Today would’ve been entertainer’s Bob Hope’s 112th’s birthday. Swampy and Hope swung some clubs together at the Biltmore Hotel Golf Course, Coral Gables, in 1941. One place in our state with the birthday boy’s name is Bob Hope Village for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Swampy’s Florida News
Swampy’s pal and cartoonist, Greg Gray, is promoting Swampy to run for President of the United States. I guess he could run as a candidate of the Large Furry Mythical Creatures Party. Feel free to send your drawings of Swampy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida visits with Christy LeDuc, full of fun insect expert, as she tells us about a few bugs in Florida. To join Christy’s Insect Safari visit the Central Florida Insect Enthusiasts on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/165115226885822/ You can learn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy is caught reading by Pasco Pete. #GetCaughtReading
#WorldTurtleDay #TurtleDay
Trilby tries to convince Penney that it is her duty to get into the barbeque grill to properly celebrate Barbeque Month. Penney suggests instead to barbeque cotton candy. #NationalBarbecueMonth #BarbecueMonth
Looking south on Orange Avenue from Washington Street. This photo is from Rollins College yearbook of 1957. Private college Rollins is in Winter Park.
These shutterbugs try to celebrate Photo Month by trying to figure out how to operate a camera. A neat place to get a camera and more accessories than you can imagine is Colonial Photo and Hobby in Orlando. Click here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since I just visited a museum, I figured I’d take this photo for today’s celebration Museum Day! This is Jim Dennison, director of the Florida Pioneer Museum and Village in Dade City. This setting is the most vast of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby celebrates World Baking Day by baking an entire meal of doughnuts for Swampy andf Pasco Pete. #WorldBakingDay
A visit with Jerry King, retired Orange County fire fighter, at the Pine Castle Women’s Club in south Orange County. He speaks of memories of a railroad wreck, alligators on a runway and why he was paddled as a young’un.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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