It’s Take You Child to the Library and Trilby was briefly in the library until he was caught eating through the cookbook section. So Zuber gets the honor to read a book as Trilby examines the corner for an hour[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged South Florida
The gang doodles for National Doodle Day! Alva, the mouse, doodles a Lion for Lion Country Safari, West Palm Beach. Trilby doodles a steak thinking about a great steak at Tropical Acres Steakhouse, Fort Lauderdale. Zuber doodles Bok Tower Gardens,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ma Barker, Swamp Ape Hunter continues her rant while deep in the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. You can learn more about National Wildlife Day by clicking here: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/arm_loxahatchee/ #NationalWildlifeDay
Pasco Pete and Trilby find themselves on the south side of Jupiter Inlet and there to greet them is an elephant! Where the stray elephant came from is quickly solved as they learn he slipped out of Lion Country Safari.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy continues with a bit of Florida history with birthday wishes today to: – Ernest Hemingway: Born today in 1899. Author Hemingway spent 10 productive years in our great state of Florida. His residence is still open for tours. If[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Ads from Today, 1982 – At the Diplomat in Hollywood – Shecky Greene & Marilyn McCoo! Last 3 nights!
This advertisement is from February 3rd, 1982 in the Miami News. Has anyone here seen a show at the Diplomat? Please leave any memories below!
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: Harmon Gallery, Naples, 1964
Here’s one of the opening art shows at Harmon Gallery now celebrating fifty seasons of showing artwork. In 1982 the gallery became Harmon Meek Gallery. Click here to learn more about and to visit Harmon Meek – Gallery.
Swampy’s Matchbook Wednesday: Thunderbird Motel, Miami Beach
Here’s a matchbook for the Thunderbird Motel that still exists today but, as is usually the case, exchanging “Motel” for “Resort”. Click here to go to the Thunderbird of today now being handled by Days Inn. Below is an image[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pirates and Buried Treasure on Florida Islands by Jack Beater My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a very good collection of supposedly true pirate stories that took place along the Florida coast. Jack Beater is a good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy visits with Butch Wilson, who runs the fantastic Clewiston Historical Museum. The museum displays the vast history of the area from prehistoric to the sugar industry to present. Butch showed a series of recent amazing improvements to the museum.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Tuesday Ads: The Caribbean, Miami Beach.
Swampy travels all of Florida. Here he visits a location revealed at the end of the short video. Can you figure out where he is before the end of the video?