It's A Big World: Heritage Village and The Florida Botanical Gardens

Heritage Village in Largo, is a “living history museum” that contains many different structures from different periods of Florida’s history. It’s a neat place to visit on a lazy day. The Pinellas County Historical Society had their 32nd Fall Jubilee here today.

They had crafters, food booths, musical performances and live history demonstrations. The vendors offered up your typical craft show wares, nothing too impressive. I was actually a little disappointed… My husband was thrilled. He was happy that I didn’t see anything that I wanted to buy.

Boy, this artwork sure looks familiar, lol. It was one of the best vendors there!

Even though the caliber of vendors was lacking, we had a blast exploring the village. My favorite was the mercantile… of course, lol.

Wow! Things were sure simpler and less official prior to credit cards.

My husband got a real kick out of the old garage.

They have a log cabin that is the oldest structure in Pinellas County. It’s a typical Florida "Cracker" log home of the pioneer period.

I just love to see how people used to work and live. It’s fascinating to see just how far we’ve come.

I’m loving the antlers over the fireplace, lol!

Here’s the guys posing in front of a “surrey with the fringe on top” à la Oklahoma.

And there’s just something so nostalgic about an old fire engine. This one’s a 1917 La France Fire Engine.

A gross, stinky outhouse! Can you even imagine?

Dear Son wasn’t impressed with the one room school house. School is school, I guess.

After we finished exploring Heritage Village, we walked over to The Florida Botanical Gardens.

The Flowers were beautiful albeit many of them were wilted, lol!

There’s lots of nice paths to explore and it’s a great place to bring the puppies for a walk. Dogs are allowed at Heritage Village and The Botanical Gardens. They just aren’t allowed inside the buildings at Heritage Village.