Good morning readers, I hope you are doing well so far this week. I know I am, I started the week off by taking a stroll through a festival. I talked about the Strawberry Festival last month. So, don’t talk about it be about it, right? So let’s brew about it.
It was the perfect day to go to a festival here in Plant City. The air was crisp with fried goods, the sky was clear and the sounds were filled with rides and excitement. It was jammed packed just getting into the area! People were lined up along the road gearing up for the parade that afternoon.
I expected rides and games of course but it was much to my delight that there was a warehouse/ massive structure to view the animals that participated in the contests. Beautiful roosters and hens. nestled or crowed in their enclosures. I’ve never seen a fluffy rooster before and I mean fluffy, not feathery. They also, had various bunnies in various sizes and colors. Sheep were also, getting groomed and bathed for the upcoming for the costume and jumping contest.
There was even a butterfly enclosure, it was a blown up space with a long tabled laden with numerous flowers, such as Penta, Milkweeds, Lantana, and a Shrimp Plant. They had sugar sticks available to purchase on a q-tip to entice the butterflies to land. I got covered in butterflies, beautiful buttery Apricot Sulfur, bright spotted Gulf Fritillary and the large Monarch. They even, had chrysalis underneath in plastic bins and tiny caterpillars inching their way along the foliage. I WISH I could have snuck them home with me, but I definitely made note of what flowers to coax these lovely creatures into my backyard with.
Of course, there were rides and even two rollercoasters. Nothing too intense since it is a pop-up festival and has to be dissembled. There were a ton of games with prizes worth spending some money on, I had my eye on a pastel rainbow alpaca, but no dice, I wasn’t able to snag one. The food smelled delicious they had the usual faire fried corn dogs, burgers, pretzels, and popcorn. However, they did have french fries with all sorts of goodies to add to as well as funnel cake, but there was other interesting things like burritos, tacos, and even meat kabobs. I was a little taken aback at how pricy the food was, for instance the turkey leg was 20 dollars. I will never be aghast at the Renaissance prices for turkey legs, they usually run 6 or 7 bucks.
But all and all it was a great time and suggest you get there before the 9th as it will end this weekend. Tickets are sold online and at the festival itself and don’t forget to try their famous strawberry shortcake, it is divine.
As Always Keep On Brewin!