Happy National Poetry Day! Swampy and Zuber dip into the wonderful poetic pool of Don Blandings. Blandings wrote rivers of poetry but is best known for his ‘Vagabond’s House’ collection of poetry. To the point that he’s often referred to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a fishing pier along Fort Myers Beach. I believe it’s still there and that I’ve walked on it. Please let me know if it still is or not. This one area of the state I get to least. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy says Happy Pizza Month! October celebrates the rounded meal and Zuber is indulging in quite a bit of the doughy, cheesy, tomato pasted discs. One of Swampy’s recommendations for pizza in Florida is up in Jacksonville. Al’s pizza has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy says Happy International Coffee Day! Paco Pete, his granddaughter, Bunny and Zuber stop at the local coffee shop. Pete tips a cup of java, Bunny gets a coffee flavored milkshake and Zuber gets a coffee flavored milk, hold the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Showboat Dinner Theater was a magnet for a bevy of celebrities. From Mickey Rooney to Martin Milner came to take a stage and perform a show. The theater was in the shape of a showboat and quite a sight[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy and friends celebrate National Elephant Appreciation Day! Did you know there is a home for elephants in Fellsmere, Indian River County? Here’s the National Elephant Center website. You also can learn more about the National Elephant Center in Fellsmere[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard of the Florida pool built by Dick Pope at his Cypress Gardens to entice films to be produced at the Winter Have site. He specifically was looking to lasso swimming champ and film star, Esther Williams, to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy scarfs a few hoagies in honor of ‘Eat a Hoagie Day’. Locations for hoagies can be spotty across the state. there are far more in southeast Florida likely due to the large amount of people originally from the northeast,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy celebrates International Day of Charity. Here are just a few of the charities that Swampy is involved with and supports. We hope you’ll get involved, too! There are so many charities involving our state of Florida that could use[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy and friends celebrate National Wildlife Day! Our state has a wide array of wildlife across the state. Wildlife on land, in air and in the sea. Hope you and yours get out to view and celebrate the critters of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy, Zuber and Trilby celebrate Skycraper Day amongst our state’s greatest skyscrapers, the cypress trees. Floria is home to the largest amount of giant trees of different varieties in the country. The cypress tree is certainly one of the grandest.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
September is Chicken Month and Zuber, the cat, and Trilby, the baby alligator, celebrate by adopting a baby chicken. A real baby chicken. What name should this chicken have. It has to be a Florida place name. You can add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…