Today is World Tourism Day! The goal of Swampy’s Florida is get everyone to travel and learn about our great state of Florida. We hope all will get out and explore. National Public Lands Day is also today and is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy wants to meet you! Come on out this Saturday, September 27th to the Santos Trailhead south of Ocala for National Public Lands Day! I’ll be signing books, working on a watercolor painting or we can just chat about our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber and Trilby indulge in a Cherries Jubilee for Cherries Jubilee day at Cafe de Paris in Fort Lauderdale. Zuber learns the hard way eating cherries jubilee with your hands is not a good idea. Cafe de Paris opened in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The day recognizes the famous ‘Checkers’ speech made by vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon in 1952. In the speech he spoke about his new dog, ‘Checkers’. It was 2 decades later that Nixon would utter the words, “I am not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy and friends celebrate National Elephant Appreciation Day! Did you know there is a home for elephants in Fellsmere, Indian River County? Here’s the National Elephant Center website. You also can learn more about the National Elephant Center in Fellsmere[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby, Zuber and Alva get in the pirate mood above. A couple centuries ago the above might not be such an unusual scene on certain parts of our Florida coastline. There were many pirates that thrived on getting treasure from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Vernon, the raccoon, strums a country tune for Country Music Day. A nod to country music legend and Florida born Mel Tillis, who was born in Dover (near Tampa). Tillis was raised mostly down in Pahokee after his family moved[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby’s efforts to make a felt hat for Zuber demonstrates Zuber’s inability to read a ruler. There are very few locally owned mens stores in Florida and finding one that still sell hats is hard. The best is Nathan’s Menswear[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy scarfs a few hoagies in honor of ‘Eat a Hoagie Day’. Locations for hoagies can be spotty across the state. there are far more in southeast Florida likely due to the large amount of people originally from the northeast,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy National Peanut Day! Trilby happily munches Florida peanuts. There are hundreds of acres of land farmed in Florida for peanuts. The website for the Florida Peanut Producers Association is currently not working. Here are a series of articles about peanut[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ortona the egret beats Zuber to the ice cream treat! #ChocolateMilkshakeDay
Gretna, the pelican, and Ortona, the egret, live in two very different places but still join hands as good neighbors. So many critters and humans live in different places across Florida. So many never meet. Good Neighbor Day is a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…