The next Pensacola Gallery Night will be April 19, 2024. If you in the area during your travels this is a most event to attend.The theme for June is “Earth Day”.It’s a time went the street is full of Artist, Stage & Performers, Food Trucks, Nonprofits, and most local Merchants will be open.For more information please check out the Gallery Night Website.
Pensacola Crawfish Festival APRIL 26, 27 & 28, 2024
Join the fun April 26, 27 & 28 at the Pensacola Crawfish Festival.Come enjoin eating fresh crawfish brought to you by locals, Cordova Crawfish Company.Admissions Gates located on Government St. (across from Hub Stacey’s) & Zaragoza St. (across from Pensacola Bay Brewery) Parking is available in various lots in downtown. Lots are mostly private and will likely charge parking fees. Handicapped parking will be available Friday through Sunday with permit, in parking lot of Bartram Park. TIMES: Friday: 11AM-11PM Saturday: 10AM-11PM Sunday: 11AM-5PM ADMISSION: ADULTS: $5 per day KIDS, Ages 6-12: $2 per day KIDS, 5 and under: FREE Admission Gates located on Government Street (across from Hub Stacey’s) and Zaragoza Street (across from Pensacola Bay…
Sunset Setting At The Old Beach Fence
If you are ever traveling to NW Florida one of the thing to take advantage of in the area are the sunsets. The area along the beach gets some of the most beautiful sunsets you will ever see especially at Pensacola Beach. Oh remember to bring your camera to save the memories.
The Pond
Sony ZV-1 24-70mm F1.8-2.8 Zeiss 1/320 sec at f/5.6, ISO 125
Palm Trees Silhoutte
Redwing Backbird Takeoff
Surf Is Up – Tropical Storm Is Coming
Black Skimmer
AMERICA’S OLDEST CITY: THE CHARMS OF HISTORIC ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
Stu and I attended the 2019 Florida Birding and Photo Fest in St. Augustine, Florida and were totally captivated by the birds, the city, the food and the residents of America’s oldest city! The charms of historic St. Augustine, Florida will keep you enthralled, no matter what your interests! St. Augustine is America’s oldest city and has 400 years of history and culture to enjoy! This city dates from 1563! Of course, we had heard of Juan Ponce de Leon, Sir Francis Drake, Henry Flagler and the Timucua Indians. What we didn’t know is that all are a part of the history of the coastline between…
BEAUTY AND THE BEASTLY: INDUSTRIAL SLAVERY AT ARCADIA MILL in MILTON, FLORIDA
We felt as if we were just walking through a nature park at Arcadia Mill in Milton, Florida. We were actually visiting Florida’s first and largest antebellum industrial complex! There is beauty in the Arcadia Mill woods but also the beastly in the Mill’s history. A large part of Arcadia Mill’s history is industrial slavery. The Arcadia Mill site was a huge complex with various mills, a grist mill, a blackmithshop, a mule-drawn railroad and a sixteen-mile long log flume! The vast complex was built and operated with industrial slavery. The industrial site began with a sawmill. It grew to have a second sawmill. Later, a textile mill was run…