Brass Bowl

Attached to the train station was this Lathem Watchman Station.  As you can see, it holds a key.  The watchman carried a clock, and as he made his rounds, he would go to these stations that were along his route, and insert the key in the clock, which would record the key time.  This would provide a hard copy of  his movements to his employers, and prove he was making his required rounds. 

The next photo is a picture of the Carlton House, which was built in Wauchula in 1885.  Framed in spanish moss, I think this picture gives a good idea of  how this house looked a hundred and twenty years ago.

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The last one for today is a little chimney topper that was positioned on a blacksmiths shop. 

Saturday, we went to the 2011 Florida State Fair.  We didn’t ride any rides, but we enjoyed the food and the sights.  Since no diets are valid while on Fair Property, any and all photos of food were destroyed at the exit gate, so as not to sully the reputations of those involved

Not to worry, we have plenty of photos to show.  Too many in fact for one post.  We will put them out as fast as we can.

But first up, is a model train layout that was in the Okahumpka Depot.    Our pictures do not do the detail justice here.

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I took this on a random Bowl Stroll near Encore.

It’s flotsam.  You supply the pithy quote.

On Tuesday, my lunchtime saunter took me down Ashley Drive, and I found the tree that I’ve been looking for.  The one that grows beads.

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The Tree of Beads.  Not far from this tree, just slightly off camera to the viewers right, was a Bead Harvester, a man with a long forked stick.   He looked like he was enjoying his work.