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Masterful topiaries at the International Flower & Garden Festival
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Even if you’ve only been reading My Mobile Adventures *~*~* for a short time, you know that I’m not a fan of the “Disney fairies”, Tinker Bell’s alleged little friends from her alleged home of Pixie Hollow [see 5 Ways Disney has defiled Tinkerbell]. Still, I like to think that my prejudices still leave room for giving credit where credit is due. The Pixie Hollow display outside the butterfly house at EPCOT this past spring was a study in how to make great topiaries. Even without facial expressions, the artists who create these masterpieces manage to convey personality and emotion in every piece they created in this garden. I’m going to shut up now and just let you look. Brava, bravo, bravi Disney horticulture team!
You want me to be happy, don’t you?
DON’T YOU?
If topiaries could talk…
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Scenes from the Tuscan garden
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This year’s Flower and Garden Festival at EPCOT featured outdoor living spaces set in a Tuscan garden. There was a grove of olive trees spread with slate-gray gravel, in the center of which stood Diana, mistress of the hunt. You might remember Diana. She was featured at the end of the drunken Bacchus scene in Disney’s Fantasia
After a bit of research, I am unable to determine why Diana was chosen to grace the Tuscan garden. She’s not especially connected to Tuscany. In fact, most of the known shrines to Diana in Italy stand significantly further south. This will have to remain a mystery – perhaps it’s simply a random selection by the CM who themed the garden.
Although I did study Italian briefly in school, that was many years ago so I needed to take a photo of this phrase written in the round on the patio. It was the word “piovana”, which I’d never heard before, that was baffling me. When I got to a computer, I googled it. “Cisterna di acqua piovana” means “reservoir of rain water”. I guess the implication here is that the reservoir is sunken into the ground. I’ve heard that’s a bad thing to do with your rainwater if you’re going to consume it in some way, but I guess if you’re only going to use it to water the plants and you don’t actually drink it or bathe in it or use it to cook, then it is probably ok.
So far we’ve only seen a sign with a reference to “acqua” or “water”. Now we’re going to see the actual water. You may have to click the picture and view it in a larger size to see. Here it is – a fountain mounted on a wall of ivy, in the shape of a ram’s head. See that trickle coming out of his mouth? That’s water! I know, it’s barely a trickle but it is actual, genuine water! There was much more to this outdoor living space, but I will save those photographs for another day.
You want me to be happy, don’t you?
DON’T YOU?
May 2010 trip to Walt Disney World – mobile blogging roundup!
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During my last trip to Walt Disney World (May 2010), I shared photos and comments on Twitter (via TwitPic), on Facebook and on this blog. Unique content was sent to each of these places. Here are some handy links to access that content
The Mobile Blogging Roundup for Walt Disney World, MAY 2010
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Shady glade on the rose walk
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EPCOT’s rose walk has the only bench that I know of in any of the Disney theme parks that has a market umbrella installed next to it. The umbrella is a testament to the fact that it’s a rare thing to find a shady spot along rose walk. There are two places where trees throw shade JUST off the walkway. Even if you can’t sit in that shade, it still brings a smidgen of relief just to look at it on a hot day.
You want me to be happy, don’t you?
DON’T YOU?
April trip to Walt Disney World – mobile blogging roundup!
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During my last two trips to Walt Disney World (March and April), I’ve tried to focus on posting unique content to three different places. I’ve sent photos and comments to this blog, to TwitPic (it gets tweeted on Twitter) and also to Facebook (fan page for the blog). I’ve gone through and tagged the blog posts and the TwitPic posts in order to bring them up with ease; Facebook, we’ll all just have to wing it because tagging beyond identifying people does not exist there.
So without further ado, I present
The Mobile Blogging Roundup for Walt Disney World, April 2010
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Tweeted photos on TWITPIC: CLICK HERE to view photos sent to TwitPic
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My Mobile Adventures *~*~* Page on Facebook: CLICK HERE to view mobile uploads to Facebook Fan Page
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Bye EPCOT – see you in a few weeks!
Headed to Magic Kingdom to meet assorted Mooses for dinner
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Eye candy at the Flower and Garden Festival
A sustainable/green backyard is displayed between France and Morocco in Epcot. This is a mini orange grove with a special surprise in the center…
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