Free native trees or vouchers

http://discover.pbcgov.org/erm/Pages/Native-Canopy.aspx 

2020 Natural Areas Festival
Saturday,  March 14, 2020
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Winding Waters Natural Area
6161 Haverhill Road, West Palm Beach

*Must be a Palm Beach County resident.  Limit one voucher per household, while supplies last. Other restrictions may apply.

Misfit results, small box

It was all good. Mineola tangelos are delicious. 

Eating more vegetables

Misfits Market

Eat healthy. Save money. Help save the planet. One Misfits Market box helps you cross off every resolution! We deliver fresh, organic produce everywhere in 23+ states at up to 40% off grocery store prices.

Look it up, I just joined.

the Yellow Card

SWA finally refused to pick up after huge piles every week.

Think:  Put metal in separate pile.

try Goodwill, Habitat for Humanity, Resale shop, read the UCO rules. Also call SWA customer info 561-697-2700.

WPB Sustainability

January 11, 2020

Sustainability Film Series: "The Human Element"

Mandel Public Library Auditorium 2pm-4:30pm

January 15, 2020

Grow Your Own Climate Victory Garden (RSVP requested)

Mandel Public Library, Clematis Room 6pm-7:30pm

January 17, 2020

FREE screening of "How to Let Go of the World"

Surfing Florida Museum 6pm-9pm

January 18, 2020

FREE Florida Native Tree Giveaway

WPB GreenMarket 9am-1pm

January 29, 2020

Don't Shop, Swap! Clothing Swap

Mandel Public Library, Clematis Room 6pm-7:30pm

Is it over for awhile?

Niagara

toad floater

gully washer

frog strangler

cats and dogs

January events and planning guide

January events and planning guide

 

Free days in national parks: Get our calendar of free days and make a note that Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Day and national park admission is free. 

 

Crystal River Manatee Festival, Jan. 18-19, 2020, Crystal River

Orange City Blue Spring Manatee Festival, Jan. 25-26, 2020, Orange City
These manatee festivals are each located near a site where hundreds of manatees gather each winter. Both locations offer a variety of activities, including opportunities to view manatees. Florida Rambler story on two January manatee festivals

 

Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival, Jan. 16-19, 2020, Fellsmere
This funky festival has been happening for 20 years. Food choices start with one frog leg (a frog “pop” on a stick for $3) up to a gator-tail and frog leg dinner for $14. Music, games, down-home goods.

 

Children's Gasparilla Extravaganza, Jan. 18, 2020, Tampa
Kickoff of Gasparilla Days, featuring a children’s parade along Bayshore Boulevard and “piratechnic” sea battle commemorating the imaginary invasion of Tampa, which is re-enacted next weekend. Family-friendly and alcohol-free.

Homestead Rodeo, Jan. 24-26, 2020
Homestead rodeo is the southernmost rodeo in the continental United States. You may be surprised to learn that Florida has a rich history of rodeos in its small towns.
    

Images – A Festival of the Arts, Jan. 24-26, 2020, New Smyrna Beach
In 2019, Images presented 234 artists from 28 states and Canada in a waterfront setting. It's a free festival that attracts 45,000.

 

Gasparilla Pirate Fest, Jan. 25-26, 2020, Tampa
Colorful, fully-rigged pirate ship Jose Gasparilla magically appears at the south end of Hillsborough Bay, where the invading Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla are met by a flotilla of pleasure craft. The mock sea battle is followed by a Mardi Gra-like parade.

 

Kumquat Festival, Jan. 25, 2020, Dade City

The historic downtown in Dade City fills with as many as 35,000 people for this free event celebrating the tangy little fruit grown locally. Along with dozens of booths and live entertainment, a highlight is tasting kumquat treats, from kumquat pie to kumquat cookies to kumquat salsa. Free shuttles run from two satellite parking areas --the Pasco County Fairgrounds on State Road 52 and next to Jarrett Ford on US Hwy 301 Truck Route. On the preceding Thursday and Friday, the kumquat growers open their groves and packing houses for tours.

 

Tours of historic Nike missile base in Everglades National Park open for the season. In the middle of Everglades National Park is the best preserved Nike missile base in South Florida, a relic of the Cold War and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Today it reminds us of those days of John F. Kennedy, fallout shelters and Bob Dylan protest songs. Learn more.

Free Homestead trolley gives you free entrance to Everglades National Park. The trolley runs every winter weekend through April 12, 2020. Riders enter free, saving the $35 park admission.  Learn more.

Planning ahead? Check our calendars of the 75 top festivals and special events  and our calendar of Florida's seafood festivals.  

