Bunnies and mooses and groupies, Oh my!!! The Wilderness Lodge groupies thread. 4.0

[Granny]

Dory...thank you for the sampling of home through pictures.

Two weeks from tonight guess what I'll be doing? My last minute packing scramble. Before that I've got a trip to St. Louis. Never been before but want to go up in that arch. We'll also be going to a Cardinal's game so it's not all work and no play.

Kathy...I hope you enjoy your visit to my home town. The Cardinals game is a great way to get a flavor of this city. Just be sure to bring a red shirt!

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Here's a few more pictures for today. If it is ok I'll just post a few a day until I run out. or until somebody tires of them and tells me to stop. I know I'm not a good photographer but the lodge is beautiful even in my pictures. And I love all the details so my pictures my not be what some people would take. My boys laugh at me that I have so many pictures of trash cans, mailboxes, light fixtures, doors etc. So I won't be offended if somebody says enough of the random pictures.

Kathy I will post a few from camping later. Gotta run for now. Everybody have a great weekend. We have beautiful weather here in Texas. Hubby is out flying his plane and getting it ready to deliver to the guy he sold it to so he can buy the engine and finish building the next one.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Same here! We're staying at POFQ for the first time ever just for the night of 4/24 before our cruise on 4/25. I had received a pin code from Disney so the room is fairly cheap $ compared to points I'd have had to use for a Sat night DVC stay.

I've never stayed in the French Quarter part either but do love Port Orleans. That should be fun!

Kathy...I hope you enjoy your visit to my home town. The Cardinals game is a great way to get a flavor of this city. Just be sure to bring a red shirt!

Thanks Granny! Didn't think about the red shirt but we have no doubt about who we're cheering for. Momma didn't raise no dummy.


Dory - like anyone here will say "Stop! No more pictures of our beloved lodge!" And I know I love any and all from the trips.

 

[DiznyDi]

Thanks Dory for your pictures! Brought a smile to my face on this sad day. We attended a Celebration of Life service for a friend who died of cancer - she was only 59. The Lodge is definitely my Happy Place!

Kathy - Enjoy St. Louis

DDad and I put the 2nd coat of light green paint on my new room. We hope to do the darker green tomorrow. Stenciling comes next! Anyone every stenciled your walls before? Any hints?

I've found suitable patterns but am still trying to find a way to get the 'dancing moose'.

Enjoy your week-end!

 

[blossomz]

Hi all..been busy lately so I needed to catch up! Love the photos Dory. I can't wait until the school year is over and I'm on my way to the World! Maria...stick with the waitlist. I've been pretty lucky..Once I even got it the day before! With all of this pixie dust coming your way...you never know!

 

[Disney loving Iowan]

Thanks Dory for your pictures! Brought a smile to my face on this sad day. We attended a Celebration of Life service for a friend who died of cancer - she was only 59. The Lodge is definitely my Happy Place!

Kathy - Enjoy St. Louis

DDad and I put the 2nd coat of light green paint on my new room. We hope to do the darker green tomorrow. Stenciling comes next! Anyone every stenciled your walls before? Any hints?

I've found suitable patterns but am still trying to find a way to get the 'dancing moose'.

Enjoy your week-end!

Sorry to hear about your friend.

 

[twokats]

So I won't be offended if somebody says enough of the random pictures.

Kathy I will post a few from camping later. Gotta run for now. Everybody have a great weekend. We have beautiful weather here in Texas. Hubby is out flying his plane and getting it ready to deliver to the guy he sold it to so he can buy the engine and finish building the next one.

Dory,
Pics are great!! My DH and DS always give me a hard time about taking all the pics of waterfalls around WDW. I love landscape pictures!!

I also see we have another thing in common besides being in this area of TX. My husband has a Cessna 172G which takes a lot of his free time. He is working on something the last couple of weeks and I have been searching the internet for different parts he has been looking for.

 

[Muushka]

DiznyDi, so sorry about your friend. 59 is too young.

Thanks for the Lodge-photo-phix Dory. Too many Lodge pix is about as silly as too much chocolate!

Tomorrow is a big day!!

Granny's birthday!!!

Maria and Dory....break open a big bottle of clip art!!!

 

[tea pot]

Wow Cool Hobby

I love to take the same type of pics too.
Thanks for sharing

 

[eliza61]

Thanks Dory for your pictures! Brought a smile to my face on this sad day. We attended a Celebration of Life service for a friend who died of cancer - she was only 59. The Lodge is definitely my Happy Place!

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Boy what is in the water. My secretary lost her husband Wednesday, he had been battling prostrate cancer and picked up a virus that went viral. He was only 51.


Ok, all my groupie guys, every body is getting physicals right...... I know we're getting older but 50's is waaaay to young.


Oh-oh I smell a virtual birthday bash tomorrow!!

 

[KeepSwimmingDory]

Thanks for the Lodge-photo-phix Dory. Too many Lodge pix is about as silly as too much chocolate!

Maria and Dory....break open a big bottle of clip art!!!

OK so I guess the people who would want me to stop posting lodge pics probably don't make it through 186 pages of this thread. Good point about it being like chocolate.

Said in a whisper where Granny can't hear: "Looking for the perfect birthday picture. You think he's old enough to have forgotten that I used the VWL couch last year?"

Dory - like anyone here will say "Stop! No more pictures of our beloved lodge!" And I know I love any and all from the trips.

Point well taken!

