Here’s an 1875 photo of Gainesville’s Downtown Courthouse Square . My, how things can change in 137 years. 🙂 This photo is from ‘Florida, a Pictorial History’ by Hampton Dunn. You can purchase a copy of this book here or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby happily dips raisins in chocolate for Chocolate Covered Raisins Day until realizing that Alva has taken a bath in the chocolate. Angell and Phelps, since 1925, in Downtown Daytona Beach hand makes chocolate covered raisins amongst many candies. Click[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
About the Smithy building that is part of Highland Manor in Apopka, Florida.
Penney is letting the feathers fly for National Poultry Day! The Central Florida Poultry Breeders Association​ is the perfect group to be a part of and celebrate our fine feathered friends! #NationalPoultryDay #PoultryDay Save
Swampy’s #Florida Says Happy Library Lovers Month! Â Trilby is looking for a Batman comic book in Swampy’s library while munching crackers & Little Debbie chocolate Swiss Cake Rolls. Trilby’s troublesome interaction with Swampy’s collection of books has Swampy more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To embark upon a delicious plum pudding treat for Plum Pudding Day, Zuber costumes himself as the proper Dickens character. Zuber has other plans that involves of disrupting the towering chapeau. Plum pudding is hard to find in Florida. A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alva, the mouse, makes friends with Hudson, the hog. Go out and make a friend today! Mouse and hogs count. #MakeAFriendDay Save
Swampy takes in a few books of Florida history while celebrating Read in the Bathtub Day! #ReadInTheBathtubDay Save
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! Â You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This undated postcard does describe the location on the back – ‘Cleveland Street business section looking west, Clearwater, Florida’. By the cars, I’d say this is from around 1960. Obviously, by the lights and star, around Christmas time. Please post[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…