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Hope Luke gets a good report so he does not have to go through that again. Be glad that he is getting all of the "repairs" done now so he can be fully recovered by Oct. BTW, Judy and I will just miss you. We arrive on Nov 4. You did well with the art by Larry Dotson. He is such a great talent. We have several of his (Frozen and Haunted Mansion themed) pieces. He is a very nice man to deal with. You are correct about the view from your balcony. I believe it would be difficult to tear myself away from there as well.
I finding out that quite a few of us have a collection of 2 or more Larry Dotson prints.
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I hope Luke is feeling better soon and that he gets a good report from the doctor! My mom had kidney stones and I know the pain that she experienced. It is always such a thrill getting the chance to see Larry and his wife. I especially love when they can personalize the prints for you! I wish we had gotten a picture taken with Larry too!
I'm not sure what kept all three of us from thinking of a photo. Maybe another time.
Thanks everyone for the pixies for Luke. His description of how he feels today is "better than yesterday, but still in pain." He's told me that the pain was more than he expected. I must have done a better job than I thought dealing with the pain when I had my kidney stone removed. He's x-ray and doctor's appointment will be Tuesday at 8:00. I'll really hoping for good news.
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NEXT: Oops! I had the camera, but what did we forget now?
Day 6 -- Friday, May 13, 2016 – Part 2
As we walked up further into Epcot, Luke got a cool photo of Spaceship Earth. Love it!
Then we crossed over from Future World to the World Showcase where I got a repeat photo of Minnie and Pluto.
Since it was around 11:45 when we finished up at The Art of Disney, I had requested food. We began our quest, starting on the Mexico side of the lagoon. Luke got a Corn Tortilla Quesadilla from Jardin de Fiestas. It was had roasted mushroom and zucchini blossom inside and green tomatillo sauce on the outside. There wasn’t anything that I wanted here, so we kept walk. That’s reason there is no photo of Luke’s delicious eats because we didn’t stop long enough for one. It was here that I also realized that I had forgotten to put my Flower & Garden Festival Passport back in my purse. No problem, I just got another one, but it would have been nice to have all my stamps in one book.
At Norway I stopped us again to take repeat photos of the Anna and Elsa topiaries. For scrapbooking, my DSLR photos are so much clearer than the iPhone when the photos are enlarged.
By the time we reached the African Outpost, we were all three thirsty from our meanderings. Luke got a large Diet Coke, I got a regular Fanta Orange, and Linda got an ice water. I know I’ve still not gotten anything to eat, but I know what I want and where to get it. Destination: Germany and the Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market for an “Armer Ritter”. Basically, egg battered toast with cherry compote and powdered sugar. So sweetly yummy! Again no photo. But I did take time while in Germany to capture every single dwarf as well as Snow White.
Luke even managed to capture two additional princesses, Linda and me.
Afterwards, he got a couple of neat photos across the World Showcase lagoon.
Then we were moving again, stopping in Italy for a little more for me to eat at Primavera Kitchen. I chose the Pollo alla Parmigiana, something I usually love. Luke can’t stand some spice in this classic Italian dish and won’t eat it. I’m not sure what it is because parmigiana chicken is rather basic, breaded chicken breast, tomato, parmesan, and mozzarella. I did clean my tapas size plate, but this was not a favorite of the dishes I tried this year. The chicken seemed a bit dry actually. Again no photo. Before leaving Italy, I did get a photo of Lady and the Tramp again. This is one of my favorite topiaries as they both look so adorable.
As we traveled through the American Pavilion, I got a photo of Woody while Luke went to the really nice restrooms here. It didn’t take any time to photograph Woody, so Linda and I went inside the shop here to browse until Luke rejoined us.
We kept up the country hopping until we were between Morocco and France where we stopped so I could get a Key Lime Sparkling Wine by Florida Orange Groves Winery at the Florida Fresh booth. And if you’ve already guessed no photo, I’ve fooled you because we finally sat down, which meant I could get a photo.
Not very groovy of me though to miss so many food photos this day! I promise I will make up for it at dinner. As we passed through France, I got more topiary photos. This time it was the characters of Beauty and the Beast.
Another set of favorite topiaries comes in the United Kingdom. It’s so cool how Peter Pan is on top of the building.
I also got Winnie the Pooh and the characters of 100 Acres Wood while in the UK as I totally missed these on our first Epcot day.
Just outside of Canada I got Bambi, Thumper, and Flower.
NEXT: “Just One More” -- Pause – “Just One More” – Pause – “Just One More” (repeat as many times as you want)
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Hang on, let me get this right - this year they have Rabbit, as well as Tigger and Pooh, but still no Eeyore? Unbelievable... my poor donkey, no wonder he's miserable all the time.
Great photos of all the topiaries, sorry about the passport. I hope there will be more food photos in future instalments?
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Hang on, let me get this right - this year they have Rabbit, as well as Tigger and Pooh, but still no Eeyore? Unbelievable... my poor donkey, no wonder he's miserable all the time.
Great photos of all the topiaries, sorry about the passport. I hope there will be more food photos in future instalments?
Look back at the pictures. You will find Eeyore with Piglet on his back . This shot is between Rabbit and Pooh. So he was not forgotten just sad as usual looking at the ground.
Love the seven dwarf topiary photos! I've always loved the Lady & the Tramp topiaries as well as the Bambi characters - so cute!! Isn't it strange how some of the topiaries have faces, like Snow White, but others (like Belle) don't have a face? The face-less ones are kind of creepy
"Keep in mind that this is bag Check #5 for me. A very sweet CM in security came up to me as I exited the bag check area, telling me I had been identified for further security and would need to follow her up to the scanner. I did wonder how I had been identified, but figured I’d not get a straight answer, so didn’t bother asking. The whole extra security system is a simple process of walking slowly with my arms raised over my head as I walked through the scanner. Immediately afterward, I was cleared to walk around the park. All was still groovy!"
During my week long solo trip over Memorial Day Week, everytime I went through bag check I got the same greeting at all four parks. By the fifth day of my trip I was a pro at it.
I absolutely loved all the topiaries but my favorites were the Peter Pan cast, Winnie the Pooh & Friends and those from Bambi. Thank you for taking all those wonderful shots & sharing them with us.
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It is always such a thrill getting the chance to see Larry and his wife. I especially love when they can personalize the prints for you! I wish we had gotten a picture taken with Larry too!
He's x-ray and doctor's appointment will be Tuesday at 8:00. I'll really hoping for good news. 
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I know I’ve still not gotten anything to eat, but I know what I want and where to get it. Destination: Germany and the Bauernmarkt: Farmer’s Market for an “Armer Ritter”. Basically, egg battered toast with cherry compote and powdered sugar. So sweetly yummy! 
Again no photo. 
But I did take time while in Germany to capture every single dwarf as well as Snow White. 
Continued pixies for Luke! 
Susan
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Unbelievable... my poor donkey, no wonder he's miserable all the time. 
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