Happy 2016! Today’s 127th annual Rose Parade had a wonderful Everglades float. I nabbed this photo as it passed by the screen. I’ll add below the conceptual art I found online and the sponsor. This year’s Rose Parade theme was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber leaps into the air, as the Wright Brothers began their first successful flight this day in 1903, to grab the Monkey Jungle monkey to get Frank Sinatra’s hat back. [Story so far: Zuber and Trilby have landed in Miami[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Key West Deluxe Souvenir book with incredible cover artwork by Swampy’s friend Brett Sauce. I marveled at his ability to capture the entirety of Key West. Just look at the detail! You can see more of Miami Beach’s Brett[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from : http://www.sunpostweekly.com/2010/04/29/may-1-2010-miami-history-in-the-making/
Next week is a matchbook from the hotel right next door to the Motor Lodge. Next door to the hotel was the White Turkey Restaurant owned by Champ Williams. This was also the hotel with the tall diving board that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby indulges in turkey disguised as a 3-layer cake. He doesn’t want to make the turkey upset. #HappyThanksgiving #CakeDay
The Orlando Air Base eventually became the Orlando Naval Training Center in 1968. It later was shuttered and sold to developers to become a complex named Baldwin Park. A footnote here: Swampy’s handler, Rob, was born on the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jim Ivey Political Cartoon from 60 years ago today in the St Petersburg Times! While looking for today’s advertisement i came across, my old friend, Jim Ivey’s editorial cartoons from the St Petersburg Times. The onfirst is from November 17th[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s St. Petersburg’ by Hampton Dunn, page 46. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
This engine (BL2 601) pulls cars of gravel along the tracks of the Florida East Coast rails north of Jupiter in 1957. This photo is from ‘Speedway to Sunshine’ by FEC historian Seth Bramson. This is a must-get book to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This postcard is from a packet of ‘Charm Spots of Florida’ mailed in the late 1950s.
Trilby’s path to find Swampy is suddenly encumbered by a swath of pumpkins! Learn more about Pumpkin Day here: http://www.pumpkinday.com/pumkinfo #PumpkinDay