I now hopefully return to my regularly scheduled flickr posting! Thanks to all of my good friends here who've patiently waited for me to endure my puter problems at home, and having a busy time at my job during the day. I've missed you all terribly. This posing sea bird was found on the Berkeley Pier during my vacation in lovely California. Did I mention that this was the first big trip of my life, and even my first time in a commercial airplane? Since I've returned I've longed to be back there where the fruit is always fresh, and the air is cool. *sigh* On this wonderful day my husband and I met up with Valerie Cochran of "Your Waitress Photos" (she's on flickr, too!). She showed us all around this fascinating city and even pointed out some spots where she took some of her very memorable photos. It was a huge highlight of the trip to meet Valerie and to spend a whole day with her. All three of us took pictures of this seagull who followed us for a bit on the pier. I will catch up with you all little by little this week. My boss gave me some big tedious tasks to work on today, that will take me some time to finish. But a girl needs some down time too. While the boss is away, I will be flickring away! :-)

They were filming a commercial for the 15th Anniversary of Disneyland Paris. This was so exciting to see, this set was located in front of the It's a Small World Attraction in Disneyland, CA. I swear everytime i still look at this photo, my stomach shivers because it was so fun to watch. This was probably the fourth time i've seen them film a commercial at Disneyland. Really neat to see them do takes, over and over ..and over...There is a red carpet, a little girl and boy were holding hands as they were walking fast down the carpet. The characters waved at them and blew kisses while the snow machine and fan were blowing confetti flakes in the air. There was a disco ball that spinned and added reflective light (the bright spot in the photo) Standing in front of this set was really quiet. They added and enhanced sound through computer technology. I have never seen so many characters in one small area. During this time there were characters you'd never see on an average day, but for this commercial.....very cool. I might add that i was never a disney employee, and this was a regular day. (THE FULL COMMERCIAL IS ON YOUTUBE!!)