Monday Morning

Well Sunday turned out to be another nice day with temps not as warm as Friday but still short sleeve weather. We got ready after our quiet times and breakfast(leftover buckwheat cake with homemade apple butter for me) for worship at Element Church in Tampa. We rode with Dan(we carpool) as Carol was under the weather and saw lots of new faces at the service. Bobby had a good message and the music was very inspiring.

After the service we headed down to Gibsonton where our friends Jerry and Becky Hoffman opened a new project. Last year he purchased several acres and started a hydroponic farm where this year he has U-pick strawberries. It's really unique how he has set this up where you no longer have to bend over to gather the berries. You wash your hands with a foam sanitizer before taking a small pair of scissors to cut the berry off of the vine that is hanging from a Styrofoam pot that has 20-30 places for the berry plants to set in on a pole . The pot turns around on the pole so you can get to the berry plants an at the bottom the pole is set in a large planter that has fresh veggies growing. The food and water are going to each pole that gradually filters down to the bottom plants. There were thousands of berry plants and just loaded with fruit in all stages. Lots of ready to be picked and just beautiful fruit. This enterprise is a winner and it is so much closer than Plant City which is the capital for berries.

We gathered 2 large bags of berries in no time and it was a real experience with this set up. The berries were large and beautiful; afterwards we headed back to Seminole. We ate some leftovers for lunch then Nancy began to clean and cap the berries. I headed in to get ready for the playoff games and wow for a change they were exciting. The 49'Niners came from down 17 points to beat the Falcons in a close game and the Ravens beat the Patriots in the late game. That game was an upset as Brady usually brings back that team in the closing moments. So the super bowl is between 'Frisco and Baltimore in February. East coast versus the west coast; should be an exciting and hopefully good game.

Well that's about it for this Sunday as we are for casted for cooler temps this week but nothing like the northeast, LATER