Archive for Swampy’s Florida News
Pasco Pete and Trilby are suddenly wakened to find themselves about to play in the sand. A bit about Play in the Sand Day: http://sciencelens.co.nz/2012/08/11/play-in-the-sand-day/ ….#Florida #Happy #Celebrate #Celebration #DailyCartoon #Celebrate #Cartoon #PlayInTheSandDay #Sand #Play #Daily
Further celebrating Watermelon Day, I found these Weeki Wachee Mermaids with watermelons online.This image is from a postcard posted at the My Florida history site.
Celebrating Stick Out Your Tongue Day has Rob inking cat, gator and disgusted mouse! Stick Out Your Tongue Day was July 19th.
This is very unusual! Pretty much never happens …UNLESS one irritates a gator. ESPECIALLY if it’s hatching season…and it is. Momma gators are VERY protective of their nests and will go after anyone that appears to be threatening the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here we view the St. Johns River in 1972. This photo is from‘Florida’ by Bern and Franke Keating. You can get a copy of this 1972 coffee table size photo book of Florida by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3nchkTC This book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view along a trail in Lake Griffin State Park. You can plan a visit and hike by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/lake-griffin-state-park . . . . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Outdoors #FloridaOutdoors #Parks #FloridaParks #Paynes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bad News is Good News: Killer Catfish Stabbing Floridians. I’m reading comments to this story that the readers did believe they were going to read of attacking catfish or of someone calling themselves ‘Cafish’, stabbing children. Egads! We’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can plan a visit to the Twelve Mile Swamp by clicking here: Twelve Mile Swamp Conservation Area . . . . . . . . . #Florida #Parks #FloridaParks #Trees #Outdoors #FloridaOutdoors #Floridalife #Floridalifestyle #FloridaLiving
Swampy’s Florida Tuesday Ads: Gulfview Motor Co., Fort Walton Beach, 1955.
Here’s an advertisement of the Gulfview Motor Company in Fort Walton Beach in 1955. This was originally posted in the ‘Fort Walton Beach: What We Did’ Facebook page by Gareth Stearns.: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203432763720071&set=gm.10151948584742032&type=1&theater . . . . . . . #Tuesday[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rain Barrels are thought today to be a thing of the past. Hardly! Today, catching them drops is MORE important than ever! Whether tuning into this event or learning about the effort elsewhere, this should be an essential part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…