Time once again to play catch up!  Spent a week on vacation thoroughly enjoying the time away from work and the cold northeast.  Was very spoiled by the weather in Orlando with most days near 80 the whole time we were there.  Traveling is generally a big hassle and the return trip was no exception.  I’m just going to spend the weekend getting back into a normal routine and try not to daydream too much about my home-away-from-home, the Beach Club resort in Walt Disney World.

I was able to keep my 365 project going while on vacation, which should be no big surprise as there is a plethora of photo opportunities in Disney World. I was helped out by the fact that I’m usually an early riser even when I don’t need to be, so I was able to go out for walks in the morning as everyone else was getting ready.  Well, enough rambling, let’s get to the pictures…

Day 55 – Holiday Door

Getting ready to leave the next morning for our vacation I was scrambling to find a subject for my project picture.  The historic church at the end of my road is always decorated for the holidays so I drove down and grabbed a few pictures.  I decided to focus on the red door with the decorations since the there was too much noise in the rest of the image.

Day 56 – Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

We spent the night at my mother-in-law’s house since we would be flying out early the Saturday morning.  With everything else going on I almost forgot to get my picture so I roamed around her house pointing the camera at anything interesting.  I typically see this saying portrayed by monkeys so the ducks caught my eye.  I quick pose on the table and I stayed on track.

Day 57 – Standing Watch

Once we arrived at the Beach Club resort we dropped off our stuff in the room and headed over to Hollywood Studios for the last night of the Osborne Family Lights and Fantasmic before it closes for a refurbishment.  Walking out to the Yacht Club’s lighthouse to catch the ferry I spied this perched on one of the posts.  He was not intimidated by people at all.  I was about 3 feet away when I took this picture.

Day 58 – Blue Waves

Soarin’!  I love this ride and our first full day in a park was spent in Epcot.  Grabbed a fast pass and headed out for other adventures.  When we returned there was a small delay in the fast pass line and I just couldn’t stand there under these lights without taking a quick picture.

Day 59 – Ornate Sign

Sat down near the restrooms next to Pirates of the Caribbean and the first thing I notice is the wall.  The color and texture had me at ‘Hello’.  Then I noticed how ornate the sign was and the wonderful detail in the tiles.  That was all she wrote folks, photo taken!

Day 60 – Fading Beauty

We were waiting in line to see Mickey over in Camp Minnie-Mickey at the Animal Kingdom which allowed me to play with the camera.  Actually I was just getting ready to take pictures, really!  I really liked how this one turned out with the dark background.  I think it enhances the colors of the foreground subject.

Day 61 – Light and Leaves

This lamp post was visible from the balcony off the living room of our villa.  I really liked the black post against the colors of the fallen leaves.  My plan was to get a picture at night with the light on but my attempts all failed.  I blame the camera…  lol.

Day 62 – Flower Bokeh

On one of my morning walks I stopped taking pictures across the lake and focused on some of the flowers I could find along the walkway.  This one was just too vibrant to pass up although I still couldn’t resist a little Boardwalk bokeh in the background.

Day 63 – Snow Post

Back in the northeast on Thursday night and this is what I wake to Friday morning!  It wasn’t as bad as I want to make it out but after a week in Florida I wasn’t ready to deal with the snow.  This was just a quick picture out the back door at my mother-in-laws before packing up the car to finally get back home.

Day 64 – Slant