Happy Old Farmer’s Day! Let’s celebrate and support our older farmers in our state. There are getting to be fewer and fewer of them as large corporations take the place of the independent farmer.
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The gang gets in the spirit strumming and drumming. We encourage you to take the opportunity to learn more about Florida folk music and visit the Facebook page of folks I’ve been associated with over the years, Friends of Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Penney visits a neighbor to see if they’re home! Eggs are a big business all over Florida. One of the biggest and earliest egg producers in Florida is the Dixie Egg Company. The Klempf family started the company in 1921[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
World Post Day celebrates mail carriers all over the world! It’s little known that Swampy once was a “Barefoot Mailman” in the 1800s. Back in the late 1800s mail wasn’t delivered to southeast Florida. There was no real practical way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy celebrates World Octopus Day with Usina, the St. Augustine Monster. Besides the legend of the Swamp Ape in Florida is the legend of the St. Augustine Monster. It was in 1896 that a huge octopus-looking creature washed ashore the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber and Trilby are in their German best for German-American Day! Swampy’s best suggestion for celebrating German-American Day is a trip to The Willow Tree Cafe in Sanford in Seminole County. The food is the considered by many to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy tries to teach a teachable Zuber and not so teachable Trilby. Teachers are the guiding light to knowledge in school. There is so much to learn! At Swampy’s Florida, we salute all the teachers and especially those who teach[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby comes across a fierce, wild animal! The wild animals are all over Florida from the Florida mouse to deer to bears to swamp apes. Get out and look for them! Find a local hiking trail and explore Florida. Jump[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Put a smile on today! Go out and enjoy are great state and add a smile to your travels!
Happy National Poetry Day! Swampy and Zuber dip into the wonderful poetic pool of Don Blandings. Blandings wrote rivers of poetry but is best known for his ‘Vagabond’s House’ collection of poetry. To the point that he’s often referred to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy says Happy Pizza Month! October celebrates the rounded meal and Zuber is indulging in quite a bit of the doughy, cheesy, tomato pasted discs. One of Swampy’s recommendations for pizza in Florida is up in Jacksonville. Al’s pizza has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
September was finished and so has the end of Chicken Month! Zuber’s egg has hatched and a chick is born! Thank you all for the name suggestions! Introducing Penney the chick! Thank you, Julie Pointer of Julianne’s Coastal Cottage in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…