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“Many of us who aren’t farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined: a secret longing for some connection to a life where a rooster crows in the yard.” Barbara Kingsolver
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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King May is “National Get Caught Reading Month” and the second week of May is “Reading Is Fun Week”, so I think a #ThrowbackThursday photo from last year’s Miami Book Fair International is … Continue reading
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The memories we make with our family is everything. Candace Cameron Bure Dogwood Week 17 Composition: Accidental Renaissance style. What we mean by Accidental Renaissance is a photo that inadvertently (that is, NOT on purpose) resembles a painting similar in … Continue reading
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“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.” ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If I could just ditch the car, it would be great. Karl Hewling
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Address plaque and front wall at La Brisa, 3551 Main Highway in Coconut Grove. La Brisa is a 7-acre estate on a 23 foot coral rock bluff overlooking Biscayne Bay. The land was originally deeded to Kirk Munroe, a children’s book … Continue reading
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The old letter box still being used at the Ingraham Building in historic downtown Miami. One of downtown Miami’s most significant structures, the Ingraham Building is an outstanding example of Second Renaissance Revival style architecture. Of particular interest are the … Continue reading
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Dr. James M. Jackson was the first resident physician in Miami, arriving a few months before the city was incorporated. From 1905 – when he had the structure built – until 1916, Dr. Jackson maintained his office and surgery here. … Continue reading
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“Opened in 1913, the Lyric Theater quickly became a major entertainment center for blacks in Miami. The 400-seat theater was built, owned and operated by Geder Walker, a black man from Georgia. In 1915 the Miami Metropolis newspaper described the … Continue reading
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Tower Theater, located at 1508 SW Eighth Street in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood, opened in December 1926. “The original theater was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style with a tile roof, square tower on the northwest corner, and a Spanish-inspired interior. The theater … Continue reading
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Food truck at Bayfront Park for the Winter Holiday Festival 2013 #ThrowbackThursday