Floridiana Magazine

Year in Review: Natural Florida

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 13:00:01 +0000

Florida is home to 175 state parks, trails, and historic sites, with countless other wildlife refuges and wildlife drives. Looking back at 2018, we visited numerous places we consider to be natural Florida – some of them more than once. Links to the original posts are embedded within the descriptions. Pioneer Park, Zolfo Springs Encompassing...

Caladium Festival Lake Placid, Florida

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:00:04 +0000

Florida is home to many festivals, ranging from the absurd to the logical. By definition, festivals celebrate something unique about a community or its culture. For the central Florida town of Lake Placid, that uniqueness is its designation as “Caladium Capital of the World” and 2018 marked its celebration of the 28th Caladium Festival. History...

The Florida Highwaymen

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 21:07:52 +0000

Growing up in a home filled with paintings and paint supplies provided me with a deeper understanding and appreciation for art. Canvases lined our back room. Some were framed and finished. Some were not. Those paintings stood waiting for that one extra paint stroke to be added to a tree, a river, or a deer....

Homeland Heritage Park

doriskeeler@gmail.com — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:00:24 +0000

As housing developments and retail spaces continue to pop up around the state, more and more of old Florida is disappearing under the guise of progress. Fortunately, some communities are preserving parts of their past. Just outside of Bartow, in the small community of Homeland, sits the only historical park in Polk County. Homeland Heritage...