This Labor Day is a good day to go to your local book store Hopefully you have one nearby and purchase a volume or two to read. Even better to buy a book based in or about our great state[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Ma Watson, Swamp Ape Hunter, has ranted long enough for Pasco Pete to steal Trilby away. Now Ma has a problem. The vulture enjoys the show while celebrating National Cheese Pizza Day. #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay
This is a promotional shot of 3 E9 A locomotives of the Florida East Coast Railway fleet in Downtown Miami in 1955. The E9 A were considered by their crews to be the “Cadillac” of engines due to the power[…]↓ 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
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – For half a century, they have haunted the swampy forests east of Federal Highway. The Dania Beach monkeys, African vervet monkeys thought to have been released by an old tourist attraction in the 1950s, beg bananas,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Time for a 1976 Tampa-St Petersburg promotional film! Grab the popcorn!
Everglades National Park plans to restrict motorized boating on Florida Bay, designate additional land as wilderness and make the park more accessible to visitors as part of the first overhaul of its management plan in more than 30 years. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby’s run through the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge has him tripping over an honoree of today’s celebration! #NationalDogDay!
Pasco Pete is given a sponge cake from Lion Country Safari for bringing the elephant back to them. Trilby is ready to eat. First to find a knife. Here’s more about National Sponge Cake Day: http://www.food.com/food-holidays/sponge-cake-day-0823 #NationalSpongeCakeDay
As the description states, this is the Overseas Express of Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway coming to the terminus of the line in Key West to exchange passengers and goods with the P.&O. steamer that will move on to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a great sign at the Grove Motel in Lake Wales. Unfortunately the neon that was once part of the sign is gone, but so glad the tree shaped sign still stands. Next time in Lake Wales look for this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bunny figures all of the Florida history Swampy is telling them deserves a good ol’ American hot dog! #NationalHotDogDay #HotDogDay