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7 Mystifying Facts About Harry Houdini
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OK a slow withdrawl for those Halloween Junkies amoung us-
Take a historic break: Sally Lunn’s House is the oldest in the city dating back to 1482. Sally herself moved in 200 years later when her baking prowess was discovered and her bakery ‘s brioche buns became popular. Jane Austin was reportedly a fan. The house is now a kitchen museum and traditional English restaurant.
24-Hours in Bath
Disccover Britain
Decembr 2020
Grandma’s Chicken Casserole
For more details:
https://fallfestivaloftheartsdeland.com/
I’ve been to this festival several times—it’s fun and Deland is worth a visit all on it’s own..
Weeknight Dinners You Can Make with Tex-Mex Staples
These Are the 10 Happiest Countries in the World
Tours/Visitor Information: A visit to Barberville Pioneer Settlement is truly a unique experience. Our historical village is nestled within a charming, moss-draped oak hammock in western Volusia County. We offer self-guided tours or can provide each visitor or] group with a guided tour of the structures within our expansive campus, which illustrates life in rural Florida in the bygone days of the late 19th and early 20th century
Barberville Pioneer Settlement – What Life was like in the 1870 …
17 Attractions and Places to Stop Along the Tamiami Trail/U.S. Highway 41 between Miami and Naples
Druve west from Miami on Hwy 41, past the last rements of civilization (some say) on Hwy 27 and from here you’re in the Everglades. You will (or at least you use to) see a sign saying you’re entering the great swamp and a warning that you should be careful as many animals may be crossing the road. The small business offerings will re-inforce where you are: Air boat rides, alligator wrestlers and souvener shops—-and ever a few (hundred?) people fishing. There’s also a pumping station that keeps the water a it proper level…..and there were several “authentic” Seminole Indian village along the way—at least the 30 years or so I last made the trip.
Miles and miles of tall—at least 6 foot sawgrass flats greets you from both sides with clumps of trees scattered about here and there (they call them hammocks—from the Spanish for “high, dry, ground”.
This is a quote about the area from one of the sites you can click on below:
t’s not a good idea on this Alligator Alley, to get out of the car in certain spots. We once convinced a Texas friend of this, when she was halfway out of the car “to pull its tail”. Nor do you want to walk your dog along the road here, since Fido is an alligator’s favorite treat. Keep in mind that gators are extremely fast from a dead stop and can grab your dog, or you, within seconds.
Tamiami Trail: Scenic drive exploring Everglades
At about 40 miles the road turns northwest. Instead of following it take the road to your left which is Route 92. You’ll come to a small lake and roadside park. This is said to be a good leg stretching area—given the gators etc in the area I would be inclined to stay in the car—but living in Florida all these years has given me a deep respect (fear?). Continue on the road till you reach what use to be Pinecrest: (best time on week day out of season for hunting).
Florida’s Real Alligator Alley
On your way to Pinecrest you will cross many bridges and its said that if you stop and walk across them you might well get a great view of the natural beauty of the Everglades: as besides the gators you might see a big Garfish going by , or a deer— or even a water mocassin—-this is the northern boundary of the
It’s about 5 miles until you reach
once a boom town in the 20’s—click above to get a view of what is left there now—including a famous gangster’s digs.
Pinecrest Campground
After you leave the town the road goes west for a couple of miles past scrub oak and weeds under which linger the the remains of old homesteads, maybe a church or a school that once graced this area. They even drilled an oil well here once but it has long been abandoned as it was too low producing to make a profit.
Then the road suddenly makes a sharp turn north and if you look carefully you might see a wood ibis or two as this is their nesting area—they are the only American stork and you can identify them by their blackish head and black wing tips.
Scenic Byway – Everglades Loop Road, Florida
The road from here to Hwy 41 leads under huge cypress and other trees over land that is crossed with many streams over which are small bridges. Everywhere are turkey buzzards and Spanish moss all in all it sounds a bit erie to me —- but there are also bromeliad plant and even some rare orcharids may be seen. Then you’ll return to 41.
Big Cypress Swamp loop Road off SR41 in Florida County road 94
This road is called the Loop Rood and only a few miles or so are paved and aren’t always a good idea in the summer or when there’s been a lot of rain—-before you decide to make the trip read this:
Loop Road: Storied road through Everglades is full of wildlife
Those traveling across Florida on the Tamiami Trail should take Loop Road only if they aren’t in a hurry. Once on gravel, your speed will be under 20 miles per hour. Like the rest of the Everglades, the scenery here doesn’t shout. Appreciating the cypress forest and pine uplands requires quiet attention to the beauty of small things.
I’ve never been on this road but looked up some info and thought it sounded interesting—but a bit scary as well—so please research it a bit if you are thinking of going —when you return to Tamiani Trail you can turn right—east and return to Miami or left and head to the Gulf.
