This is the sort of thing that makes me crazy! Contractors with their hands out for cash and those in government in a pay-off mode. AS golf courses have been closing all across Florida over the past 20 years and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another ornament on the Swampy’s Florida Christmas tree! This one of Everglades National Park. You can plan a trip to this wonder of the world by clikcing hrere: https://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm . . . . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Weeki Wachee Springs State Park Christmas ornament! Part of the Swampy’s Florida Christmas tree! Please visit the park soon and see the mermaids!Location: Weeki Wachee Spings State Park, 6131 Commercial Way, Spring Hill, 34606(By the way: Weeki Wachee Springs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Of postcards of the actual city of Orlando, Lake Eola is prominent in number. This one, from 1938, displays a small amount of the flowers that once graced the park. This showing the sweet pea wall that was visible from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This card of the St. Johns River is part of a set that is unmarked but identified as coming from the 1880s. We’ve been featuring this set in the past few weeks. This postcard is part of the Swampy’s Florida[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A view across Lake Eola towards Downtown Orlando taken around 1972. This photo is from ‘Florida – A Picture Tour’. You can get your copy of this 1972 Florida photo book by clicking here: https://amzn.to/3SpmIRD This book is part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard is of a turpentine operation somewhere along the St. Johns River. Most camps were no where near this fancy. This is really more a loading and unloading area to ship the sap collected. Note the dugout canoe.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from around 1950 of the Monument of States in Kissimmee, that is still there today along the shore of Lake Tohopekaliga. Charles Pettis conjured the idea of a statue of rocks of each state as a monument[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend, Martha Ross took this photograph of this spoonbill family mat the the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine. You can plan a visit to the Alligator Farm by clicking here: Home . . . . . . . .[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I love to always point out, Florida is not flat. 🙂 You can plan a trip to Rainbow Springs State Park by clicking here: https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/rainbow-springs-state-park . . . . . . . #Florida #FlordiaParks #Parks #Rainbow #RainbowSprings #FloridaLife #FloridaLifestyle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Weeki Wachee postcard postmarked 1966 is of Weeki Wachee without the mermaids! The famous underwater theater is the white structure in the background to the left. The beach area where the ladies are sitting is now Buccaneer Bay. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swift Creek winds it’s way to meet the Suwanee River. This is one photo from the Suwanee River hike I took last week. I’ll sprinkle these through the next week so i don’t flood the area now.