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The gang keeps a continuous protective eye out for the very endangered Swampy. the swamp ape! You can learn more about Endangered Species Day by clicking here: http://www.endangered.org/campaigns/endangered-species-day/ #EndangeredSpeciesDay
Newly added are about 200 palm trees. Must have had a fire sale of these! My knowledge of palm trees would be these will nearly be impossible to keep alive or get to stand on their own. All have supports.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sunday took the Florida Trail in the Ocala National Forest for a few miles. Started out at, the infamous hikers stop, the 88 Store out in the middle of the forest and headed north. Saw no wildlife, but had the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Tiki Gardens, Indian Rocks Beach
on April 11, 2018
at 7:57 am
This is “Kahana”, the Water God, during a Polynesian ritual at Tiki Gardens that once graced Indian Rocks Beach. Who remembers Tiki Gardens? This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida postcard collection.
Here’s a photo of three dredges trudging across the lowest part of eastern peninsula Florida heading across towards Naples. This effort in the blazing hot sun was to build a road from Miami to Naples. If you think about, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See that great blue heron in the foreground? I’ve got video of the fellow rooting around that I’ll share later.
Here’s a postcard from the collection of what is still known as Port Tampa City. All of this developed because of the wealth of Henry B. Plant. He named the area Port Tampa City. The rail lines are also Plants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It included an open house of their wonderful museum, bar-b-q, folks fancied up in their Olustee best and chickens! All a preamble to the 140th anniversary of the battle of Olustee, which is further recognized by the Battle of Olustee[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…