The Passion-Flower:
Sunday, September 21, 2014
LEGEND OF THE PASSION FLOWER POSTCARD
One of Florida's most beautiful and intricate flowers:
The Passion-Flower:
The Passion-Flower:
Saturday, September 20, 2014
YAHOO! WE MADE NUMBER 4 ON THE FLORIDA LIST OF TOP TEN!
Now I know why they are building so many houses, hospital and medical offices and stores here! And I haven't even been to our top hot spot Bell Creek Nature Preserve!
http://www.movoto.com/fl/most-boring-places-in-florida/
http://www.movoto.com/fl/most-boring-places-in-florida/
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
STOP 15 COLUMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA
OK... Fellow Postcard Travelers...
Back
on our internet journey to all the counties in the United States.
We are making stop 15 in Columbia County Florida.
Established in 1832.
Formed from Alachua County.
The County Seat is Lake City.
*** Founded in 1958 The Columbia Amateur Radio Society formed and still exists today.
*** Osceola National Forest can be found here.
*** The site of Lake City was a Seminole village: Alpata Telophka (Alligator Village). By 1830 a EuroAmerican town named Alligator could be found in this county. In 1859 incorporated it changed it name because the story goes that the mayor's wife refused to hang her lace curtains in her home (where she had recently moved to ) in a town named Alligator!
*** The only major battle of the Civil War fought in Florida: Battle of Olustee was fought near Lake City in February 1864.
*** Early in the 20th century Lake City was an important railroad junction.
*** By 1950 turpentine, lumber and pulpwood were a major part of this county's economy.
*** Don't miss Alligator Warrior. They say he was the most famous resident of Alligator Village. Check out the festival held every year..
http://www.wuft.org/news/2013/10/18/return-to-floridas-1800s-at-alligator-warrior-festival/
*** If you are in this area in February you will get to see the annual Olustee Festival. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_Florida
*** Remember Pat Summerall? the NFL TV sportscaster. 1930-2013. He attended Columbia High School.
*** The featured postcard above is 1917 Marion Street Hotel Blanche Lake City Florida and is being sold by "gold-coast" Ebay postcard seller. Check it out:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1917-Postcard-Marion-Street-Hotel-Blanche-Lake-City-Florida-FL-/371026561976?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item5662e80bb8
We are making stop 15 in Columbia County Florida.
Established in 1832.
Formed from Alachua County.
The County Seat is Lake City.
*** Founded in 1958 The Columbia Amateur Radio Society formed and still exists today.
*** Osceola National Forest can be found here.
*** The site of Lake City was a Seminole village: Alpata Telophka (Alligator Village). By 1830 a EuroAmerican town named Alligator could be found in this county. In 1859 incorporated it changed it name because the story goes that the mayor's wife refused to hang her lace curtains in her home (where she had recently moved to ) in a town named Alligator!
*** The only major battle of the Civil War fought in Florida: Battle of Olustee was fought near Lake City in February 1864.
*** Early in the 20th century Lake City was an important railroad junction.
*** By 1950 turpentine, lumber and pulpwood were a major part of this county's economy.
*** Don't miss Alligator Warrior. They say he was the most famous resident of Alligator Village. Check out the festival held every year..
http://www.wuft.org/news/2013/10/18/return-to-floridas-1800s-at-alligator-warrior-festival/
*** If you are in this area in February you will get to see the annual Olustee Festival. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_City,_Florida
*** Remember Pat Summerall? the NFL TV sportscaster. 1930-2013. He attended Columbia High School.
*** The featured postcard above is 1917 Marion Street Hotel Blanche Lake City Florida and is being sold by "gold-coast" Ebay postcard seller. Check it out:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1917-Postcard-Marion-Street-Hotel-Blanche-Lake-City-Florida-FL-/371026561976?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item5662e80bb8
Saturday, September 13, 2014
SORRY BALTIMORE
Rough week for our town that loves our sports teams!
