Got in 3 miles hiking Friday. Hadn’t done that in far too long. After getting the alternator replaced in the car, was advised to drive it every day for a week. Just not very far. The mechanic folks are worried[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard wasn’t mailed, but the shape of the roadway would lead me to believe it’s the 1920s or 30s. Though there are roads around Florida like this today, it’s unlikely a postcard would be made of it. This postcard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seems this is not DeSantis and definitely not the Cabinet’s effort. Appears the head of the State Parks is seeking this without passing it by the top dogs. This morning I saw Wilt Simpson’s post from Florida Politics, attached below.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the sort of thing that makes me crazy! Contractors with their hands out for cash and those in government in a pay-off mode. AS golf courses have been closing all across Florida over the past 20 years and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is Relaxation Day and what better way to do that than to hike one of the hundreds and hundreds of miles of trails in our great state? The best way to do that is to become part of an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed February of 1941 to Mr & Mrs James Young in Polo, Illinois, from Jim and Ruth Lang. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection……………#Postcard #FlordiaPostcard #Floridana #Lakeland #LakelandFlorida #Boat #Sailing #Sailboat #Collectibles #Sailing #Boats[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard sure shows why decades of people came to Florida. Also why egrets have never stopped being in Florida! This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the ‘Florida Fruit Express” making it’s way through the orange groves. This postcard is postmarked December 5th, 1919. It was sent to Mrs. Thomas Matthews in Montgomery, Alabama. The handwriting is very difficult to make out by the sender.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo from ‘Yesterday’s Florida – Volume 3’.
This is a photo of a hammock taken on the Adam’s ranch that spans three counties in South Florida. The specific location isn’t named. This photo is from ‘A Cattleman’s Backcounty Florida’ by Alto Adams, Jr.This is a beautiful coffee[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard was mailed from Sebring in 1955 to George W. Hardy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It’s signed “Dad”, so it appears the postcard was mailed to his son, George. Apparently George’s mother had a bad headache and went to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a 1908 postmarked postcard of the Devil’s Mill Hopper in Gainesville sent from Gainesville to a Mrs. R. Hildetch on Clark Street in Jacksonville. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…