Rocks at Treasure Island Florida

Hello My followers,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, We most certainly did. We took a trip to the beach, went to a concert, took some photos of Lydia’s jewellery, went to a park, drank tea and generally relaxed all weekend.

Which reminds me, I'm supposed to be updating this page most days, but I have to admit, I was feeling a little lazy coming out of this weekend, so today I present you all with some photographs of treasure island. Treasure Island is an interesting place. In 1950 there were a whole 75 people living on the island and then by 1960 the population exploded by, get this, 4,574%. The island was named treasure island by European immigrants who, trying to lure in new neighbours, began claiming they had found chests full of treasure all over the island. Today about 7,000 people live on the island which sits a whole 3 feet above sea level. Which brings up an interesting fact. The island was chopped in two by a strong hurricane in 1848. That is not exactly confidence inspiring if you ask me, but humans are foolhardy creatures that will live where the beauty is. The island was originally inhabited by the Tocobaga from as early as 300 B.C.E. Sadly they were wiped out by a conquistador name Pánfilo de Narváez. They never recovered and the Tocobaga appear to no longer exist.

Today's mission (number 1) should you choose to accept it, is to visit a local beach and capture a photo of the most interesting thing you see, then post it as a comment below.

As always, the two original photos with the most likes at the end of the week will be featured here on Saturday and Sunday for everyone to enjoy.

Be sure to check out @localbeautytampabay on Instagram, from time to time we will post our B-roll pictures for your enjoyment.

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Don't forget to take more water than you think you will need on your photo hike!

XoXo

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Rocks at Treasure Island Florida [OC] [2048x1536] [lg V20]

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Rocks at Treasure Island Florida [OC] [2048x1536] [lg V20]

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Treasure Island Florida [OC] [2048x1536] [lg V20]

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