When this blue jay needed a break, it took some time to chill in Kimberly Hatley’s garden.
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I Love Plant City Winner: Lloyd Thomas
Lloyd Thomas captured this beautiful sunrise the morning of Aug. 18 while a CSX crew replaced the double diamonds at the train depot in the Historic Downtown district.
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: Ecuador
Pat Jolles and Art Schauffert recently visited Ecuador and brought a copy of the Observer with them.
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City Winner: Kathy Flemister
Todd and Kelly Flemister’s peanut cactus has a whole lot of personality, which is apparent to anyone who visits their home on Thonotosassa Road.
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: Monterrey, Mexico
Kathryn Davis visited Monterrey, Mexico in June with several other Plant City residents to attend an international convention for Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were able to visit several parks and interact with local wildlife, including some lemurs they got to feed by hand.
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City Winner: Kimberly Hatley
Kimberly Hatley’s Devane Street garden is one lively place for critters of all shapes and sizes in the area. That gives Hatley plenty of opportunities to take great photos of the wildlife, including this moth.
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: New York City
While many New Yorkers would start their Friday morning with a copy of the New York Times and a bagel, Mike Oratowski read the Plant City Observer at One New York Plaza in the Financial District in Manhattan.
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City Winner: Kathy Flemister
Kathy Flemister snapped a photo of a cactus in bloom at a home on Thonotosassa Road.
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: Great Smoky Mountains
Girl Scouts Troop 31157, of Plant City, hiked the Great Smoky Mountains from June 2 through 9 and brought copies of the Observer along for everyone to read.
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City Winner: Roy Schmidberger
Some trees at Roy Schmidberger’s house made for a perfect frame for last week’s full moon, which he snapped a photo of as soon as it was dark enough outside.
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