Ocala, Central Florida & Beyond

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Heading into downtown Ocala on State Road 40

Monday, October 11, 2010

Olan Mills ladies posing for the camera

As I was walking by, these two ladies, engaged in selling Olan Mills portraits, saw my camera and smiled. So, naturally, I pointed my camera at them. This is the result!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Friday, October 8, 2010

Offebacher Madche

I have no clue what this phrase means. But I think if you're going to put a sign or painting on your car, its meaning ought to be clear to everyone. Right? ;-)

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Christopher at Verizon Wireless

Christopher is one heck of a salesman and works for Verizon Wireless at the Paddock Mall in Ocala. He is also warm and easy-going and very knowledgeable about his product(s).

If you live in Ocala and are looking to buy a new cell phone, you might want to stop by and see Chris at the Verizon kiosk in the mall.

We did!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Old horse barn

This is an old horse barn, located just off one of Ocala's busiest thoroughfares. The horses are gone as are the windows and the building is rotting slowly away. At one time, this property was no doubt part of a very large horse farm but it must have gotten in the way of "progress"!

This post is in conjunction with a new meme developed by Tricia at Bluff Area Daily dealing with barns. Please click here to view the posts of other participants.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Picnic benches in back of Dillard's Department Store...

...probably to be used by employees for their lunch break...

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Downtown post of unknown origin

I don't remember seeing this "post" (or whatever) before in downtown Ocala. We looked it over very carefully and have no clue as to what it is for. I suppose it could be a hitching post but you don't see a lot of horses downtown even if Ocala is the "Horse Capitol of the World"!