donald's brother charles

And while on the patio, I was approached by this charming fellow. He was handsome, but not as handsome as a certain dachshund I know.

bright lights faux city

And here's what EPCOT's fireworks looked like from my patio. To the left, you'll notice Spaceship Earth.

sitting in my hotel room

I'm in Florida visiting my folks, which means there is an obligatory trip to WDW. Tonight, my folks got us a suite at the Boardwalk resort and made a point to get a room facing the boardwalk itself. I'm there now, and it's beautiful. This is what the view from my bed looked like a couple hours ago. On the right side is the Disney Vacation Club sign where the nice guy from Erie, PA works and offered to let us use as a shortcut coming in and out of the building.

the good life and the good boy

I've been in Florida the past 24 hours, and it's been wonderful. We spent the day hanging out at my folks' place, being lazy. The highlight of the day was a cookout with some good friends who are in town from England. I get to see them even less than I see my folks, so it was a real treat, all around. Now I'm about to retire with some Carson McCullers. And, for no reason other than I miss him, here's a picture of my guy taken during our walk last night, right before I took off to the airport.

here come the flowers

Fresh from our walk, Nicky and I were greeted with a cheerful "good morning" from a couple friendly daffodils. Oh, spring.