Thursday, June 25, 2009

Picnic!

Summer is THE time for picnics . . . family picnics, community picnics, church picnics, big picnics . . . intimate picnics for 2 by the side of a gently meandering river. ::sigh::

Okay, (shaking self from reverie), where was I going with this?

Oh, yes, for us, it was the excitement of a big church picnic with all the favorite things a big church picnic should have!

It was a feast for the senses!

See:

Brightly colored quilts and blankets set out for a long, warm afternoon on the grass.


Tangles of folding chairs and the occasional umbrella for the pessimistic.



Smell:

The sticky sweetness of cotton candy in the air.



Hear:

A little bluegrass music.



The roar of a young boy who has just become a tiger.




Taste:

The icy crunch of snow cones.




The mandatory tang of mustard, ketchup, hot dogs and baked beans.




Feel:

The wet paint on your face as your cheek is turned into a work of art.



The thrill of being the next one in line for the inflatables.


And when the senses are saturated with all they can take in,

KNOW:

That it's time to go home and look forward again to next year.

5 comments:

  1. Hi!
    What a great day!
    Greetings from Italy!

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  2. I so LOVE picnic days like that! It looks like you and yours had a wonderful time. Makes me want to have a picnic of my own this weekend.

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  3. That looks like so much fun!

    Joy

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