Trilby celebrates HousePlant Day by purchasing a house plant at the local Farmer’s Market. Your neighborhood Farmer’s Market is the best place to get a plant to decorate your home. #HousePlantDay
Posts Tagged Rob Smith JR
Sorry to learn of the death of Rod Taylor. Taylor was the best of the few to portray John D. MacDonald‘s ‘Travis McGee’ in film. Taylor starred in ‘Darker than Amber’, adapted from MacDonald’s book of the same name. McGee[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida says Happy Apple Tree Day!Did you know you can grow apple trees in Florida? The University of Florida tells you how: http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/giam/plants_and_grasses/fruits_vegetables/apples.html #AppleTreeDay
Celebrating all trivia of Florida today! #TriviaDay
Here’s a postcard from 1940 of the Naples Tourist Court on the Tamiami Trail. Naples in this area today couldn’t look more different. The back of the postcard proclaims each cabin to be “Modern, Gas Heated”. Also “Every Room with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an interesting undated postcard. This is what The Florida Orchestra needs: Singing Alligators. It sure would fill some seats!
This is looking south from the Firestone estate property all the way out, way in the background, Key Biscayne. This photo is from ‘Miami, U.S.A. ‘ by Helen Muir. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
This image from the travel book, ‘Florida’ by Michele and Tom Grimm has very little description. It’s simply, ‘[TheEverglades] is the home of the Miccosukee Indians who live along the Tamiami Trail.’ You can get your own copy of this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West engine no. 5 built in 1884. This photo is from ‘The Locomotives Baldwin Built’ by Fred Westing. You can purchase a copy by clicking here or below.
Trilby finds a way to make sure others are aware of him. One place to be aware of reptiles is Reptile World Serpentarium near St. Cloud in Osceola County. Click here to learn more and plan a trip to Reptile[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby has whipped up an all-natural Trilby special seafood bisque just for Swampy. It’s so fresh it’s almost alive! Yesterday at the San Antonio Rattlesnake Festival I was discussing with the two ladies in the neighboring booth to my Swampy’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…