Each Day Already is a Challenge

Finding Friday

Actually, where did Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday go???? Is it really a sign of getting old when the week just flies by??????

Someone commented that I had not shared any cool links lately. So here you go.

An old Florida buddy shared this one today.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html

Just click on your state, then your county and you can see some old picture postcards. Pretty cool.

For instance, I've said (a few times) that I used to live in Belleair, Florida in the same community as Hulk Hogan. This link shows an old postcard of the old Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Belleair. It's really, really old. Back when Florida was nothing but orange groves, this hotel sat in the middle of nowhere. Rich folks came by train to stay there and to play golf. (Golfers usually know this one.)

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/fl/pinellas/postcards/bvbilt.jpg

Anyway, when I lived in Belleair, my house was a half a block from the golf course. My son's dad used to walk the dogs there. I think they had the golf course rigged so that if anyone walked on it at night, the sprinklers came on. It didn't matter what time he chose to walk there, he always came back soaked. He never did learn...

This picture is from before there were houses near the hotel or golf course. But the development was a good one. The street lights all look like the old gas lights. There are trees planted in the medians (mostly pines or palm trees). The community was great about keeping green space.