A Day at the Beach and Strawberry Pie

Sand Castle complete with a moat and rubber duckies
Steve and Lou looking for sand dollars
June and Steve searching for special shells
Lou on a mission
"look what I found"
I got my side done before Lou did
Lou finishing his side

January 28th - Saturday - Beautiful sunny day, but a bit cooler 68 degrees

I spent the morning making a fresh strawberry pie with strawberries from Plant City. I used the recipe that I used last year that used Jello that is cooked. We all like it, and tonight after dinner we invited June and Steve over for dessert and coffee and enjoyed the fresh berries.

I also got the ironing done in time to fix lunch which consisted of homemade Lentil soup which really hit the spot with the cooler temperatures. After the dishes were done, we all donned our jackets and set off for a walk on the beach. It was a nice afternoon to walk the beach, just a slight breeze, the tide was just going out, so a perfect time to look for choice shells. We did find some large pieces of sand dollars, and some interesting shells, that we put in my sand bucket and carried back to the motor home, to be washed and placed on the picnic table to dry and make the trip home.

We decided it had warmed up enough to take advantage of the early afternoon to wash the motor home down and that job is not completed. I borrowed Steve's ladder and even got the windows washed. It seemed so good to eat dinner tonight and view the river tonight through clean windows.

Lou took a walk up to the chapel, while I was fixing dinner, to check on the time for our service in the morning. We can finally attend church in the morning. We are both looking forward to that. It is supposed to be cold here tonight, in fact, we have frost warnings for tomorrow night. So will have to search my closet for something warm to wear to church. I did bring a shawl that my sister made for me years ago and I imagine that will accompany me to church in the morning.