BIG CYPRESS LOOP ROAD
An Everglades Adventure
Flashback: Massive Winter Park sinkhole swallows home, pool, more
One day back in the 1980’s, in a phenomenon that isn’t uncommon in this part of th state, a lot of the ground started disappearing (Corner Faibanks and Denning Drive) downward. Fast. In hardly any time at all, a lot of what had been standing here was sinking into a monsterous hole. Everyone came to stand around and gape and later watch people with big mahines try to retrieve some of the things swallowed by Mother Earth. Today the sink hole holds water….its a peek at how oh so-fleting material things can be in the face of nature…
The Insider’s Guide to Greater Orlando.
The Winter Park Florida Sinkhole of 1981! A look back 38 years later
DEBARY HALL HISTORIC SITE
Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild
York Minster Walking Tour
A new central tower was begun in 1420 to replace the one which collapsed in 1407. In 1472 the work of rebuilding the minster was declared complete and the Minster was rededicated. York Minster suffred heavily during the English Reformation and its aftermath; the chantry chapels and altars were torn down under Edward VI, and much of the cathedral plate was lost.
Explore one of the world’s most magnificent cathedrals.
Louie’s Backyard 30 Years of Pictures
When you think of Key West
most people think of partying, drinking, dancing and bar hopping—–but there is so much more to my favorite little island.
Visit | Key West Garden Club
The tree pictured at the top of the article is the Mahoe Tree and it can be found at several locations including: The After Deck Bar at Louie’s Backyard, and The Key West Garden Club at West Martllo Towers.
Commonly called Blue Mahoe, Sea Hibiscus and Tree Hibiscus it has a very interesting trait—it’s flower change colors as the day goes by. and can start one color and as the day goes by change to another.
The tree is salt tolerant tree that can grow up to 60′ high and it is said that if you cut one of its branches and stick it in the ground it will take root. It bark was once used by primitve people to make loin cloths, fishing nets and mats from the fibrous parts of the inner bark
LITTLE HAMACA PARK OFFERS A HIDDEN HIDEAWAY
East End of Covernment Road
11-acres park in the historic salt ponds area….purchased by the city in the 1980s to preserve this last remnant of a tropical hardwood forest which once covered much of Key West.
Here from the boardwalks you can see the salt ponds and mangrove forest as well as 33 species of harwoods replanted here to restore the Hardwoods. You’ll also see buterflys, birds, spiders and snakes. The park has a dock, canoe trail, picnic and parking aras.
This park near the airport and salt ponds is Key West’s only nature area. It has a 1/5 mil nature trail and a hardwood hammock which is the largest remnant of tropical forest that once covered the island
Oh and Hamaca is a Key’s Indian word for Dry tree island or “sleeping place”.
Edington: This well is in a clump of trees byt the roadside, on the left hand side as one approaches the village from the station. The water gathers in a well-made stone tank about three feet square, the top of which is level with the surrounding ground. It is covered with two stone slabs, one of which, at the date of my visit in April 1915, had been removed, and the tank was half full of decaying laves as a consquence. The water was three feet in depth, and ran out through a stone spout. The flow was slight, and the water itself of a greenish milky colour, with a strong and horrible smell of sulphur…The spring looked neglected, and does not seem to be held in much repute…Horne, who then quotes an earlier source’s description of..a perpetual spring, which contains sulphur and …it is very cold… and has been found officacious in scorbutick, cases.”
The Holy Wells of Somerset
http://www.bath.ac.uk/lispring/sourcearchives/fs2/fs2jh1.htm
A spiritual travel adventure from Stonehenge to Cornwall
15 – 24 May 2022
Bayridge Sushi
400 Savage Ct,
Longwood, FL 32750
Just a bit before Halloween we went back to this great Japanesse Resturant.
Bayridge Sushi – Longwood—Menu
I love their food—especially their Benito Boxes which had a great variety and I alway have a bit left to munch on in the afternoon.
The restaurant by the way is less than a block off of 434 —across with the Shopping Center w/Winn DIxie on northern side of 434
and right behind McDonalds in a small mall that also hasa veggie market on the southside of 434
as you see they do dine in and take reservation—accept credit Cards and even have Vegan options….the dining area is peaceful and noise is usually at a minimum. There is a parking lot here which is basically only used for the customers here. (oh and the veggie place
They are known for their sushi—but non partakers like me find plenty on their menu to feed them well
they even have a full bar
Not to mention the Sushi Bar
and their dessert menu is very much leaning to our western tastes
Ok so hope if you go you enjoy it as much as I did—tell them the
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To sample some of the artstry the Boadway Museum & Art Gallery draws upon. The collections of the University of Oxford’s historic Ashmolean Museum, while the Gordon Russell Design Museum celebrate the work of the local Arts and Crafts furniture makers. If you’re extending your stay, Broadway, boasts the Lygon Arms, a 17th c coaching inn with unrivalled hospatility, while around the corner lies Abbots Grange, a five-star medieval manor,complete with 8 acres of pivate park to stoll around.
Love Street
Discover Britain
Dec 2020
Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision,
Third Edition
My main and 1st and Last pictures today are from my first trip to Ireland—I took a small group all inclusive tour alone on this one—it was wonderful. when I returned it was with some friend and it was the time when we drove ourselves.
Deland’s Sport Aviation Showcase
November 11 – 13