Unfortunately, the church doesn’t have a website and there are no markings on the buildinbg telling when the building was built. I’d guess the 1920s. I took this photo there was no one there to ask about the church. I’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just had a lot of fun on Twitter commenting about locations & history as ‘Flipper’s New Adventure’ (1964) on TCM played. Have to do that again sometime. Here’s the IMDb page for the film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058105/ By the way, you can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tomorrow is the last day of The General Store in Lakeland. Terisa Glover, above, and her little dog, Sparky, have run The General Store for the past six plus years. During that time The General Store became the heart of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Soon to visit the bumper of your car – It’s the Lovebugs! Live and in concert amongst the goldenrod in Ocala! this small field of goldenrod is loaded with flying creatures from the lovebugs to wasps, bees and butterflies. In[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Florida Indians and the Invasion from Europe by Jerald T. Milanich My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a very thorough book. Covering Florida’s early history, how the Spanish explorers roamed the state, the indian interactions, archaeological evidence found.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the Historical Church in the little city of Fellsmere. People in the community built this church in 1922. The spire and cross were blown off the building during a storm in 1955 and the bell was removed in 19990.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking for an excuse to practically visit a beach? The mess of our inter-coastal waterways on both sides of the state is what this event is all about. Though problems are already being worked on after an emergency legislative meeting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Announced today is a pilot to be made of Charles Willeford’s ‘Hoke Moseley’. The deeply dark set of novels are set in Miami and have quite a cult following. The books haven’t been in print for many years, so this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are the fin-less Weeki Wachee Mermaids in an advertisement for Weeki Wachee Springs in the 1950s. Click here to learn more and plan a visit to Weeki Wachee State Park. This is from ‘Weeki Wachee – City of Mermaids’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unfortunately, the photo in the book this is from gives no other information than that this is a group of oyster shuckers in Apalachicola. It is indicated the photo is from the Florida State Archives. This photo is from ‘African[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a page I drew for the upcoming ‘Swampy’s Florida Dunellon’
Here’s the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Apalachicola. This structure was built in 1917. Since these photos were taken there have been a few alterations such as a new sign in the front, the Baptism pool has been painted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…