Swampy Live: Swampy is currently riding with a flock of cartoonists entertaining service men and women around Florida during the first official USO National Cartoonists Society tour of Florida. Started in Tampa at MacDill Air Force Base. After a trip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits Charley’s Steak House in Tampa. Charley’s came to be after Charley Woodsby broke away from William Darden and the chain they started, Red Lobster. Charley and his son Ron began, what would be known as, Charley’s Steak House[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Jacksonville Lanes on eastern Beach Road in Jacksonville. What a bowling alley sign should look like. The location has 32 lanes, diner, pool tables and other amenities. The very friendly employee behind the counter wan’t sure when the alleys[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The A.W. Peterson Gun Shop opened in 1886 in Denver, Colorado. In 1954 the business packed up it’s Colorado location and moved it to Mount Dora, Florida. It’s been here ever since! The wooden interior with a full array of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most don’t think of farms when they think of Lake Mary. Swampy found one in the midst the the original Lake Mary area by the railroad tracks.
Swampy stops and nabs a spot of orange juice and says Hello to Visit Florida’s Debbie.
The Mize family ran turpentine stills all around Alachua County in the early 1900s until 1950. Part of their land included a cemetery which was later deeded to the Fairbanks Baptist Church, in eastern Alachua County. Ellis Mise, who died[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy with Dunnellon City Councilwoman Penny Fleeger and City Manager Eddie Esch, Sr. in front of Dunnellon City Hall. Planned out the first of two Swampy books today. Will post art in the process of the book soon.
From the Seabreeze Bridge, storms roll into Daytona Beach..
Here’s Swampy near the Inverness Courthouse steps tonight at storms rolled in to this part of Citrus County.
A view of Lake Padgett off US 41 in Land O’Lakes. Lake Padgett connects to the east with Saxon Lake. All of which has many boaters, skiers, fishermen and jet skiers busy during weekends. I was told that the southern[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For 29 years ‘Subs ‘n Such’ has held the title, “World’s Largest Soft Drink Selection” and above is only part of the selection. They are also known for their wide selection of sandwiches. The most popular is their Cuban sandwich,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…