Thanks Dory for your pictures! Brought a smile to my face on this sad day. We attended a Celebration of Life service for a friend who died of cancer - she was only 59. The Lodge is definitely my Happy Place!

Kathy - Enjoy St. Louis

DDad and I put the 2nd coat of light green paint on my new room. We hope to do the darker green tomorrow. Stenciling comes next! Anyone every stenciled your walls before? Any hints?

I've found suitable patterns but am still trying to find a way to get the 'dancing moose'.

Enjoy your week-end!

So sorry about your friend.

Would love to see how that room turns out. I am no help in that area, but the picture I see of it in my head is awesome! Hope you will post a picture after you get the stencils on. I think the colors sound wonderful!

Hi all..been busy lately so I needed to catch up! Love the photos Dory. I can't wait until the school year is over and I'm on my way to the World! Maria...stick with the waitlist. I've been pretty lucky..Once I even got it the day before! With all of this pixie dust coming your way...you never know!

Good to see you and thanks!

Dory,
Pics are great!! My DH and DS always give me a hard time about taking all the pics of waterfalls around WDW. I love landscape pictures!!

I also see we have another thing in common besides being in this area of TX. My husband has a Cessna 172G which takes a lot of his free time. He is working on something the last couple of weeks and I have been searching the internet for different parts he has been looking for.

That's cool. I have one of those husbands that has to have projects going on. He has extended the airplane hobby into a small business so at least it pays for itself! That's more than I can say for my DIS time.

Here's from our camping trip.

The Meadows Trading Post:

The Pathway from FW to WL:

Tri Circle D Ranch & Farm area:

Flowers up at the Outpost:

DH & I renewed our vows at this spot:

(much cheaper than that fancy wedding pavilion)

Our camping site:

 

[stopher1]

And I love all the details so my pictures my not be what some people would take. My boys laugh at me that I have so many pictures of trash cans, mailboxes, light fixtures, doors etc. So I won't be offended if somebody says enough of the random pictures.

Dory - my DW thinks I'm pretty nutty because I take lots of pictures just like these... I'm LOVING your pics!!! Thanks for sharing them. As she has said for 16 years now... "nobody wants all those landscape pictures" (or you can substitute light fixtures, trashcans, etc, etc, etc ) I completely disagree with her BTW. At least 1 person in my household does want them, otherwise we wouldn't have them, now would we?

 

[horselover]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANNY!!

 

[stopher1]

Happy Birthday Granny!!

 

[eliza61]

In Honor of our bud Granny, some April 12th trivia...

On this day....

1204- The 4th crusade began when Constantinople was captured by the Crusaders.

1861- The Civil War began when confederate troops attacked fort Sumtar, South Carolina.

1877- James Tyng became the first baseball player to wear a catcher's mask.

1954- Rock Around the clock was recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets on the Decca label.

1961- The Soviet Union launched the first man into space; Cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin in the spacecraft Vostok 1.

1964- Arnold Palmer won his 4th Masters title.

1969- Lucy and Snoopy from the comic strip "Peanuts", were on the cover of the Saturday Review.

Have a magical Day Granny!!

 

[Granny]

Horselover, Stopher and Eliza...thank you very kindly for the birthday wishes. That's a neat list of historical events for this date!

And a few lesser known people who happen to share my birth date:

David Letterman
Tom Clancy (one of my favorite authors)
David Cassidy (my wife's girlhood crush!)
Vince Gill

So let the party begin! Who's bringing the Dole Whips?

 

[Muushka]

Dole Whips for everyone! It's on the house!!!

Happy Birthday Granny!!!!

 

[Muushka]

So, since we are all gathering for a birthday party, where shall we have lunch? Granny??

 

[bgraham34]

Stopher1 - I love taking pics. I have very few of the lodge though. Sometimes my wife is like enough already how many pictures of the castle can you have. I am just trying to take better pictures and why not practice while at the world.

 

[stopher1]

Stopher1 - I love taking pics. I have very few of the lodge though. Sometimes my wife is like enough already how many pictures of the castle can you have. I am just trying to take better pictures and why not practice while at the world.

EXACTLY!! So what that there are already several thousand at home... a few more isn't going to hurt anyone

Ahh the digital age though... I've been going through all of the pics & negatives from my childhood over the past couple of months. I've calculated that there are about 2,000 (ish) +/- from when I was 1 until I went off to college. Total family shots, not just of me. Vacations, birthdays, Christmases, etc, etc. I've been working on scanning them all so that we have a record of them before they are gone. (Many of the pics are totally faded and discolored, and many of the negatives are too). That way I can then share them all with my brother on a DVD, and give a copy to my parents as well. I did that previously a few years ago with all of my grandparents slides from the late 50's through 1979 when my grandpa died. There were about 2,500 of those. That was an 18 month project. This one is looking to be about the same (of course I wasn't on the DIS yet back then so perhaps longer )

It's just amazing how much digital photography has transformed our lives. DW and I think nothing of coming home from vacation with 2-3,000 images for a 10 day trip. Snapping over and over again until we get that "perfect" shot with all 3 kids actually smiling at the same time, always knowing what we're getting... Looking back at those childhood years - there are something like 85-125 shots PER YEAR that my parents took. WOW, what a difference it is between then and now. And so many just down right BAD shots that of course weren't seen until weeks or months later when the roll of film was finished and then actually developed.

So I say thank goodness for digital - and take a few more!