Oaxacan Wood Carving

Here is a little treasure that I picked up in the Mexico world tour at Disney Epcot. There was a woman there painting these Oaxacan wood carvings and she had all sorts of creatures on display. There were some really wonderful larger pieces of rabbits in bright green with detailed patterns that I could have looked at for hours.

My piece wasn't signed so I'm not sure of the name of the artist, but if I know of anyone going to Oaxacan Valley I'm definitively sending some money and begging them to pick out a buddy for my new little fire-breathing dragon creature!

Disney Adventure

Last week I had the pleasure of taking a little trip with my sister to Orlando Florida and going to Disney World! Here are a few highlights from the trip.

This is my "classic" Disney shot that I needed of the castle. I wasn't aware that it was decked out in  lights & patterns and images were projected onto it for different events.

 Lots of gorgeous flowerbeds and trees.

This was the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse that you could walk through. This is right up my alley!

Good viewpoint of Magic Kingdom from the treehouse.

Here is the building for the Haunted Mansion ride. I love ghost stories and mysteries so this was one of my favorites. I didn't get a picture of Splash Mountain but that was great too!

We stayed at the Coronado Resort at Disney...I loved the southwest theme carried out in the architecture.

Here is the mini courtyard. There were lots of these everywhere for a little peace and quiet.

 

This is the pool where I spent my mornings. The great thing about staying here is that most the kids and people were at the Disney parks already so the pool was very relaxing. Got lots of reading and lounging done here.