A Snap, A Set and A Song - Heatwave

Time once again to link with Thea at A Snap, A Set and A Song for this week's theme of Heatwave. Stop by her site to see her take - and possibly join us with your own post.




Leave it to Thea to come up with a theme that I have to be creative to try and come up with a post. While she and her fellow Australians are complaining about 40° and above temperatures, we are looking at a forecast temperature of 47° here - quite a bit warmer than usual for this time of year. Of course, Thea's 40°C would be my 104°F ... and my 47°F would be her 8°C ... similar numbers - quite a different meaning!

A Snap

So since our winter would not produce any heatwave snaps, I reached back into the archives to one of the hottest days in my memory. That day was August 24, 2011 - my daughter's wedding. It was a Disney Fairytale Wedding held in Walt Disney World. For those of you not familiar with sub-tropical Florida in the summer, let me just say it was extremely hot and steamy ... even by Florida standards. Just have a look at my son's shirt (or my grandsons' hair)!

A Set

Don't let the tuxedos fool you - it was HOT!!!!

A Song

Now I know that Thea was expecting me to use a different song, but the Broadway person in me decided to go with this number from Kiss Me Kate. (The song in the set is from the musical, Pajama Game - the first community theater show I ever did.)

But just for Thea ... is this what you were thinking? :-)

A Snap, A Set and A Song - Fireworks

Time once again to link with Thea at A Snap, A Set and A Song for this week's theme of Fireworks. Stop by her site to see her take - and possibly join us with your own post.




When I saw this week's theme, I was quite happy as for the last 2 years I have been trying to perfect my skills at taking pictures of fireworks. Now the decision was which photo to use as a snap, and which way to go for the set and the song.

A Snap

For the snap I have chosen a shot from Illuminations - Reflections of Earth ... the nightly multimedia show in EPCOT at Walt Disney World in Florida.

The Set

I have been lucky in that when I am in Disney World, there is a fireworks show (or two) almost every night. This set is a collection of photos I took of the nightly fireworks show in the Magic Kingdom.

The Set

While Wishes ... the nightly fireworks show in the Magic Kingdom is shown almost every night throughout the year, during the days leading up to New Year (and for a while after), Disney Presents Holiday Wishes ... have a look ...

Friday Favorite - Fishing

Once again we join with with Thea at The Happy Shutterbug - for a Friday Favorite. Why not stop by and join in as well?

As winter starts to make itself felt here, it's nice to look back at a time when outdoor activities were possible and slowed the day down.

A Snap, A Set and A Song - Family

Time once again to link with Thea at A Snap, A Set and A Song for this week's theme of Family. Stop by her site to see her take - and possibly join us with your own post.

A Snap

Whenever there are holidays, and we get together as a family, there are the family photos. Here is our most recent (April, 2011) four generation photo.

The Set

So you think it's easy to get that full family photo?

The Song

Friday Favorite - Haunted Mansion

Once again we join with with Thea at The Happy Shutterbug - for a Friday Favorite. Why not stop by and join in as well?

Those of you who have walked through the new interactive queue at Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion will recognize this ...

(For those interested, you can see more of the queue here)

A Snap, A Set and a Song - Garden

Time once again to link with Thea at A Snap, A Set and A Song for this week's theme of Garden. Stop by her site to see her take - and possibly join us with your own post.

A Snap

Right now - as we are just one day away from the first day of winter here, gardens are not much to look at. However, back in April we visited EPCOT at Walt Disney World during the International Flower and Garden Festival.

The Set

Assorted views from the International Flower and Garden Festival set to Peter Paul and Mary's Garden Song (Live)

The Song

  

Friday Favorite - Hats

Once again we join with with Thea at The Happy Shutterbug - for a Friday Favorite.

Recently I spent a day at a flea market. My wife was looking for something in particular, I was simply looking for a good picture. I went with the intention of doing a black and white layout (which I did - see here), but some - including this one - work very nicely in color as well.