Home Sweet Home!! Florida was great is so many ways (thank you everyone!), but I have to admit I am sooo happy to be home. Willie and Tootsie are great, Sushi and the sheep too, the snow (finally!) didn’t delay our planes and it is heaven to be back in Wisconsin. I’m planning on 2 blogs next week on 1) the results of our survey in Orlando about the emotional state of the dog in Michelle Wan’s video and 2) what kind of dog is most qualified to do AAA and AAT work. And then there’s so much I want to talk about from Kathy Sdao’s seminar on Sunday on Orlando… And then there’s talking about my BFF from graduate school, Disney World’s Sr Conservation Biologist Anne Savage, who is doing kick ass research/economic enrichment in Columbia as well as other places… so many topics, so little time!
But for now I need to get my paws back on the ground, play with the dogs, and get a bit of rest. I’m a tad tuckered from doing 2 new seminars and a fund raising speech in Naples (accompanied by music from the wedding reception beside us… talking about the human/animal bond with the song YMCA blasting in the background is an interesting experience).
Here, though, is one of my favorite parts of Disney World: The Tree of Life. It’s a constructed “tree” that is 14 stories high and 50 feet wide, with animals sculpted into the bark. This is the whole tree:
And here’s a close up of just a part of it: how many animals can you find in the bark? (Okay, I know, it’s sort of goofy, but Jim and I had a ball trying to find them all.) And I’d love to hear from others about their favorite parts of the Animal Kingdom park at Disney World. I have a few… I’ll tell you about them next week, but I’d love to hear yours!