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Swampy’s friend and fellow cartoonist, Jeff Parker, shot this image of Panama City Beach tonight, August 23rd, 2013.
Great egrets in the Everglades. This from ‘Everglades: Wondrous River of Life’ by Steve Walker. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/2BWje6N
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Canoeing Fisheating Creek, @1970
on August 3, 2020
at 2:39 pm
This unmarked postcard shows some folks taking a canoe along Fisheating Creek in Palmdale. The postcard states that this scene is near one-time-famous Gaskin Cypree Knee Museum. The museum has been gone along time now. It was once a fascinating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Besides the opportunity to learn all about Stephen Foster and the tunes he tuned, there are all the opportunities to enjoy Florida outdoors. Above is a shot along the Suwannee River which goes along with you as you take the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Swampy along Lake Weir in Marion County. This is from the boardwalk from the 1909 Ocklawaha Yacht Club below. Will try to post more about the Yacht Club building in the future.
Found a plethora of purty pitcher plants at Clear Creek Nature Trail right beside the entrance of Whiting Field NAS. This is prime pitcher plant season. The trail is just outside Whiting Field, north of Milton. Here’s the address:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Everglades Wonderland for Boys and Girls’ by Lura D. Dickson. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below. https://amzn.to/3fV5KH6
Swampy climbs a tree in this photo just taken on an off road bike trail in the Lake Okahumpka Park in northern Sumter County. The park is off state road 44 and has a wide, paved trail (I call a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While traveling the state of Florida have been seeing the annual arrival of wild flowers everywhere. These purple wildflowers are the most abundant. Are these a type of phlox? This field was found in Ocala.
Took couple mile hike along the trail of the Hilochee Wildlife Management Area in Polk County.
This 1888 photograph of the Indian River shore shows the coquina rock that lies beneath to many of us. This photo is from ‘Victorian Florida: America’s Last Frontier’ by Floyd and Marion Rinhart. You can purchase a copy by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…