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I’m going through a backlog of pictures from vacation, and was almost happy with how this one turned out. After I opened it, I rotated it a little to get the fireworks to straighten up. I know I’ve done good when John looks at one of my pictures and says, “Ooh!”

Self-portrait from the Connecticut Renaissance Faire, where I brought all the kids yesterday. We all had a lot of fun, and I’d highly recommend heading down!

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of marching with Transcending Boundaries in the Northampton Pride parade. At the end of the parade, a drum circle had set up, and the hula hoop troupe marching behind us got into the act!

Busy weekend, and will be getting back to picture editing…tomorrow? Until then, a nice rerun picture for you!

Ethan and I were the last of the family to leave the Orlando area, so we had some time to kill at the resort before catching out train back. Last chance to soak up some sun!

Yesterday was the Magic Kingdom! I only got 87 pictures, though. Why, you ask? Well, we got a later start, then at dinner Ethan starting having some pretty bad stomach pains. Aaaaand, a trip to friendly Florida Hospital in Kissemmee, a couple x-rays, four attempts at a blood draw, an IV, and a CT Scan later, we got back to the hotel around 4 am. Fun times! He is doing fine now, and he got to ride the People Mover in Tomorrowland, which apparently has a hard mission in the Epic Mickey game. And I got a decent picture of Cinderella’s Castle from it! (Which I only had to sharpen a little and rotate to make it stand up straight…)

Ethan enjoyed Hollywood Studios much more than Animal Kingdom, so I had a much better time too. Finally getting him to understand that all of Disney World is pretend, so when we saw the Indiana Jones stunt show and Fantasmic, he was less freaking out and more enjoying myself. My favorite quote of the day, as Mickey sailed by on a paddle boat at the end of Fantasmic: “Mom! Mickey saw me waving!!”

Unfortunately, no good pictures there. So this is from The Great Movie Ride, which Ethan hated. With a passion. Though at least he liked the Wizard of OZ parts. We now have two days off from Disney: today is Kennedy Space Center, and tomorrow is Sea World.

I’m on vacation this week, meaning that, of course, I overscheduled myself last week. I’ll be better this week!

I am staying in Orlando with my extended family, and out our resort, we took a walk with Ethan and my nephew. We found a pair of ducks with a 9 ducklings, but the best picture I got was of this guy. And I have no clue what kind of bird it is, since I’m not native to Florida or anything. Thoughts?