Time for a good book about Florida and Swampy is well indulging! You can indulge, too! Nab a book off the shelf at your home, your local book store or library and log in a few pages or more this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A stop along Lake Down in Windermere finds cartoonist Charles Treadwell and what he likes most about Florida: Rollins College in Winter Park. Rollins College is a beautiful private college and can be toured, but do call first. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Saw first lovebugs of the year yesterday at Boomtown in Dunnellon, Florida! Millions more to come! The two flew in and then flew out. The only ones to visit the Swampy’s Florida booth. They left and didn’t even say good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A visit with Kelly Weekley, 9th Generation Floridian, at the Pine Castle Pioneer Days in south Orange County. Kelly tells us a bit about her family’s history. A 10th generation peeks in.
Zuber salutes Army Day! Be sure to thank and wish a Happy Army Day to those of our Army currently in service or retired. Our Army base in our state is Camp Blanding just east of Starke in north Florida.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida #Sunday Services: 1st United Methodist #Church of Winter Park, 1895.
on April 5, 2015
at 6:42 pm
The First United Methodist church of Winter Park started construction at the corner of Interlachen Avenue and Morse Boulevard in January of 1895. The Reverend John Martin spearheaded the project. He even built and carved the pulpit himself. This photo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ad is from the April 24th,1981 edition of the Sarasota Journal. The Sarasota Journal lasted only a year more before ending it’s run in July 1982.
This past weekend found Swampy along this back road off US 1 in St. Augustine.
While at the Pine Castle Pioneer Days this past weekend, the Jacksonville fire of 1901 crept up for one reason or other. Here’s a victim of the fire: the Windsor Hotel, as it was in 1885. The lodging house was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby finds he must go undercover to evade Haywood’s hunger during Bird Feeding Month. Sharing cherry pie is not an option considered by Trilby. A nearly hidden secret in Eau Galle is Joan’s Perfect Pies. I’ve had a number of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Bok Tower and a Bus! 1942.
on February 19, 2015
at 2:35 pm
An oddity of a postcard of Bok Gardens in Lake Wales. Anyone who knows Bok Tower knows there is no road in front of the pond by the tower. To properly place a bus in front of the tower it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby celebrates with his typical gator-stack of pancakes, topped with a healthy, heaping pile of grits and topped with sausage links. He’s on a mild diet. So, no whipped cream and chocolate chips this time. A favorite hot breakfast stop[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…