Fort Christmas Historical Park
The park includes a replica of a fort built in 1837 during the Second Seminole Indian War; a traditional Florida “Cracker” house and eight pioneer homes; a schoolhouse and lunchroom; a sugar cane mill and other historical farming equipment.
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The pictures on the above page were all taken at one of my visits to the park—-which sets in the small town of Christmas, Fl which sets on the edge of land that still is more wilderness than civilization. And the homes, fort and other buildings are best appreciated in this setting that feels or at least appears to, what it must have been like when this fort was built and these house would have been, which to me makes it more agreeable.
Take a virtual tour:
Fort Christmas Historical Park, Christmas Florida & BAD Chickens, Florida State Park, Old Florida
OK get off that couch and if you’re visiting Florida—-try some place like Ft. Christmas for a break from the beach and/or the theme Parks.
How about a nice eat out at a haunted restaurant: another grouping above from what I did with photos back in the days we still had albumns.
Florida
Ashley’s of Rockledge== Haunted Restaurant
Death by accidents and murder has caused a variety of paranormal activity.
The spirit of a former employee is still on duty.
Most seem to prefer to show their feelings in the building’s spectral hot spots.
Click on Florida above for more info”’
Welcome to Ashleys
I’ve been to this restaurant in Rockledge more than once and enjoyed the food and the whole visit—-Never saw a ghost—but I did experience an overwhelming feeling of something there–a presence you might say while in the ladies room at one visit, which is I belive one of the haunted spots—-it’s feature in more than one book about Florida ghosts.
GHOST ORBS AND VOICES! Ashley’s Paranormal Investigation
Try these 5 easy chicken recipes
IF you can’t find anything else to do try cooking.
Scare up your yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Places to see when visiting or even a possible some place to see again or even visit for the first time if you live there:
THE BISHOPS FINGERS: SMITHFIELD
The Bishop FIngers pub serves great sausages. A few feet away is the thirteenth century stone gate way to St. Bartholomews–the Great, the second oldest church in the city.
Barbican To Convent Garden
Being one of the oldest churches in the City of London, the Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great is well worth a visit.
Something you might not know about Sanford —
2021 SANFORD’S BEST HALLOWEEN EVENTS
Suggested Reading for the Holiday
Here are the most cursed places in the world
Keeping Demons Away
Region Norther Europe:
Originated Pre-Christian era. Decorating our home with evergreen plants such as holly, ivy and misletoe is a pagan tradition that has remained a main stay of our Christmas celebrations to this day. Evergreens were a symbol of eternal life during the cold and dark winter months and it is believd they provided luck and protected your home from evil spirits and demons that wreaked havoc over the winter Solstice. But sometimes decorating the home wasn’t enough, and it was actually necessary to walk around your home, equipped with your evergreen choice to scare away the devilish friends who were still lurking around. So the next time you think you have a sneaky spirit attempting to cause chaos during festivities, grab yourself a bunch of holly and chase them away.
Keeping Demons Away with Evergreen
Happy History Holidays
All about History
30 OF THE MOST HAUNTED HOTELS IN THE WORLD TO BOOK FOR HALLOWEEN
Now this looks like a fun place to spend Halloween:
check out the Hurlers, the golden cup and the stack of spooky rocks and don’t forget the Minion town.
This stone circle is near the village of Minions
and between the Rivers Fowey and Lynher
The stones in the circle vary in shape but are the same height. Legend says that they were men turned to stone for breaking the Sabbath for hurling a ball. It is said that if you correctly count the number of the standing stones something bad will happen to you.
OK we can skip that.
The Hurler Stone Circles: A line of three early Bronze Age stone circles
Be sure to check out the informative Video toward the end of the article.
It is said that a Daniel Gumb, a stone cutter lived near here with his wife and children in a rough shelter of tumbled stones. He was a student of astronomy. phylosophy, and mathmetics and it is said that he the cared geometric figures which he signed and dated 1937 on a rock here.
Cornwall village Minions sign removed
Now at British Museum
There had long been a legend of a Druid who owned a gold cup which had an inexhaustiable supply of water for thirsty travelers. Then an ancient barrow was excavated in the early 1800’s and buried there alongside a skelton lay a gold cup. Some say it was a druid of course.
The Rillaton cup Early Bronze Age
On the same moors that the grave was found is the Cheesewring tower above the quay near the Hurler’s ring and the town of Minion—-it is a strange formation of naturally weathered granite…….one of the things you will see alot of if you frequent the moors that dot this country is strange “natural” formations along with stone circles and all manor of natural and not so much of items that amazes and sometimes sends a chill running down your spine.
Minions and the Cheesewring, Bodmin Moor, CORNWALL WALK
New Salem Primitive Baptist Church
1500 W. 12th St.
New Salem Primitivee Baptist Church was constituted in 1922 when members of the Orthodox Primitive Baptist Church split to form two churches, the other of which was Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church (located in the community of Georgetown). The bell on display at the site is the original bell from the Orthodox Primitive Baptist Church, which was located at 8th Street and Palmetto Avenue. The land for the church was donated by General Henry Sanford for creation of an African-American church.
