It's Saturday again so we get to go on a trip and show off our pinks. Pink Saturday is hosted by Beverly. Make sure you go to http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/ to see what she is sharing with us and see her participants' lovely pinks too.
My contribution is my set of crown plates. One of them is mostly pink and the green one has a pink crown. I got them from Ebay a while back. They are marked "1855, Email de Limoges, Italy" in the back.
Today is also Sightseeing Saturday so we get to take a trip. I am taking you to Orlando, FL.
When we lived in Florida, when we wanted to get away just for a weekend, we would check in at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel. Here is the view from our window.
They have a really cool lobby, complete with greenery and exotic birds. See how happy my mom and AJ were? Great granddaughter guiding great grandma.......isn't that sweet?
These birds were just there in the lobby and they don't fly away.
We always enjoy their heated rocky pool and jacuzzi complete with slides, waterfalls and a rope bridge.
I just love this picture. The swans are so pretty and so relaxed. Aren't the pink flowers pretty? This is what I call tranquility and serenity.
John took AJ to Disney World. I did not go with them because I have been there so many times so I dragged my mom to shop at the Outlet mall instead.
Hope you enjoyed another short trip. Thank you so much for coming and thanks to Beverly for hosting Pink Saturday.
Hi Christine!!! I so enjoy tagging along with you on your trips! This looks marvelous!
ReplyDeleteNow those beautiful plates - Limoges! How lovely!
You do have everything!! :)
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Hi, Christine!
ReplyDeleteI love the Grand Cypress. It's such a neat place. We used to go there and eat when it first opened, and those birds in the lobby always fascinated me. I can remember eating some of the best conch fritters I've had outside of Key West in one of their restaurants there.
Loved all the pictures of your family and the pictures of your crown plates! You are a girl after my own heart with your love for dishes!
Thanks for sharing...
Happy Pink Saturday!
XO,
Sheila :-)
As much as I go to Orlando, I still love to see pictures of from there. The plates are really unique! Have a wonderful weekend.
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Hi C, you always take the most fun and wonderful family trips, Do you adopt?? Kathysue
ReplyDeleteYour dishes are lovely. Limoges!! And I know you got a bargain on eBay!! Love them.
ReplyDeleteThe grand Cypress looks like a wonderful place to stay. I would so enjoy that pool. And the birds in the lobby are very smart. They know better than to leave!
Great post!
xoxo
Janie
Wow those Princess crown plates are gorgeous and so is the place!
ReplyDeleteChristine... if you get a chance, please email me, okay? I can't click and email because the geeks forgot to install that on my laptop.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to be in Florida about mid March???
XO,
Sheila :-)
Hi Christine!
ReplyDeletethose plates are beautiful!
I enjoyed all your stunning pictures of your trip. so many vibrant colors!!
I miss going to Florida and to Disney. The swan photo is lovely. I had to laugh when you said you went outlet shopping instead of going to the Magic Kingdom:)
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LOVELY PLATES, CHRISTINE!
ReplyDeleteI so love Disney, we've been there 4 times and I still want to go back! Hugs, Cindy
Hi Christine, wanted to tell you thanks for following my new blog and all the sweet comments you have left. I am trying to get caught up since we came home. What great pictures of your trip. I have been to Disney World eight times. My dad took us the first year they opened and we stayed at the Contemporary Hotel where the monorail runs through it and my husband and I spent our honeymoon and 25th anniversary at the Polynesian. Good memories of those trips.
ReplyDeleteHappy PS Christine. Wow what fun and a great time at Disney.
ReplyDeleteThe plates are lovely!
Enjoy the weekend.
Love your vacation photos as always! AJ was little then...or rather, she has grown quite a bit since then!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love the crown plates! Both our daughters were University of Louisville Homecoming queens 2 years apart (first time at that university, that sisters were queens). I like to look for things with crowns to give them form time to time :o)
Blessings & Aloha!
(I can not say enough, how much I appreciate your comments, dear friend!) Have a wonderful weekend!
Those plates are so cute Christine, I love them. And I love your shots from Orlando. The hotel looks like a wonderful place to relax and unwind. But, really, can you go to Disneyworld too many times? I would love to go back! Kathy
ReplyDeleteYour plates are just gorgeous, I love them. You do always take the best trips. Such great fun. Hugs, Marty
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Post those plates are simply beautiful! Your travel pictures are wonderful...Happy Pink Saturday Grace
ReplyDeleteI worked for Mears Transportation in Orlando for 8 years and the Hyatt was a client. Visited it many times.
ReplyDeleteMy son and I head off to Orlando on 2/20 for a week and can't wait to snap photos of the new Harry Potter Theme Park at Universal.
Neat plates! This hotel looks beautiful, all of the exotic birds really help to set the mood, the pool looks like lots of fun too! Happy Pink Saturday Christine!
ReplyDeleteThe plates are lovely. Wow, that hotel looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteYour plates are so lovely.Happy Pink Saturday!
ReplyDeleteChristine... I love those plates! They'd look perfect with my little pink and green garden bistro table that I put in my booth today! Just posted a photo... drop by and see whn you get a chance...
ReplyDeleteDisney... is there a better vacation for kids... the small ones and the big ones! LOL
Happy Pink Saturday! Dixie
Hi Christine!
ReplyDeleteLove the limoge crowns! Gorgeous!
The photos are special!
Happy Pink Sautrday!
love, kelee
Hi Christine....
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness........your plates are over the top yummy!
Loved the hotel lobby.....there's a hotel on Kauai that has birds in the lobby like that too.....and one entire side is open to the ocean! I'd think they'd want to make their great escape.
Happy Pink Saturday!
Hugs,
Spencer
All my family have visit Disneyworld except me. I haven't got the stamina anymore..but..I loved the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel! What a lovely place to walk through..the swans..so lovely! Thank you for sharing this. I may never get to visit it in person but I enjoyed the pictures so much.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter and mother have the sweetest faces!!
Hugs,
Mona
p.s. And of course you do also! :)
Shoot! Your plates are just beautiful...I think my memory has gone on vacation! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Christine, you're right the swans are beautiful and they are so swan-nie ;-). I also love the picture of your daughter and her grandma (?) It reminds me of my life.
ReplyDeleteOne of these days we'll take the kids to disney.
ReplyDeleteChristine, wonderful mosaics of beautiful scenery. Your mother looks great, and I loved the photo of AJ holding her hand. Also love the one of AJ and John in the pool. Did you buy out the Outlet Mall? Those plates are gorgeous! I've never seen anything like them! Do you have a new grandbaby yet? laurie
ReplyDeleteLove the dishes, the mosaic and how sweet is ggma and ggdau! Precious!
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