Today is Barbershop Quartet Day and the gang is singing a well known Florida song. Does anyone know what this song is from?…….#Florida #BarbershopQuartetDay #Barber #Quartet #Music #Sing #Celebrate #Celebration #Happy #Daily #Cartoon #dailyCartoon #Barbershop #Music Save
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Swift Creek streams past the saw palmetto on it’s way to meet the Suwanee River. This is one photo from the Suwanee River hike on Thursday. I’ll sprinkle these through the next week so i don’t flood the area now.
This taken during a hike through the Big Cypress Preserve from Clyde Butcher’s Photography Gallery in 2008. The site was once a bromeliad farm, as you can see plenty of in the photograph. You can plan a trip and hike[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These are out there, not far from our shores. The sponges are not all that numerous. There is still farming of sponges by various businesses. Yet, a bit of scuba diving of Biscayne Bay might have you encounter such a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Sunday Services: Congretional Church, Coral Gables
This is the Congregational Church in Coral Gables. The structure is the oldest established building (1923) in Coral Gables. It was built by Coral Gables developer George Merrick in honor of his father, who was a Congregational Minister. The church[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Along the coast of Titusville during a Swampy visit, February 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . #hike #Hiking #Florida #BEach #FloridaBeach #Titusville #TitusvilleFlorida #SpaceCoast #Sunset
Trilby shows his heart.(Actually he swiped it from a Valentine Alva got.) You can learn more about Heart Month here:https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-month #Trilby #Happy #Heart #Month #Celebrate #Daily #Cartoon #DailyCartoon
This un-postmarked postcard appears to be from the early 1900s. Since the mid-1800s Key West had the busiest ports in our state. That dramatically changed as we entered the 1900s and the area shown here saw less and less ship[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A copy of Ross Allen Reptile Institute book of snakes aside a volume of, Jack Parr’s, ‘I Kid You Not’ might seem odd, unless you are researching Ross Allen. Sequestered working on the next Swampy book of Ross Allen at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: On the banks of the Suwanee River, @1920.
This undated postcard must be from the 19-teens or 20s. Wonder what became of those little children? What are your favorite Florida river banks? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida collection. . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…