Swampy and the gang are taking full advantage of International Literacy Day and reading all they can. Hope you get a change to turn more than a few pages yourself today! You can learn more about International Literacy day by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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!
This is my newest watercolor painting, ‘Song in the Clay Springs’. The painting setting is the Clay Springs in western Seminole and northwestern Orange County. Today commonly referred to as Wekiva, or Wekiwa, Springs. This is being commissioned by, Orange[…]↓ 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
Pasco Pete and Trilby find themselves on the south side of Jupiter Inlet and there to greet them is an elephant! Where the stray elephant came from is quickly solved as they learn he slipped out of Lion Country Safari.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…