Brett Sauce is an incredible artist living along Miami Beach and has depicted areas of Dade County in his air brush creations. Above is one of his fantastic images. Check out the detail of the painting! Please go to his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A quick internet search finds no sign of the ‘New Fort Pierce Hotel’ and with no address on the matchbook, don’t know where this is or was. We do know to stay there was “Delightful but Inexpensive”. Below is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is an ad for the attraction that once existed at the corner of Interstate 4 and US 27 in Polk County, Circus World. Circus World was declining at this point in attendance and in another few years would close.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Presidential Deal by Les Standiford My rating: 5 of 5 stars My favorite and most fun book read this year so far. It just jettisons from page 1 in an exciting and enthralling 400+ pages. Good guys John Deal and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend Susan Green is at the Wakulla Springs Lodge and took this photo of the tour boat taking off into the river for one of it’s fantastic trips earlier today. She and her husband were fortunate to take the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a taste of the cartoon to appear tomorrow.
This watercolor painting by Swampy’s Rob Smith, Jr. will be in the silent auction at the Marion County Springs Festival tomorrow, Saturday the 24th, at Rainbow Springs State Park. The educational and music filled event runs from 10am to 4pm.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Orange Blossom Cafe is no longer with us in this form. It is now Orange Blossom Catering and you can learn and plan a party with them by clicking here. Below is a photo of their location today. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a preview of the Swampy’s Florida webcomic coming up Sunday. The subject is about our weather. Want to guess what the specific subject is about?
Coming next Saturday to the Marion County Springs Festival is the introduction of this newest Swampy print! It’s of the location of the Festival – Rainbow Springs. A photo was given to me of a section of the Rainbow River[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Catalina Inn opened at 33rd Street and Interstate 4 connected to the Catalina Isles neighborhood that still sits between the hotel and Clear Lake behind it. Since it’s opening in the late 1960s the hotel has had many names.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s friend Dan Christian with one of his special Florida books available in the A. Parker Books, Sarasota, spot at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in The Coliseum in Downtown St. Petersburg. Come on down! The event runs through Sunday.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…