Eyes

(Garage door, Gulfport)

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Saw Palmetto

A saw palmetto tree along one of the walking trails at Weedon Island Preserve.

Retro Buccaneer Advertisement

Here's the last of the mid-fifties ads I've been running. It's a pre-Football Bucs image of the Buccaneer. Has the appearance of the buccaneer image dropped off in local advertising since the arrival of the Bucs? And "Sleepy Lagoon Yacht Harbor"? What a name!

Grove Stand

Continuing with the series of mid-1950s ads, is this ad for a citrus grove. I am guessing that this gentleman, who owns a residential citrus tree care business, belongs to the family mentioned in the ad above. The link contains some early photos and is worth a click.

Resorts on the Gulf

Mid-1950s advertisement for beach resorts in Sarasota
and Longboat Key.

Holga Three

A Holga image of the Gizella Kopsick Palm Arboretum in St. Petersburg.

Also:

• Holga Two
  

• Holga One
  

Florida Real Estate Past

This ad for Bayshore Gardens, located on the Tamiami Trail, is scanned from a playbill, circa 1956. The community appears to still be going strong and remains comparatively affordable.

Damn...

...I sure miss being above the middle of Tampa Bay with a soft sunset light like this bouncing off the Gandy/Friendship Trail Bridges.

Font Circus

Wall poster, Ybor City

Pastry Goodness

Counter-clockwise, from top:
Raspberry Chocolate Ganache Truffle, Apple Turnover, Peach Cherry Cobbler.

Cafe Mozart, on 4th Street in St. Pete

Looking skyward by way of the Robert L. Timberlake, Jr. Federal Building in downtown Tampa.

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Trash Bin

At one of those furtive, illicit-looking meeting spots in between the shoreline trees, next to the Shrimp Docks

(Shuffleboard Court, Pass-a-Grille)

Not the Harbour Island Side of the Channel

Near Sparkman Channel, next to the CSX tracks, by the dislodged crossing sign.


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Another one for the Stick Figures in Peril photo pool, this one in downtown Tampa.

Previously:

• Spanish Point SFiP (last in post).
  

Dunedin Causeway

Friday

But, not good when the bottle opener almost drops into the garbage disposal!

On the Streets of Downtown Tampa

Street art around downtown...

Demo & the Gleaming Skytowers

Downtown Tampa (behind Hattricks)

Craft

The Craftsman House in St. Pete (not pictured: gazpacho, hummus wrap, and strawberry spinach salad).