Congratulations to our hometown team for winning their second Stanley Cup!
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Memorial to The First U.S Passenger Airline
On January 1, 1914, a decade after Orville and Wilbur Wright made their historic first flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., a two seat flying boat built by Thomas Benoist and piloted by Antony H. Jannus flew the 18 mile trip from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida carrying its first passenger, former St. Petersburg Mayor Abe Pheil. Though rarely exceeding an altitude of 5 feet above the water, the flying boat reduced the time of the otherwise 2 hour boat trip to 23 minutes. The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line would go on to fly two flights per day for the next four months, though the company would go out of business after four months of operation.
Then and Now University of Tampa.
Good Luck To My Home Team The Tampa Bay Buccaneers!
Sunset Reflection, Downtown Tampa, Florida
First Baptist Church Tampa
My home church in the 1940’s and what it looks like today.
Hammock Time
Plant Park along the river.
Tampa Florida
Downtown Tampa at night.
Book & Photos
Books & Photos
I recently stopped by a local bookstore to look for vintage photography books. I could have easily stayed home and browsed a Kindle, Nook, or some other type of electronic reader but I like a real book. To me, there is something about the look and feel of holding a real book. I often underline and write notes in the margins, something I find difficult in an electronic book.
Photography can be like that, most of our photos are in electronic bits of information that we view on a computer or smart device. I find it rewarding to pull a photo album or book off the shelf and relive the memory.