Here’s the Methodist Episcopal Church as it was in Middleburg in 1975. This photo is from ‘Parade of Memories – A History of Clay County, Florida’ by Arch Blakey. Click here or below to get a copy of the book.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
World Post Day celebrates mail carriers all over the world! It’s little known that Swampy once was a “Barefoot Mailman” in the 1800s. Back in the late 1800s mail wasn’t delivered to southeast Florida. There was no real practical way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy celebrates World Octopus Day with Usina, the St. Augustine Monster. Besides the legend of the Swamp Ape in Florida is the legend of the St. Augustine Monster. It was in 1896 that a huge octopus-looking creature washed ashore the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
Zuber and Trilby indulge in a Cherries Jubilee for Cherries Jubilee day at Cafe de Paris in Fort Lauderdale. Zuber learns the hard way eating cherries jubilee with your hands is not a good idea. Cafe de Paris opened in[…]↓ 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…