3/5 & 3/6

What a great day!  I saw an aquaintance I'd seen around for years, who must have stopped taking some mood altering medications.  She seemed to be present, and not off on a cloud somewhere.  Now after years of these meds, she actually seemed real.  What a blessing she was able to come back to reality.  I told her to keep it up, and that she sounded really good.
Today, Melinda and I went to Four Green Fields.  This pub in Tampa served us potato leek soup, and Irish soda bread.  Once we got the soup heated properly, and bread with no hair in it, we had quite a little feast.  A troupe of fiddlers and guitarists played Irish fiddle tunes.  I heard a penny whistle and an accordian.  Dancers hopped and spun to the music.  It quite fun for both Melinda and I.  Yesterday, rode on the Moto Guzzi to Tarpon Springs.  A Greek baker sold us a large loaf of freshly baked bread and some Greek cheese.  We sat and ate by he sponge docks.  It was a happy, (and filling), time for us both.  Leaving Tarponwe rode south to Clearwater to meet fellow Pittsburgh Pirate fan, Tom Papadakis at a spring training game.  It was fun to watch the Pirates play again.  It reminded me of the times I met my father in Bradenton to watch spring training games.  Melinda and I had a great day.  That evening we rode out to Plant City for thier monthly bike night.  We met our friend Dean along the way and rode there together.  There were hundreds of custom Harleys, and a few unique custom trikes.  I think there are a lot of bikes in town for the Daytona Beach Bike Week celebration.  Riding back to Tampa we ran into a good deal of cold and wet weather.  I wasn't as well prepared as Melinda and stopped to dry out and have coffee at the 301 House.  Then we rode home.  Brrr.  What a great that was, as well.  A grand weekend with my best friend.  Wonderful!