The Wandering Disciple

Kissimmee, Florida:  Each year, steamy Central Florida takes things down to a freezing 9 degrees for ICE! at Gaylord Palms.  The annual event at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center brings to life a holiday classic through interactive ice sculptures. This year's event featured A Charlie Brown Christmas, a holiday classic in our family and many more.  After being outfitted with your stylish Ice parka to protect you from the 9 degree air that most Floridians have never experienced, your journey through the Charles Shulz classic begins. Many of the popular scenes from the animated feature can be found here.  Watch the Peanut gang skate across the pond, get some Psychiatric help from Lucy, crawl through Snoopy's award winning decorated dog house, help Charlie Brown pick out the perfect Christmas tree, listen to Linus tell the true meaning of Christmas and much more can be seen and experienced here, all crafted from over 2 million pounds of ice. Once th...

It may be 80 degrees in December, but it is a cold 9 degrees inside Ice at Gaylord Palms.  This year's exhibit featured A Charlie Brown Christmas in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang came to life with the story told in ice sculptures.  We photographed the final weekend of the exhibit and I hope to have the photos online soon.  Until then enjoy today's photo of the day.  (Photo: December 31, 2016)

A family of deer run across a field at the Pinelands Reserve.  The reserve surrounding the landfill is a great place to see all types of wildlife from deer, birds of prey and much more.  (Photo: December 8, 2011)

A longtail skipper butterfly rests its wings on a leaf in North Port, Florida.  (Photo: October 22, 2011)

A crested Caracara sits on a fence post in Eastern Sarasota County looking for its next meal.  (Photo: July 18, 2011)

Who ever said dinosaurs are extinct haven't been to the T-Rex Cafe at Walt Disney World.  Here through the science of audio-animatronic , the dinosaurs come to life every twenty minutes during a asteroid attack at the restaurant.  (Photo: January 30, 2011)

A little outpost at Disney's Animal Kindgom Park, the Harambe Wildlife Reserve is home to lions, cheetah, giraffes, rhinos and much more.  You can get an up close look at these animals aboard the Kilimanjaro Safari, departing daily from the village.  (Photo: January 30, 2011)