There is a man in the toilet sellin’ after shave. Now, what’s that all about? Hank Gordon: Woody Harrelson

 

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/personality-quizzes/what-dinosaur/?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doc Hollywood [VHS]


I watched it free on Ovation yesterday

 

 

At first glance, this 1991 comedy looks like another formulaic fluff-piece with a standard fish-out-of-water scenario–in this case a hotshot young doctor (Michael J. Fox) whose cross-country drive to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina. But as Fox’s character is urged by the folksy locals to stay–an offer made tempting by his romance with a law student (Julie Warner)–this unassuming little movie just gets better and better thanks to a sharp script and a splendid supporting cast. Well, okay … maybe Woody Harrelson and Bridget Fonda aren’t used to the fullest of their abilities, but for the most part this is a charming and surprisingly intelligent comedy that’s good enough to compare favorably to My Cousin Vinny, a film with which it shares much in common. Fox has all the right moves to make his character both bullish and ultimately agreeable, and Julie Warner’s performance may leave you wondering why this fine actress didn’t immediately rise to stardom. –Jeff Shannon

https://www.quotes.net/movies/doc_hollywood_3175

 

 

 

COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer?

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449?

 

 

 

 

While Dr Hollywood is supose to happen in of the town is Grady, S.C.  the filming location is no where near there.

 

In fact it was filmed in Florida:

 

Micanopy, Florida

Home

 

The Simonton House is still a private residence and also a perfect example of Queen Anne's architecture.

The Simonton House is still a private residence and also a perfect example of Queen Anne’s architecture.

 

 

 

 

and whether you like the movie or not—I know it’s another fairy tale escape piece with lots of laughs and a comfortable feel of small town warmth -some thing which don’t seem to happen enough lately

https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/micanopy.html

 

 

 

 

This is Old Florida: Oak trees in Micanopy.

 

 

 

and the town is such a pleasant break from the non-stop tourism of Florida that its really worth a visit—something I’ve done several times over the years of residency in Florida

https://destinationmainstreets.com/florida/micanopy.php

The history and beauty of Micanopy, Florida

 

 

 

The Europeans have been in Micanopy area much longer than they have in the rest of the state—except St. Augustine it was a site of cattle grazing and the like for the early Spanish from the St. Augustine settlement …something that most people don’t know

 

 

 

https://www.floridarambler.com/florida-lodging-cabins-bb/micanopy-herlong-mansion-old-florida/

 

and finish up with a tour of the town:

 

virtual Dive—Christ in the Abyss

https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/florida-keys/christ-of-the-abyss.htmlhttps://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/vr/florida-keys/christ-of-the-abyss.html

 

 

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Bat Tower

In an effort to control mosquitoes in the Keys, this strange structure was built to house “skeeter eating” bats.  The project was abandoned when not enough bats were attracted to the 35′ tall oddity.  A historical marker is all that remains of the bat house.”

Charlie Carlson

Strange Florida

the unexplained and unusual.

This statement that the historical marker is all that remains was incorrect when the book was written in 1997—-bu it turned out to be the truth as the tower which had stood  since 1929 was destroyed by a hurricane in 2017—they were just 20 years too early—but the marker is along the main road the the Bat tower was further back and off the tourist beaten path–but then few have ever described me as a tourist  I in fact have a piece of wood that was blown off the tower years ago—a friend of mine that was a carpenter picked it up and made me a coat rack of it.

 

 

The end:  https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sugarloaf-keys-bat-tower-destroyed-in-hurricane-irma-9716936

 

 

The story of the tower   https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/key-west/the-keys-perky-bat-tower.html

 

 

 

Oh and there are 3 stories about the bats in the keys according to Keys legends

That they put bats in the tower but they soon deserted it.

That they tried to attract local bats to the tower but they never came

And my favorite

They bats were placed or came or both to the tower

and the mosquitoes ate them.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXQB6l-owfI&feature=youtu.be

 

Hoe to do an online applications for University of Florida

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp__yOghSr4&feature=youtu.be

 

 

Edinburgh Royal Mile

 

The Tollbooth Kirk

http://cityexplorerstours.com/edinburgh-travel-guide/the-hub.html

 

 

 

It contains the city’s highest spire

Formerly St. John’s Church

Associated with John Knox (1505=72)

https://reformationhistory.org/johnknox.html

 

 

 

 

 

Gothic Building

https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/17993/20150127/scotland-edinburgh-edinburgh-castle-cramond-island-scott-monument-scottish-national-portrait-gallery-arthurs-seat.htm

 

 

buy Agustus Pugen & James Gillespy Graham

https://www.facebook.com/pg/CambusnethanPriory/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1010472709004091

 

 

 

 

Hasn’t been used as a church since 1984

Opened as the Hub 1999

http://cityexplorerstours.com/edinburgh-travel-guide/the-hub.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enhance your virtual cocktail party with Cocktails around the world

https://www.thediscoverer.com/blog/6-cocktails-from-around-the-world/?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separated by a wall & 200 years are the homes of two musicians who chose London & changed music.

Welcome to Handel & Hendrix in London

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James Marshall Hendrix

 

 

 the Jimi Hendrix Experience in LONDON   https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/travel/jimi-hendrix-london.html

 

 

 Jimi Hendrix who lived here in the late 20th century.

 

 

and the museum is haunted:  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1334045/Exorcist-called-to-banish-ghost-in-Handels-house.html

but not by either muscian

 

 

10 Haunted And Spooky Places You Can Visit Online During The Coronavirus Pandemic

 

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and we’re back to Key Weird—I mean West

Key West Winery

https://www.thekeywestwinery.com/

103 Simonton St,

 

“Wanted Winos!”

an outlet for fruit-based wines.  With Key Lime wine their signature flavor.

