Swampy takes in a few books of Florida history while celebrating Read in the Bathtub Day! #ReadInTheBathtubDay Save
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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…
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…
The turkey tells of fear of being dinner this coming week, so he was running around scaring everyone off. Swampy assures the frightened bird that he will be spared today in celebration of Humane Society Anniversary Day! You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy and the gang salutes those throughout our American armed forces that gave their lives to give us the freedom we have today! #VeteransDay Save
Chester B. Keene shared these photos of a hunting gator near Arcadia. The cows decided to protest. “Not a good day for the Gator after Brenda Mercer Barnes cows. Photos taken by Brenda Mercer.Barnes.”
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Gator Lagoon at Homosassa Springs!
This unmarked postcard looks to be from around 1970. The location is the fantastic Homosassa Springs, a location to visit if you haven’t. Click here to learn more.
“Put your “duds” in our “suds”” might have become a TV commercial jingle today. In 1916 it was ink on paper. The steam laundry of yesterday was mostly replaced with the dry cleaners today. Most just use the home based[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards – Lake Placid Tower, 1961
Lake Placid sure has changed a lot as has the area around the Lake Placid Tower. This postcard is from around it’s beginnings in 1961. Unfortunately there is no date or postmark on the back of the postcard. Currently the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an ad that was inside of a Sarasota High School football program from October 7th, 1960.
Swampy’s #Florida was at the Dory Funk Arena where, even at 74, Dory Funk, Jr. still wrestles. Only heard about him on Thursday and that his training and competitive arena is in a warehouse area of Ocala. So I tore[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A quieter portion of Swift Creek that makes it’s way to the Suwanee River. Photo from the Suwanee River hike I took earlier in February, 2016.