Trilby, Zuber and Alva were going to celebrate all things canine and then decided to chase a dog instead! Natural parks all over Florida have set aside areas just for the pooches of the state. Consult with your local parks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Alva, the mouse, got a head start of Banana Split Day before Zuber can celebrate. An exciting and unique place to get a banana split is Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor in Dania Beach. Memorabilia decorates the entire establishment. The restaurant[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the collection of what is still known as Port Tampa City. All of this developed because of the wealth of Henry B. Plant. He named the area Port Tampa City. The rail lines are also Plants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trilby tries his juggling skills with Randall knives and Alva, the mouse. One of the world’s most known independent knife makers is located in south Orange County. Since 1938 Randall knives have carved a place in knife history. Considered to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s Alva, the mouse, trying out the sponge cake for National Sponge Cake day! Highlighting the amazing sponge cakes at Cafe Mozart / German Bakery in St. Petersburg. Cafe Mozart is a German Bakery that serves everything from muffins[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a postcard from the collection from the early part of the 20th century. If we would all travel like this today in Florida… Imagine how unclogged the roads would be! (This was originally posted in August of 2010)
A terrific photo of a classroom of the 1950s. This is Ft Walton Elementary School class of 1956-57. Sharing this from the Fort Walton Beach: What We Did page and posted by Barbara Peters.
Zuber and Trilby dig in to the French treat to celebrate National Filet Mignon Day! Thee are many places around Florida to find filet mignon. Le Cog au Vin in south Orange County has been a tradition of serving French[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida is sad to learn of the death of Lauren Bacall. She was an incredible beauty that portrayed a steel will in most all of her characters from her ‘Key Largo’ Nora Temple character to Margaret Kramer in ‘My Fellow Americans’.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is World Elephant Day and there is even a website for it right here. Look for the Swampy’s Florida cartoon on Wednesday to learn more about elephants used to advertise if Florida.
A few days ago we celebrated the U.S. Coast Guard off Amelia Island. Today we reverse the view of the image from the lighthouse on Amelia Island with the Coast Guard boat passing in the distance. There are many lighthouses[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Zuber, the cat, and Trilby, the baby alligator, gulp down a couple of root beer floats to celebrate National Root Beer Float Day. There are many places in Florida to get root beer floats. ‘Cubby’s Homade Ice Cream in Downtown[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…