Holopaw, the snake, is in a hugging mood for his day! You can visit plenty of serpents on a serpent kind of day like today at Reptile World Serpentarium in Osceola County. Click here to plan a visit to see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Sea Gull Hotel in Miami Beach, 1960s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
Swimming fun at The Sea Gull along Miami Beach. The postcard isn’t post marked, but I’d say this is sometime in the early ’60s. The Sea Gull is still there! The Sea Gull is still there! However, it is caught[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The gang was going to celebrate International Fun at Work Day until they all realized none of them have jobs. The only folks having fun today will be at work! . . . . . . . #InternationalFunatWorkDay #FunatWorkDay #Fun[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pasco Pete protests the very idea he might be a curmudgeon! You can learn more about Curmudgeon Day by clicking here: http://pop-culture.net/news/2018/01/january-29th-curmudgeons-day/ . . . . . #CurmudgeonDay #Curmudgeon #Happy #Celebrate #Daily #Cartoon #DailyCartoon #Celebration #Florida Save
Historic Jacksonville buildings, 1880s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
Here’s a postcard from the 1880s showcasing Jacksonville’s grandest places to stay at the time. Included is the Everett House and the Carleton House and a view of Bay Street with the St. Johns River beyond it. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s hard to imagine Siesta Key, Sarasota, once looked like this. So much of this wiped away since 1950. From ‘Yesterday’s Sarasota’ by Del Marth.You can get your own copy of this book of historic photos and captions by clicking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It the Columbus Hotel in Miami! The structure was started during the 1920s boom and then financial troubles set in. Movie mogul Steven Lynch stepped in with creative financial leverage and took over and finished the building. The hotel closed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby will eat anything….except for Pasco Pete’s special artichoke banana onion cream pie with sweet pickles on top. Here’s a great place to get a pie in Florida: Charlie’s Bakery in Orlando.Click here to and scroll a bit down their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Winter Park Dairy was going to celebrate Cheese Lovers Day until Alva, the mouse,cleared the place out of there special raw milk cheese. Winter Park Dairy has been pioneering milk farms for four generations and has more currently been pioneering[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Along Daytona Beach in the early 1900s. – Swampy’s Florida Postcards.
Notice the horse and buggy on the beach. Would that be allowed today? 🙂 This is a postcard that was hand painted to add color. With no postmark, would have to date this in the early 1900s. This postcard is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
$2,500 built Lakeland’s first train station in 1884 by Abraham Munn. Munn also funded the tracks and more railroad line east and west of Lakeland. . . . . . . . . . #Florida #train #FloridaTrain #RR #Transportation #Travel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy gives Pasco Pete a way to celebrate Thesaurus Day! Celebrate tomorrow: A time to pop! . . . . #ThesaurusDay #Thesaurus #Daily #cartoon #Dailycartoon #Celebration #Celebrate #Happy #Florida