We went from Kathy Wolf’s to meet up with old friend, Rob Labby, for breakfast. The original idea was to to do that near his home in Century Village in Deerfield Beach. However, Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden was giving a campaign speech next to the restaurant. After circumnavigating the Secret Service, it was decided to […]
We headed south to be a part of the Clyde Butcher Muck-A-Bout. We took backroads to get there. A stop we made was at The Cool Place, an ice cream shop in Bartow. There Sandra and I had sundaes (See above).
For dinner we stopped at the 75 year old Flora and Ella’s in LaBelle. I […]
Headed over to Tampa for the Tampa Comic Con for an Inkslinger gathering with Jim Fern and Sioux Hart. A few were part of the event. Fran Matera was showing his great work. To the left is a panel from one of the strips I picked up. Fran was also helping friend Geoff Brenneman raise money for […]
Sandra and I headed to Orange County. Her for a conference. Me for a haircut at Jim’s Barber Shop. Unfortunately for me, Jim’s ill and his shears are taking a break, too.
That gave me time I didn’t expect, so I hit the bookstores. Picked up lots of goodies. Below are the best covers. All books […]
We made our way onto the Big Cypress Reservation to the Billie Swamp Safari. Above is a croc that lives around the swamp buggy ride we took.
Above is a tree, with bucket chapeau, I sketched along the swamp buggy trail.
We also took an airboat ride. I sketched these as the airboat roared along.
Billie Swamp Safari is […]
We made our way south to Clewiston for research and exploring. We made a lunch stop at the Orange Box Cafe in Frostproof. The restaurant is part of Frostproof Groves orange juice packing and juice palnt. Above are cabbage palms I saw outside the restaurant window.
We made it down to Clewiston and stayed at the Clewsiton […]
Our first stop during our Volusia County tour was Ponce Preserve. It’s a park that has a combo of opportunities to experience the original natural Florida tidal area of this part of the east coast. See the site for details. It’s a GREAT park and well worth the trip whether you take the boardwalk, the […]
Sandra and I made our way to Volusia County this Thursday morning. We made a breakfast stop at the well-established ‘Richard’s Place’ in Ocala. There is a sketch of a fellow who was yapping on the cell phone.
We crossed the Ocala National Forest and made our first top at Shelt-Air private plane service within the Daytona […]
We spent the day visiting Sarasota and the bookstores there. From the old Charlie’s Newstand (or whatever it’s called today) to Parker Books to Helen’s Books to The Main Street Bookstore. We had a very good lunch at El Greco Cafe. I drew the drawing on the right looking out the window to this building down the […]
We had lunch with Tom and Glenda Armstrong at the 1945 created Linger Lodge. Known for it’s fine Southern fare, it’s been recently bought by others and now has a “chef”. The food showed it. Worse, no fried chicken that I was looking forward to.
Though less than what was once there, the Linger Lodge can […]
I was in Tampa to speak to classes at the St. John Greek Orthodox Day School. I had a great time and I hope I inspired some young folks to be more creative. Above is a drawing I was handed by “The Boys”, as they called themselves.
Afterward we had a good lunch at a restaurant […]
We wandered Apalachicola for the early part of the day. Visiting many shops and meeting lots of folks. Among those met was Gil Autrey whose wife runs her own photography store. The last name begged me to ask if he is any relation to 1920s Mayor L.M. Autrey of Orlando. He’s Mayor Autrey’s grandson. What’s […]
We made our way to Apalachicola to celebrate our anniversary. Sandra had us staying at the historic Gibson Inn and we had dinner at the restaurant inside- Avenue Sea. The sketch is of a table setting in the restaurant.
On Friday we wandered Apalachicola. I had to go back to the room for a while as […]