 

not bright

ALERT The large Russian-owned company (Soul) that makes those “5-Minute Crafts” and “Bright Side” videos in your Facebook feed and on YouTube is also pushing pro-Russia, anti-America  propaganda.
They will collect you as followers and use you at election time.
RMS

for dog people

You may prefer this to Patriot game:

Relax

Try Nature Relaxation Films on Youtube on the TV, many different or if you prefer a blazing fireplace with gentle Xmas tunes.

Full English Breakfast

Imagine its a full English breakfast while you eat your oatmeal.

CV Tag Sales

Hello. there will be a flea market at Cambridge D on Sat Dec 7 and another one at Dover on Dec 14. Hope you can make it. There will be something for everyone. Hope to see you there.

More TV

Florida what!

 Florida snow (or Richardia) growing furiously in the secret wild flower garden, Hastings

3rd CV channel discovered

You knew CV community channels were changed from 63/95 to 590/591, but did you know channel 592 is also alive, go look.

Skeleton Dance

https://youtu.be/m6DMflqHfBI
 or danse Macabre
https://youtu.be/z0glOYQBlSA

Moringa trees

Are there any moringa trees, bushes in CV. They would be a healthy addition. Since they are feathery, not fat focus trees they could be along fence lines and would not be overwhelming. You can eat the leaves, and drumstick pods. Valued by people of the Carribeans, E. Indians, Hispanics .. read up online or utube.

FL October events

October events and planning guide   Our 2019-2020 Harvest Festival Calendar has been updated and now you can find the date of the mushroom festival or the kumquat festival or one of the other interesting celebrations of Florida produce.       Destin Seafood Festival, Harborwalk, Destin, Oct. 4-6, 2019 Festival showcases the fishing fleet, harbor and community. Fresh caught local seafood provided by local food vendors.   Oktoberfest, Oct. 11-13 and 18-20, 2019, 2019. Lantana There are Oktoberfest celebrations all around Florida, but this one is celebrating its 45th year and draws more than 35,000 visitors for live music, dancers, food, beer and entertainment.   Mount Dora Bicycle Festival , Oct. 3-6, 2019, Mount Dora More than 1,000 bicyclists converge and participate in rural rides of varying length. Florida Rambler story on the Mount Dora Bicycle Festival.   Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival, Oct. 19-21, 2019, Niceville This is the 43rd year for this Panhandle seafood event, which has expanded to include handmade arts and crafts, amusement rides and top-notch musical entertainment.   Cedar Key Seafood Festival, Oct. 19-20, 2019, Cedar Key This historic fishing village is one of the nation’s top sources of farm-raised clams. More than 100 arts and crafts exhibits, live music, a parade Saturday morning and, lots of great local seafood.    Key West Fantasy Fest , Oct. 18-27, 2019, Key West Multiple events culminate in the annual elaborate costume parade. The 2019 theme is “In Tune But Off Key.” This is the 40th year for Fantasy Fest in Key West!   Naples Stone Crab Festival, Oct. 25-27, 2019, Naples. Stone crab season opens Oct. 15 and this event, which takes place along Naples' waterways, is a good way to celebrate it.   St. Marks Stone Crab Festival. Oct. 26, 2019, St. Marks Gulfside fishing community serves up fresh, local delicacies, and vendors selling everything from custom jewelry to hand-crafted furniture.    Micanopy Fall Festival, Nov. 2-3, 2019, Micanopy Charming Old Florida town near Gainesville attracts 200 arts and crafts vendors with music under a canopy of live oak trees on a historic main street. Florida Rambler story on Micanopy.

Visit the Bulk Candy Store

Today I went to the Bulk Candy store in west palm beach, they stock old favorites, hard candy, they have an international section, and glittery metal colored bubble gum for wedding favors etc.  The staff are lovely friendly people, it is the purple/yellow bldg.
Open to the public, 561-540-1600, 235 N. Jog Rd, WPB, FL 33413
questions @Bulk Candy Store.com

My history, Around 1958 I worked a summer in Swizzels Matlows candy factory, in an old cotton mill by the canal in New Mills, UK (my great grandfather had a bobbin factory behind that building). The Bulk Candy store had the same Matlows candy that I worked on long ago.You can believe I stocked up. Also triple dipped malted dk choc balls in memory of the choc covered brazils I worked on.

Someone from CV has cleaned out the stock of triple dipped malted milk choc balls!!

Lanny Howe

Lanny you deserve 100s of bouquets for your many kindnesses and thoughtfulness for your old friends in Century Village. you are deeply missed.