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*The Kumquat Festival*

*The Kumquat Festival*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Our local Kumquat Festival may not readily come up on TripAdvisor as a AAA Activity….. …..and I know nothing about the history or origins of Kumquats….. *****(A Brief Kumquat History Lesson)***** …but as fun festivals…our local Kumquat Festival is right up there….. …..(btw–it’s the same town who also has the Rattlesnake Festival in the Fall)….. …..(and I’d like to point out that both of those festival tee-shirts are highly coveted and conversation pieces…

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~~~The Kumquat Festival~~~

~~~The Kumquat Festival~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I missed it…(sigh)….. Suffice to say…it’s a celebration of Kumquats….. It’s a fun/local Agro-Festival celebrating the fruit…(it’s quite the local industry)….. I like the name………….Kumquat…………. Say that five times fast….. I might add it to my list of fun words I like saying…(I like umlaut too)….. …..(Iditarod…Saponification…Onomatopoeia…and Nixtamalization)….. I think I’ll add Kumquat on a trial basis….. A fellow dinosaur…and Athletic Trainer friend of mine dropped by for some eggs over the weekend……..

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January

January

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  Tarpon Springs is very close to here.  There is a large Greek community with a lot of fishermen.  In specific, sponge fishermen/divers.  A big percentage of the population of Tarpon Springs are of the Greek Orthodox faith. Annually around the Twelfth Day of Christmas there is the blessing of the fleet at the Sponge Docks, as well as diving for the crucifix which is thrown into Spring Bayou.  I think this is the 111th. year of the celebration. I…

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