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March 2010

Philfest 2010

March 31, 2010
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Can there be any doubt that the mix of family, friends, and food is one of life’s greatest pleasures? One look at the pictures accompanying this article should be proof. Those smiles are deeply felt. Joined in common cause, these families and friends celebrate their Filipino community while preparing their culture’s foods. “Backstage” is where [...]

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Just a weed

March 31, 2010
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Front yard garden

March 29, 2010
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We had a cold winter down here and many plants have died from it. Home owners and landscapers are busy, now that it is spring, tending to their gardens and lawns, clearing out the dead plants and pruning others. This is a beautiful little garden in the front yard of a Gulfport home. Such beautiful, [...]

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Ibis

March 28, 2010
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After spotting an enormous flock of American White Ibis feeding on a lawn in the city, I swung around the block and slowly edged up to get some pictures. There were at least twice as many Ibis as you see in the picture below; I just couldn’t get them all in one picture. They were [...]

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Updated blogroll

March 27, 2010
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A “blogroll” is a list of favorite blogs. Every so often, I update my blogroll to reflect current reality–what I am reading these days (this changes, naturally, over time). There is a navigation tab on the Inkwatu website labeled Blogroll from which the list below is drawn. However, people usually don’t visit a blog’s actual [...]

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The Mighty Nash

March 25, 2010
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I’ve seen this beautiful old Nash around, but this is the first chance I’ve had to snap pictures of it. Isn’t it beautiful? It seems to be in excellent condition. What a honey. And those whitewalls! I don’t know who owns it, but that’s one lucky owner. Most images link to larger images. click on [...]

Monument

March 24, 2010
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Prestige…a little tarnished perhaps, but prestige, nonetheless

March 21, 2010
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721

March 20, 2010
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  I don’t live here. I don’t work here. I don’t know anyone who does. But, I drive by this place often and the font, size, and finish of those big numbers, the lines of the building, and the colors all work together to please me. I keep meaning to stop and take a picture. [...]

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Strawberries

March 18, 2010
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click on photo then click again for close-up image   P. G. Wodehouse once said, “Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening.” I’m so glad that’s not true of strawberries! They’re so good this year, and very affordable. And, local. Most images link to larger images. [...]

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St. Petersburg 2010 Antiquarian Book Fair

March 13, 2010
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    There’s one more day of the 29th Annual Antiquarian Book Fair at the St. Petersburg Coliseum (floridabooksellers.com/bookfair.html). It’s only $6 for the day–$5 if you pick up one of the many coupons around town. If you enjoy books, especially books from your childhood or books you remember seeing in your grandparent’s home libraries, [...]

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Tampa’s Phap Vien Minh Dang Quang and the Jade Buddha

March 10, 2010
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Every week/weekend in Tampa Bay has a lot of activities, but this weekend has more than most that fit my tastes. One you don’t want to miss is the enormous Jade Buddha for Universal Peace at the Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Town and Country (that area of Tampa on the west end of Hillsborough Avenue). [...]

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Organic produce and fresh fish shopping in St. Pete.

March 8, 2010
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Comments are often where the most interesting content is in a blog. I especially enjoy comments which are questions such as a recent one that asked how to find good produce locally. It prompted me to create an answer, which I posted as an answering comment, that summed up my favorite places for local produce. [...]

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