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49. Have a picnic
I passed on having a picnic on my birthday. And I passed again on having a picnic on Juneteenth. On Saturday, June 22, I washed my picnic supplies, packed my brand new picnic basket, packed my brand new picnic cooler backpack, snipped the tags off my brand new picnic blanket, and drove to a local park.
I'd been to the park on June 1 for a Pride poetry reading and had spotted a couple nice spots for a picnic. When I arrived, there were almost no cars in the parking lot. I had the park almost entirely to myself, so I located the perfect spot in a sort of shady grove under a big tree.
As it was warm out, I spent most of the time with one of the cold packs against my chest or neck. But I had a BIG lunch (almost vegan; just a tiny bit of cheese in the pasta salad) and brought a book. It was wonderful to just sit and enjoy the food in quiet, watching butterflies and birds. And it was lovely to just relax and read outside for an hour or more.
I had a wonderful time and am so glad I made this one of my things!
I passed on having a picnic on my birthday. And I passed again on having a picnic on Juneteenth. On Saturday, June 22, I washed my picnic supplies, packed my brand new picnic basket, packed my brand new picnic cooler backpack, snipped the tags off my brand new picnic blanket, and drove to a local park.
I'd been to the park on June 1 for a Pride poetry reading and had spotted a couple nice spots for a picnic. When I arrived, there were almost no cars in the parking lot. I had the park almost entirely to myself, so I located the perfect spot in a sort of shady grove under a big tree.
As it was warm out, I spent most of the time with one of the cold packs against my chest or neck. But I had a BIG lunch (almost vegan; just a tiny bit of cheese in the pasta salad) and brought a book. It was wonderful to just sit and enjoy the food in quiet, watching butterflies and birds. And it was lovely to just relax and read outside for an hour or more.
I had a wonderful time and am so glad I made this one of my things!
