After 35 years of serving folks from around Lake Okeechobee, Lightsey’s Seafood Restaurant shows how to combine taxidermy. Below is the entrance and that they build meals from fresh fish.
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The First United Methodist Church of Okeechobee was built in 1924 as the Methodist Episcopal Church South. There’s a back wing for Sunday school that appears to have been built around 1960. Speaking to many in the church, little is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
href=”http://swampysflorida.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130323-201539.jpg”> Here’s Orange Bowl Lanes in Kissimmee. This ten lane spot has been seeing strikes since 1961. Though it’s on the busy Irlo Bronson Highway teeming with tourist spots, this place stays packed. Right now there must be 150+ people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the abandoned Miller’s Lakeside Motel in Intercession City in Osceola County. There are so many of these across our state. More in communities that have struggled as Intercession City has over the decades. This far western community of Osceola[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy Live: at the Marion County Springs Festival with, Dunnellon City Councilwoman, Penny Fleeger and, Springs Festival board member/super volunteer, Lois Braukmuller.
This watercolor painting by Swampy’s Rob Smith, Jr. will be in the silent auction at the Marion County Springs Festival tomorrow, Saturday the 24th, at Rainbow Springs State Park. The educational and music filled event runs from 10am to 4pm.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
href=”http://swampysflorida.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20130321-161622.jpg”> Stopped at the original Gabriel’s Sub Shop in Orlando and just learned that two weeks ago Paul Gabriel died. He started the Orlando institution back in 1958 on Edgewater Drive in the area of College Park in Orlando. Over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the rebuilt version of Melbourne’s oldest school house. The original was built in 1883 and originally sat along the Indian River before being moved in 1970 to it’s current site at the Florida Institute of Technology. Staff told me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Coming next Saturday to the Marion County Springs Festival is the introduction of this newest Swampy print! It’s of the location of the Festival – Rainbow Springs. A photo was given to me of a section of the Rainbow River[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Konitsky family came by Swampy’s spot at the 32nd annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair and passed along two very cool Florida ashtrays. Look below for a detail photo. Thank you all, Konitsky family! The ashtrays will join the Swampy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy got a private tour of this magnificent, historic 1926 YMCA building in Downtown St. Petersburg this evening. Got lots of pictures and will post further next week. This photo is of artwork by the pool in the basement of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend Dan Christian with one of his special Florida books available in the A. Parker Books, Sarasota, spot at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in The Coliseum in Downtown St. Petersburg. Come on down! The event runs through Sunday.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…