God's creations are amongst us everywhere

We spent the 4th of July visiting the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo, Florida. What an amazing place. I am always amazed at the foliage that grows in different regions of our nation/ world.
The evening was spent at the beach watching fireworks explode around us in every direction.

In Florida Fireworks are legal and the locals set them off all along the beach front.

In Illinois, they are illegal, as many of us Illinoisans know. So imagine our reaction as the  began to set and we had fireworks going off all around us. Some in very close range. A bit unnerving , for sure . So we moved to the boardwalk to watch them . A bit safer of a place to watch the celebration amongst us.

Here are some of the pictures taken at Heritage Colonial Village and the Florida Botanical Gardens.

IF you are in the Clearwater /  Tampa area, these are two of the best kept secrets around.  These two  tourists sites are WORTH the visit.

Enjoy.

Julie

Gorgeous Hanging Basket at the Florida Botanical Gardens

Trumpet flower Tree

Hibiscus tree , gorgeous foliage

We saw some of these scary fellas sneaking around in the water. What a scary thought.

Roses in the wedding garden at Florida's Botanical Gardens.

Lovely Quote , true, true, true.

This cutie appeared in the Wedding garden. Love this topiary. GREAT FUN!

Love the patina on the boards, and sign. 

Sunset at Indian Rocks Beach on the 4th of July.

FIREWORKS on the BEACH!

LOVE THIS OLD TRAIN SIGN AT THE HERITAGE COLONIAL VILLAGE. This is the REAL DEAL ladies. Loving it and the rusty collection next to it.

AMAZING CONCRETE URNS, donated to the botanical and Heritage Woods gardens.
Hope you enjoyed just a peek at what we have been up to in SUNNY FLORIDA the last 2 weeks. Take care.

J.

HAPPY 4th of JULY, Thrifiting in Florida

Happy 4th of July. We are on vacation for 2 weeks in sunny Florida. Some pictures of the beach and enjoying the surf and sand. I have found some great treasures down here as well.

those pictures I will post  later.
Enjoy our nation's birthday today, however you choose to celebrate it, with friends and family.

most importantly BE SAFE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

                    Chattanooga TN. At the world's Oldest Civil WAR battlefield. What an interesting place this was to visit, upon celebrating our nation's birthday. This was one of  the bloodiest battles fought during the Civil War.

LOOKING our 85 feet high over Chickamauga Battle Field in TN. 

Civil War Canons 

Overview of Chickamauga Civil War Battle field. This 5,000 plus acre National Park has been kept the same, nothing changed since the Civil War was fought in our nation.

AHHHHH the sun and sand in Clearwater, Florida

Enjoying the sand and surf.

The beach  in Largo Florida, Indian Rocks Beach. So clean and serene. We have seen Armadillos, pelicans and waiting to see the annual Dolphin run. ENJOY TODAY.  BE SAFE.

J.