A terrific photo of a classroom of the 1950s. This is Ft Walton Elementary School class of 1956-57. Sharing this from the Fort Walton Beach: What We Did page and posted by Barbara Peters.
Archive for August, 2014
Happy Photography Day! Get out there and snap a few photos of our great state! People come from all over the world to Florida to take photographs of birds, buildings and landscapes. Of course, there are the slew of pictures[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday indulged in the yummy dessert at Del’s Freez in Melbourne! There’s so many from Dairy Belle, Powell’s Dairy Freeze, Bo’s Ice Cream etc, etc,! Visit your local soft serve ice cream shops!
Florida is a major producer of honey in the U.S. There are even specific types produced that can be found available In the Florida Panhandle is Wewahitchka a place famous for it’s Tupelo honey. There’s even an annual Tupelo Honey[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber enjoys a creamsickle for Creamsickle Day. Besides the traditional creamsickle are the creamsickle ice creams available. One place that serves those is Sun Groves in Safety Harbor. Besides being able to purchase gifts of citrus and shipping boxes of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber and Trilby dig in to the French treat to celebrate National Filet Mignon Day! Thee are many places around Florida to find filet mignon. Le Cog au Vin in south Orange County has been a tradition of serving French[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida is sad to learn of the death of Lauren Bacall. She was an incredible beauty that portrayed a steel will in most all of her characters from her ‘Key Largo’ Nora Temple character to Margaret Kramer in ‘My Fellow Americans’.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is World Elephant Day and there is even a website for it right here. Look for the Swampy’s Florida cartoon on Wednesday to learn more about elephants used to advertise if Florida.
Happy International Lion Day! Here’s Trilby & a celebrated one. See lots of lions at Lion Country Safari! #LionDay
Celebrating kitties all over the world! Here Swampy and Trilby raise Zuber in celebration of International Cat Day!
A few days ago we celebrated the U.S. Coast Guard off Amelia Island. Today we reverse the view of the image from the lighthouse on Amelia Island with the Coast Guard boat passing in the distance. There are many lighthouses[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber, the cat, and Trilby, the baby alligator, gulp down a couple of root beer floats to celebrate National Root Beer Float Day. There are many places in Florida to get root beer floats. ‘Cubby’s Homade Ice Cream in Downtown[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…