Here’s the finished painting I had shown in progress earlier.
It’s of a family who own a restaurant, Dee Dee’s Cafe, in Ocala, Florida.
The owner loves television programs about royalty and I then interspersed various other interests of the husband and sons.

The scan muted subtleties of the watercolor painting. The board is Crescent Board.

Sorry to learn of the death of the owner of Haribo candies, Hans Riegel at 90. Happened to pick up a load of Haribo gummies earlier today in Sanford at Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe’s retail German store.

Terisa Glover and I had a blast in Tarpon Springs Sunday while doing research for an upcoming Swampy’s Florida coloring book. Above and below are a couple sketches done during the trip. Unfortunately, a trip to Ozona, Florida found that one of my favorite Bar-B-Q places, the Ozona Pig, was closed for the day. Sooooo, it’s a trip across the street to Molly Goodheads for fish food. Because of that the drawings ensued.

Earlier in the day we teed off in Tarpon Springs and was welcomed by the sign below. I figured it meant ‘Beware of Hurricane Ahead’.

It’s fried shrimp time at Hella’s Restaurant! Wanna see what Swampy had? Check out Swampy’s Florida Sunday.

Penny for your thoughts? Getting a scrunched official Tarpon Springs penny.

For those who know the story, Sunday, the 5th, is also Taylor’s 19th birthday. I had my annual banana split at a restaurant in downtown Tarpon Springs in honor of his birthday. These folks don’t usually make banana splits, but did an excellent job!

The comic strip, Beetle Bailey, turned 60 years old today and some cartoonists on Facebook drew their version of Beetle. Here’s mine.

I drew this at Reececliff Restaurant in Lakeland, Florida, while lunching with my friend, Jeremy Buchanon.

We continued the International Movable Feast at the Claddagh Cottage Irish Pub in Orlando. Friends Sarah Butler, James Saunders, Robert Baurle and Allen Currin delved into a bit o’ Irish vittles. Great food! Most go for the bar apparently, but this place has a tasty Irish stew!

Above is a sketch of an area of the pub.

Met friends Robert Baurle, James Saunders and Dena Wild at Cypriana’s Greek Restaurant in Casselberry, Florida. Great food and great company!

Made a trip into Longwood, Florida, to Polonia Polish Restaurant to get with long time friends: Sarah Butler St. Gregory, her husband, David, their children and James Saunders. Below is a photo of us all, minus David, who took the photo. Sorry about the glowing eyes!

Above is a sketch of a bottle of some sort of liquor that I didn’t take note of. Oops! A shelf of the bottles were in Polonia.

I made a pit stop at ABC Pizza for dinner last Wednesday night in Zypherhills. The sketch above is of part of the interior. The building was once a Biff Burger changed over twice to be an ABC Pizza. More Sunday on Swampy’s Florida!