Wouldn't it be nice if the rest of us in this country lived up to what we expect of our sports heroes??
And well we should express outrage and opinions! I just have not seen so many ENJOY verbally pointing out these failures.
Our two sports people and their families are dealing with problems that are really FAMILY problems in many ways we ALL see in our OWN families!
I agree with Dr. Ben Carson on suggesting to look for ways ...to help them and others like them..as well as punish them.
...If air time would only spend at least some of the time they have used to trash these people with information to show all of us who have to deal with alcoholism...anger management...drug abuse..spousal abuse....in our OWN families ..with ways to improve our lives ..it might help make our world a better place!
So...as we have to communicate with our little ones..use these two to explain that none of us are perfect...and talk to them about ways to not end up like they did ...and let's hope they both go on to be examples of what you do after you mess up big time ...like our #52 has done!
Wouldn't it be nice if the rest of us in this country lived up to what we expect of our sports heroes??
And well we should express outrage and opinions! I just have not seen so many ENJOY verbally pointing out these failures.
Our two sports people and their families are dealing with problems that are really FAMILY problems in many ways we ALL see in our OWN families!
I agree with Dr. Ben Carson on suggesting to look for ways ...to help them and others like them..as well as punish them.
...If air time would only spend at least some of the time they have used to trash these people with information to show all of us who have to deal with alcoholism...anger management...drug abuse..spousal abuse....in our OWN families ..with ways to improve our lives ..it might help make our world a better place!
So...as we have to communicate with our little ones..use these two to explain that none of us are perfect...and talk to them about ways to not end up like they did ...and let's hope they both go on to be examples of what you do after you mess up big time ...like our #52 has done!
Friday, September 12, 2014
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
MADISON COUNTY FLORIDA
Here we are postcard travelers!
Hancock Hotel & Grill 1940 Madison, Florida.
We have arrived at Stop 14 of our 3,142 stops in EVERY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES~
*** COUNTY SEAT: Madison (same name as county)
*** Named for the fourth President of the United States, James Madison.
***One of if not the most famous voice in our music spent part of his life here:
Ray Charles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Charles
Lots of info on this link.
*** Colin Kelly also grew up here in this county. He was one of the first army officer pilots in the Far East with the WWII B17. This Flying Fortress pilot flew bombing raids in the first days after the Pearl Harbor attack. He was one of the first American heroes who sacrificed his life to save his crew when they were shot down in combat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kelly Check out the wonderful painting of him there.
*** A native of Greenville Geno Hayes is an American football linebacker who has played for the Tampa Bay Bucs and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
*** "foundation*antiques" has this great postcard for sale on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/c-1940-RPPC-Hancocks-Hotel-Grill-Madison-FL-/351144413400?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item51c1d688d8
PUMA
Another favorite postcard but this time NOT just because...
"The Puma (also called Cougar, Mountain Lion, Panther and Catamount) is still to be found in very small numbers in parts of Florida. This large cat can purr just like a house cat which is not the case in the larger felines." is stated on the back of the postcard. Colorphoto by B. Amadeus Rubel.
Doris Rose and I were sitting at a table near our glass walls having lunch here in Florida in 2009 and were watching the pond and land around it behind our house. Walking at an unhurried but not stopping pace of walking on the other side of the pond was a solid black one of these! Not having a camera nearby I chose to just watch it and not miss this beautiful sight looking for a camera. It was about the height/size of a black lab dog and that is what I thought it was at first. But then I realized it had cat shaped ears, a cat tail that hung down, and a very powerful muscular body and big cat type toes on its paws. Awesome! Never expecting to see one again, I was totally surprised when the same one time sighting occured the following year at about the same time of day and season! If someone told me this story I would not believe them! BUT IT REALLY HAPPENED TWICE TO ME!
Monday, September 1, 2014
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Another FAVORITE POSTCARD ... Just because!
Back of postcard: The Humane Society of the United States
Photo by Ron Kimball
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