Made the annual stop at Venetian Gardens in Leesburg. The lights are even better than other years. The bridge to the island with the singing Christmas tree. Here’s the singing tree amongst an island of lights. More lights[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida News
Active waves burst on shore of Cocoa Beach while out in the distance cruise ships meander on some determined journey. People are hard to find and the beach access parking lots are neatly empty. Until tomorrow the beach begins it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy stops on this very warm day for a chocolate dipped ice cream cone at Del’s Freez in Melbourne. The chocolate encasing did little to stop the heat from turning the frozen treat to mush! 🙂
Swampy has found the Christmas spirit in Merritt Square Mall on Merritt Island! Who won the Christmas print there will be revealed next week! In the meantime, here is the only Santa I’ve found decorating a shop in the three[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Rob Smith, Jr. is a member of Orlando Remembered that places displays around Orlando. Each depicts the display location’s history. This newest display is in a congested development called Baldwin Park. The development land was once Orlando’s original airport,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today started my second year trek to find what store in malls across Florida has the most Christmas spirit. Started with malls in Naples and Fort Myers. It was especially difficult at these first two stops. What those difficulties were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy stops at Harold’s Place in Naples. Above is server Patti with one of of the burgers voted #1 in the area. Established in 1981, Harold’s Place is set in a tiki atmosphere nestled in the courtyard of the Gulfcoast[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy helping Cupcake Delights celebrate their six year anniversary with a Twice-as-Nice cupcake. They recently moved to their new location at 122 E. 4th Avenue, Mount Dora, and added do nights to their offerings. Stop by and say ‘Hello’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nothing like soft serve ice cream on a muggy, rainy, nasty day! 🙂 This is from Goff’s Ice Cream Shop, since 1948, on US 441 in Orlando.
While traveling across Old Winter Garden Road in western Orange County I spotted this fascinating cloud formation. Below is another view of the striking streaks through the sky.
I drew and inked this for my ‘Swampy’s Florida: The Farewell Tribute: Doolittle Raiders at Eglin Air Force Base Coloring Book and history.
The Google folks did this, not I. Somehow it took a set of photos I took this past Saturday along Lake Mary Jane at Moss Park, south of Orlando, and strung them together to create this bit of animation. Pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…