Swampy’s Florida says Happy #Manatee Appreciation Day It’s Manatee Appreciation Day and here’s Crystal, the manatee, to celebrate! The best way to show your appreciation is to join Save the Manatee Club. Click here to learn more about the club[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Critters
Collier, the puppy, is ecstatic to celebrate National Puppy Day! There are puppies all over Florida looking for a home. Please visit your local Humane Society or SPCA to help a canine critter find a home. Feel free to mention[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcard: Leaping Fun at Floridaland in Osprey.
Water fun at the former ‘Floridaland’ that lived from 1964 until 1971 in Osprey, between Sarasota and Venice. The amusement park was the first in the state before Disney to draw in an assortment of themes to lure people. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Milton, the sea turtle, wants all to know a trip to the Sea Turtle Conservancy website can help you adopt a turtle! A fine idea for a Christmas gift! To learn more click here: https://conserveturtles.org/support-stc-join-stc-and-adopt-a-turtle/ . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Over near Port Charlotte a manatee floats into the flooded backyard of a canal home and chews the unnatural grass growing there. Very interesting, but the likelihood of deadly fertilizers being used on the the grass is high, considering who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sneads, the bat, flutters about to celebrate International Bat Nights as certain super heroes feel left out. International bat nights is this weekend where all are encouraged to learn more about bats all over the world. Bats can be found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Postcards: Jumping around at Marineland, 1975.
Marineland has had a few different names over the decades. Marine Studios, as shown on the ramp, was one of those as the spot looked toward film opportunities. Today the location is known as Marineland Dolphin Adventure. Though there has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gator Lagoon at Homosassa Springs! – Swampy’s #Florida Postcards.
This unmarked postcard looks to be from around 1970. The location is the fantastic Homosassa Springs, a location to visit if you haven’t. Click here to learn more: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/ellie-schiller-homosassa-springs-wildlife-state-park This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Birds Of Florida by Frances W. Hall My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve probably got a dozen copies of this and most of those are different editions. Probably had most for 30 years or so. Never read any of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Collectible’s: View-Master’s ‘Flipper’.
Still some of the best 3-D ever created, View-Master had a huge variety of images to pop into it’s viewer to see 2-D images in a new light. For some who didn’t travel it was the only way to experience[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sight to see! Tourists would go to watch the penned sea turtles, called “turtle crawls” or “kraals”, as they swim and bob about. This postcard doesn’t have a date, but I would say the 1940s. The sea turtles were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ostrich Transportation Options in Jacksonville. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
Now here’s how to get through traffic jams! This undated postcard seems to be from around 1900. Oddly, in the corner is a variation of our Florida seal with the words below it: ‘In God We Trust’. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…