey is great for allergies. We bought a bottle of "unfiltered" honey that is supposed to be great to help with allergies. We don't notice a whole lot of improvement in our allergies yet but it sure is better than the store bought stuff.

But then, we happened upon an artist's tent who paints on palm tree fronds. They really caught our attention. One in particular found a place on one of the walls in our "Animal Kingdom" spare bedroom.

It is georgeous!

To get an idea of the uniqueness of this piece of art here is a side view.

In this photo you can clearly see the shape of the frond

Yes, the artist, Sonia Larson, and her husband literally "hunt" for fallen palm fronds, trims them and prep them for paint. They make an incredible surface to paint due to their curve and length. She tells us that finding the right frond can be very frustrating. Most are broken, split or unfit to put any finish on them.

But man, the finished product is awesome!

Her website is http://www.palmtreeamerica.com/ however, as of the posting it may still be down for updating. It should be up and running soon.

 However you can visit her own website: http://www.artistsonialarson.com/