Amaya's Trip to Florida

Since 2006, I have been attending a personal development course

called The Avatar Course.

This year, I attended the course from June 6th-June 14th.

I have used the exercises at home and have found that attending

courses is very helpful for my ongoing growth.
The materials and the people are very wise, insightful,

appreciative, and supportive.

Free information hours are available on course,

in person, through phone or Skype.

www.theavatarcourse.com

This year, the course was hosted at my favorite hotel;

The Lake Mary Marriott

in Lake Mary (Orlando), Florida.

They have a fountain that I have loved since

I first attended a course at this hotel in 2006.

I took a lot of photos of it!

I adopted Amaya specifically as a doll companion

for this trip. I was able to keep her tucked in my bag

during the course day, and my taking her out was not

distracting to other participants.

After looking at and posing in front a printed out version of the

famous fountain while at home, Amaya was eager to see the fountain

in person.

ADAD Not So Shallow
June 6, 2015

The fountain continued to be a center of attention

as I photographed  Amaya in front of it many times.

ADAD I Enjoy
June 11, 2015

We also enjoyed the flowers and small animals that we found there.

ADAD  Young
June 10, 2015

ADAD Color of  Florida
June 11, 2015

We also enjoyed a few days having lunch by the pool.

ADAD Close Up
NO Diving
June 12, 2015

The inside of the hotel was a cool, inviting place to hang out.
One morning before our program started, Amaya came out

to see what our course room looked like.

Later in the week, my group partners took a break for a few minutes.

Amaya came out to see if she could help me with my work.

But, the lobby turned out to be more interesting

from her point of view.

ADAD In the Hotel Lobby
June 9, 2015

There was a cascade of free candy at the counter!

ADAD Celebration
June 8, 2015

There were many table top displays around the hotel.
We loved the orchids!

We also loved the glass art pieces and table displays in several locations.

The course was an amazing course!

I really enjoyed the people and the work I did during the week.

But from a doll point of view, the highlight of the week

was meeting with Tes of Tiny TES.

ADAD Friends
June 14, 2015

I had Amaya and Hitty Jubilee with me.

We met for lunch. 

Tes brought two polymer dolls to meet with Hitty Jubilee,

and two small BJDs for Amaya.

She also brought a Tes robot figure she had created,

and I brought my Littlest Pet Shop Gecko.

After lunch, we went to the fountain,

where Jubilee had taken a dive 3 years earlier.

3 years ago, I posed her on the edge of the fountain,

and she fell directly backward into the fountain.

Once I realized that she suffered no damage and was only

wet as a polymer doll, I laughed.

For this photo, everyone sat or stood near the front edge;

safely away from taking a dive!

After spending some more time outside, we decided

that the air conditioning inside was a much better option!

I custom requested Hitty Jubilee from Paulette Morrissey,

who is Tes' mother, and who created the Little MO line of

polymer dolls. Paulette made a batch of 6 Little MO Hitty dolls

along with Hitty Jubilee. Hitty Tuva was from that batch.

Hitty Tuva now lives with Tes. The two batch sisters

were happy to see each other again!

Meanwhile, Amaya and the small BJDs played at the top

of the table top decoration.

Tes' two girls have Fairyland multi-faces.

They were cute as could be!

Tes and I enjoyed talking in the lobby before it was

time for her leave and me to go to the closing event for the

course, but she is an amazing, kind woman and it was quite

a privilege to meet her and play with her.

Tes is quite talented with polymer. She makes dolls,

robots, pets, and food for dolls. I have several of her doll

sized food items (pizza, cookies, taco and cupcake set).
I have known her online for years, and she even sends me Christmas cards

at Christmas! She has an Etsy store and a website:
http://tinytes.com/dolls-for-sale

Our time in Florida came to an end.

It was time for our flight home on Monday morning.

We arrived safely home by lunch time.

It was time to return to our life in New Mexico!

 But not before some loads of laundry

and catching up on our sleep!