Sanford: Historic Goldsboro Walking/Driving Tour
New Salem Primitive Baptist Church
Something to do in January in Central Florida
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Scottish Ghost Hunters reveal the scariest places they’ve been to around Scotland |
Halloween events in Edinburgh
Ok nothing planned for Halloween—-as you know my whole idea for this blog is to give you suggestions for something to do, setting around doing nothing NOT an OPTION–SO-how about a little Halloween carving:
Go traditional Scottish and carve a terrifying turnip instead of a pumpkin this Halloween
The origins of Halloween can be traced back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (summer’s end). The Celtic year was determined by the growing seasons and Samhain marked the end of summer and the harvest, and the beginning of the dark cold winter. The festival symbolised the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead. It was believed by the Celts that on the night of 31st October, ghosts of the dead would walk again amongst them, and large bonfires were lit in each village in order to ward off any evil spirits. All house fires were put out and new fires lit from these great bonfires.
Halloween in Scotland
by Ben Johnson
Historic UK
EVENTS and place to visit and stay
HALLOWEEN IN SCOTLAND
Look they even
41 Rue Servan, Paris, France
Fantasy Fest: Key West Halloween Festival 2021
The biggest and wildest Halloween celebration on Key West
IF you’ve never been here and you’re up to women running around with nothing on their boobs except a layer or so of paint—-lots of drinking and crazy behavior and lots of stuff like that—I have been there many times and enjoyed it all….but again it is not for the prudish or shy. Now that I’ve scared the more reserved away I will go back to my next item—looking at some of the lovely old houses and hence history of this crazy island.
Those are just a few of my Fantasy Fest pages of our trips to Key West for the Fest
Delightfully Spooky Experiences Abound in Key West
616 Duval Street
1871: Cuban Cultural Center
Founded by Cuban exiles—obviously Castro wasn’t the first issue on the Caribean Island only 90 miles or so from Key West.
1884 is when this building was was built and it’s name is for Carlos Manuel de Cespedes a Cuban freedom fighter.
It’s purpose was to preserve the Cuban Culture here in Key West.
and their legendary poet and freedom fighter Jose Matti brought the exiled Cuban community together here to plan for peace
Eventually it was vacated and left unocuppied for years.
1992: it was restored and re-opened containing
a museum, library, school, theater and conferene center.
Jose Marti and the San Carlos Institute (virtual)
LIVE Ghost Tour Key West 👻 Ghosts & Gravestones – WE ARE THE DOOMED
613 Eaton St.
1866 Greek Revival
Built by U.S. Marshal Peter A. “Dynamite” Williams
who was famous for stopping the
By setting off dynamite along Eaton Street
1992: House won Old Island Restoration Foundation Award
Also listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks.
The name comes from in earlier days when donkey carts were used to collect milk from the rear of property on Donkey Milk Alley which run off Elizabeth Street.
Ceilings in the house were painted by an Italian Artist (over 100 yrs ago) and it boosts a black walnut stairway and Spanish tiles.
The Artist House – A Key West Bed and Breakfast That’s a Hauntingly Good Time
Casa Antigua
314 Simonton St.
1919 Built as Tres-Mor Hotel
21,000 Square-foot building
with Trev-Mor Ford Dealership on th first floor
1928, Ernest Hemingway came here and lived at the hotel for 7 wks. while waiting for a car he’d ordered to drive north. Farewell to Arms was finished during this time.
1940s It held a brothel
1950’s was a Jazz Nightclub
In the old days there were tours of the gardens which were beautiful with many tropial plants and palms. We alway wandered into the gardens fom the Pelican Poop shop because it was such a lovely area and worth the fee to do so. Most recently I have heard that they now havee a new owner and that they no longer allow any admissions to the gardeens—-which makes me sad.
Nightmare Insects: The Terrifying 10
If you’re going to visit a mosquito habitat for vacation—summer —but further south and into the caribean and the like this might be helpful
Many readers claim that rubbing apple cider vinegar on your skin helps to repel insects. If you take in enough apple cider vinegar by putting it on foods you eat, you’ll dvelop a body odor that will repel insects, including black flies. One great and refreshing summer drink for this purpose is switchel, made from apple cider vinegar.
Lemon eualyptus oil is recommnded by the CDC to repel mosquitoes, as is picaridin–on the skin only of course.
If you are going to use a DEET repellent, do not use one with more than 25% DEET. Unlike the SPF rating in sunscreens, higher concentrations of DEET doesn’t mean more protection.
The Old Farmer’s 2020 Summer Almanac
Robert B. Thomas
Mosquitoes, spiders and more of the most dangerous bugs in the world
Well till next week—-hope this give you some ideas for something you can do and of course enjoy.
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Take a trip along the “Illuminated River” Thames
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