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I saw this man walking down the street with a guitar on his shoulder. He is a street musician that plays on the fishermen's dock. On this day he is leaving work early because the streets are empty. No tourists, no money. We talked about Covid 19 and its impact on America's black community.
This picture is number 4 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
patch.com/florida/tarponsprings/sunset-hills-to-light-up-...
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
patch.com/florida/tarponsprings/sunset-hills-to-light-up-...
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
patch.com/florida/tarponsprings/sunset-hills-to-light-up-...
Celebrating its 31st year of tradition, Sunset Hills Elementary School will host the annual lambatha event.
"Because of Tarpon Springs' large Greek community, the Greek word "lambatha" was substituted for "luminary" when the tradition began more than 30 years ago.
The event was established after a group of Sunset Hills students developed a project to raise money for the Pinellas County Schools Economics Fair. As a form of advertisement, the group sold bags to local businesses and proposed their plan to light up the bayou.
Once the idea was approved by the school principal, mayor, city manager and fire department, the project was set in motion.
On Christmas Eve in 1986, the bags were placed along Spring Bayou and the candles were lit at dusk. The city experienced its first lambatha display.
City officials were so impressed with the outcome, it became an annual event and even made its way onto the city calendar."
patch.com/florida/tarponsprings/sunset-hills-to-light-up-...
The Anclote Key lighthouse resides near the southern end of Anclote Key, a 4 mile long island at the end of a collection of barrier islands starting at the mouth of Tampa Bay and ending at the northern tip of Anclote Key. The Anclote Keys State Preserve envelops Anclote Key as well as Dutchman Key and some other small islands toward the northern tip (Anclote Keys) of the preserve on the coastal side of the main island. Dutchman Key is still a privately owned island that the owner has attempted selling to the state for a large sum of money. He claims that he has witnessed large holes on the island from people extracting what looks to have been cannons from Dutchman Key (pirates typically stuffed treasure into cannons to bury it). While buried treasure may be far fetched, it seems in line with pirate history along the Florida coastline, and Anclote Key would have been a great place to store treasure. Unfortunately, the quickly shifting land features in the area would make searching very difficult. Anclote is similar to the Spanish word for "anchor." The lighthouse's original purpose was to guide ships headed in to Tarpon Springs away from the shallow regions surrounding the island.
The water around Anclote Key is gorgeous, and most of the year it is crystal clear, allowing you to see all the way to the sea grass bottom in 10 to 15 feet of water in some places. The region is one of the few unspoiled coastal areas that have been lesser effected by pollution and coastal development, and efforts to preserve the area have nourished grass flats to their beautiful natural states, bounding with a plethora of juvenile grouper, spotted sea trout, redfish, and snook. Although beautiful, the shallow and unpredictable grass flat areas have proven treacherous to sailboats and large powerboats since many parts of the flats shallow to only a foot or two deep in many places outside the channels. Oftentimes you see beached sailboats in the area waiting for high tide to break free. Near the coastal side of the lighthouse, the flats extend from inches deep in the mangrove swamps to only 2 feet or so about a quarter mile towards the Florida coast. At the northern end of the group of islands, the stretch of water between Dutchman Key and Anclote Key is so shallow in places that it is only passable by either kayak or specialized flats boats.
Fred Howard Park Beach, Tarpon Springs, FL - Dispute was resolved by getting all feathers ruffled and making oneself to look really big.......