Looking south on Orange Avenue from Washington Street. This photo is from Rollins College yearbook of 1957. Private college Rollins is in Winter Park.
Posts Tagged Florida travel
Swampy’s #Florida Travels: The Venetian Pool in Coral Gables
The Venetian Pool in Coral Gables during last week’s trip. It overall looks so much as it always has. A closer look sees so many alterations made over the years.
I was given a tour of the Loochloosa United Methodist Church a couple weeks ago. Here are some exterior and interior photos! The church was built in 1882 and all are still welcome to congregate in this small community in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Got a chance to take photos and tour the Lochloosa United Methodist Church in Alachua County a few weeks ago. There are far more photos that I’ll post later today.
Trilby celebrates World Baking Day by baking an entire meal of doughnuts for Swampy andf Pasco Pete. #WorldBakingDay
The gang keeps a continuous protective eye out for the very endangered Swampy. the swamp ape! You can learn more about Endangered Species Day by clicking here: http://www.endangered.org/campaigns/endangered-species-day/ #EndangeredSpeciesDay
According to Taplines, a terrific resource for train history, this locomotive is one of the first brought into Gainesville in the late 1800s by the Florida Southern line.You can learn more here: http://www.taplines.net/fs/fs.html
After a road trip to Jacksonville yesterday, I am a bit behind. have a lot to post today. Setting that aside to post this terrific photo by Swampy’s friend Patricia Bell of Warm Mineral Springs. Love their new chairs and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…