 

Originally the home of Jack’s Saloon (opened in 1889) and quickly became truly infamous.

 

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Alonzo Oyster House
700 Front Street
Formerly A&B Lobster House

Up staris is Berlin’s Cigar and Cocktail Bar, remembering the glory days of Cuba

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And so ends our tour of Key West  too bad we aren’t really there—we could have relaxed at Berlin’s

 

 

 

 

work on your house during your down time:
“Has the space under the kitchen sink become a disaster area, with all sorts of odds and ends thrown in there and never sorted out?  Get a handle on the problem and put all your old plastic milk jugs to work at the same time.  Just cut off the top of each jug, clean it thoroughly, and sort out all that paraphernalia in any way that makes sense to you.  The jugs are big enough to hold sponges, rubber gloves, scouring pads, dish washing liquid, garbage bags, or virtually anything else you keep under the sink.
Earl Proulx
Vinegar,, Duct Tape, Milk Jugs & More

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 The Handy American Government Answer Book : How Washington, Politics and Elections Work

The Handy American Government Answer Book: How Washington, Politics and Elections Work (The Handy Answer Book Series) Paperback – December 1, 2017

https://www.amazon.com/Handy-American-Government-Answer-Book/dp/1578596394

 

Black Heritage Sites in Palatka, Florida

First Presbyterian Church, Palatka

 

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Bethel-A-M-E-Church/167357036632643?rf=1099815546718626

719 Reid St,

 

https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000270.pdf

 

Organized by the residents of Newtown in 1866.

Romanesque Revival style constructed the church 1908 – 12

 

 

 

Finley Homestead

https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/listing.a0t40000007qvYxAAI.html

522 Main St.

Private Home NOW

2-story frame structure which was the home of

Adam Finley

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=oCWuX0–iAIC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=finley+homestead+palatka&source=bl&ots=-24en_9vkX&sig=ACfU3U0PoNf_37ncKuR1w5BQ2LgvtpZCHw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ1-6jmZHpAhWhmeAKHTSaBsoQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=finley%20homestead%20palatka&f=false

 

 

 

 

Old Central Academy High School

https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/listing.a0t40000007qvOHAAY.html

127 Washington Street

 

Established  1892, It became the first accredited black high school in Florida in 1924.  The original building here was destroyed by fire in 1936.  This present building was built in 1937 and is now the County School Board Service Center.

 

 

 

 

 

reportedly in October 1924, there was a small storm in New Smyrna Beach and it reportedly dumped 23″ of rain in 24 hrs.  that’s about 4,000 tons of water or so I was told.

 

 

 

 

another event we lost to the CV LD

I took part in one of those sea battles—my hubby collected rotten veggies that we threw  (we chartered a sail boat and crew —- an got some others–just a few—-to come along with us and help pay) or rather he did.  In anticipation of the whole trip I went to all kinds of low price stores and bought really bad perfume and then I bought a bucket and a long range water gun-  I mixed the perfume with sea water and the rest is a new chapter in the battle.

 

 

 

 

Is your state reopening today? See where lockdowns have been lifted in each state

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reopening-america-see-what-states-across-u-s-are-starting-n1195676?cid=eml_nbn_20200501

 

 

How to make the most of cancelled trips

Introducing: Our best experiences, brought to you online

 

12 Virtual Book Events You Can Attend from Your Couch in May

https://www.bookbub.com/blog/virtual-book-events-may-2020?position=1&source=multicontent&target=title

 

 

 

 

Upscale Apparel

1165 E Pant St.

Suite 4

Winter Garden

407-654-0979

https://upscaleapparel.org/

 

Helping to feed, clothe, shelter and educate those in need

 

 

Rere les passes dels templers: La veritable història de l'ordre del Temple en terres catalanes (Catalan Edition) by [Ramon Sarobe]
 Templers

http://www.medievalwarfare.info/templars.htm

 

The history of the Order in the East is extremely hazy in this period and in fact one of their earliest recorded actions appears to have been a humiliating defeat.   During a campaign of Fulk in Gilead , Runciman relates, ‘a band of Moslems managed to cross the Jordan close to its junction with the Dead Sea and to raid Judea, where thy lured to its destruction by the tactics of feigned retreat a company of Templer knights sent against them.

https://books.google.com/books?id=hzx_2Xaa5MkC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=campaign+of+Fulk+in+Gilead&source=bl&ots=WLk-9w0fqi&sig=ACfU3U0utoVyuPITLFf8wGGOiCIiGmZRDg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz9JbsvpPpAhVHJt8KHW0cAskQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=campaign%20of%20Fulk%20in%20Gilead&f=false

 

It was indeed some time before the Templers and other knights present in the Holy Land developed taticts to counteract those of the Moslems and the Seljuk Turks who each employed means of warfare different from those to which European knights had been accustomed.

https://www.history.com/news/knights-templar-facts-crusades-wealth

 

 

The Templers made good use of these early experiences and later became the military strategists of the kings and crusaders who fought for the Holy Land.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2011/jun/27/whatever-happened-to-the-knights-templar

 

 

12th- or 13th-century Templar Knights and crusaders in a 19th-century illustration

 

This movie is all fairy tales (with some true points but not so you’d notice)—so once you accept that you can go on and just enjoy the major production with all the battles and broad views of war fare and my favorite Orlando Bloom movie.  Check it out below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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