Summer Picnic

Watermelon and Lemonade...

Deviled eggs and potato salad... 

Fresh strawberries and a dance in 

the Meadow where flowers bloom... 

Potatoes planted under a full Moon

Spring onions in a row gathered in a 

misty rain where kisses caress the stars...  

Succulent tomatoes with seeds sweet 

on the tongue when we were young 

in a Garden of  mosaic memories... 

 

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

You have me dancing barefoot in the flowered meadows here Pat and delightful it is too. Especially knowing that there is a sumptuous picnic at hand. I love home made potato salad, and in the hot weather we have been having, it has graced our table often. It is also the season for strawberries and I have had more than a few helpings of those topped with cream. Your picnic is making my mouth water Pat. I am wanting to gate crash your memories. What wonderful memories you have of when you were young.

Chris

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Chris... dancing in a field of wild flowers is the best exercise ever. Summer is a time for a Frolic and may work up an appetite. How wonderful to make potato salad. My aunt would even include a little cucumbers and fresh tomato. A pot of beans with onions, and buttermilk and cornbread... helps to survive until the Restaurants are safe once again. Thank you for crashing my memories. tenderly, Pat

[Chris Shaw]

Such a pleasure Pat. Enjoy the rest of the day.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I would love to tag along...you had me at Deviled Eggs...my absolute favorites...

I love them, and serve them every Thanksgiving at our Newman Center dinner for the locals who have no other picnic to attend for that holiday.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob... I am delighted to know you love Deviled eggs. I would like to know why they have that wicked name. There is an art to making them just right. You could write a poem-- ""Deviled eggs made me do it". Don't forget to dance in the Meadow under a Full Moon. tenderly, Pat

[Rye]

This is such a lovely piece, enjoyed

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Rye... I appreciate that you enjoyed the Summer Picnic. As a child our family went on Picnics all Summer. My Mom and the other Lady would make the best things to eat. We usually had Watermelon also. Have a lovely Summer... even though we have to deal with the Pandemic and riots and so forth.
truly, Pat

[Papaya]

Romantic, yummy, sweet and lovely.

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Ana... I adore your review. Summer romance is still within our reach where open fields are planted with flowers for dancing and space also for planting veggies and fruits and berries. I have known neighbors who have planted cut up potatoes cut in pieces with a few “eyes” very healthy where the roots grow to form more 🥔 potatoes. Never too late to be an an amateur Farmer. truly, Pat

[Papaya]

Oh yes, I am most certainly am amateur but I have my garden of veggies and berries and melons.

[Patricia Wedel]

Sounds Wonderful, Ana. Enjoy the Summer and the Bounty of the Earth. tenderly, Pat

[Papaya]

You too, Pat. :)

[Patricia Wedel]

Looking forward to reading your Art painted in words.
gently, Pat

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Sounds delicious. I made need to bring along a big jug of sweet tea. I enjoyed the feast.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Fabian ... sun-kissed Tea would be a treat.
We have several picnic tables for sharing "fables"
with poets and a special bench for you. gently, Pat

[emmajoy]

Beautiful, memorable... and magically yours! Perfect, ' .. planted under a full Moon.. ' as many vegetables and the like should be.

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Em... thank you for your delicate review...
I just saw you in the pink glow of the morning sunrise, as it is not quite seven am on the east coast of the USA, in Virginia by the Rappahannock River. Looking forward to a little fishing to go with all the veggies planted under the full moon. Your Avatar seems to be a profile of a woman and a Bear or Dog...which I know you take on Walks, perhaps under the full moon. tenderly, Pat

[emmajoy]

Laughing cos I've changed my avatar yet again.. depending on mood, i go from bad to worse, to better the curse! Your yesterday reads to be a day in the life of a floating petal! Hope the catch was a tasty one. Goes without saying, the veggies would have be 'licious! Take care darlin', keep safe.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Em... I see that you like Pooh Bear and Piglet. Eyore is quite the philospherer under his shyness. Christopher Robin and his hundred acre woods was definitely a place to be for adults and children. Our weather is getting to be Hot and I am bothered as Pooh Bear would say. 💕 love, Petal x

[emmajoy]

Laughing.. we love the same books, Pat! When we were young, and I was the youngest of seven, there was a set of books Iin the bookcase, all in order of the sort of easiest right up the first classics.. Byt the time they got to me were a little dog.eared but lovingly cared for. Anyway. Christopher Robin and his buddies were amongst my faves.. dear creatures, such fun, and quite adventurous. Loved the illustrations, still do.. guess am a big kid at heart! Could be worse. Still love playing pooh sticks from a low stone country bridge. Grinning now.. thank you for so often making me feel right at home in a very Human world. xx Take care, luv, keep safe xx

[Neville]

Save a place for this old fella would ya.. sounds scrummy...

I love sweet tomatoes Pat but I can't partake without a sprinkle of my only real vice... SALT but not just any old salt... its got to be collected and made from the tears of several mourning doves x

[Patricia Wedel]

"the tears of several morning doves... I see doves every day outside our kitchen window... eating seeds and smiling. I will put wee dishes on the ledge of the deck to catch their tears. I am allergic to tomatoes in my later years as I was endowed with gout when I least expect it. My heart is embraced with your poetic review. "Be still my heart". gently, Pat

[Neville]

something else we have in common.... gout...
the trilogy.. poetry, gout and love of birds...

[Patricia Wedel]

Nev, I did discover that Yellow tomatoes do not create Uric Acid in our feet or toes which is what causes the terrible pain. Also if you have gout, you should not eat any “Shell” fish... no shrimp or lobster or Crabs... it is tough to avoid... but who needs the pain. Lovely to share our woes.
truly, Pat

[Neville]

Yes.. tis the purines.. and I love crab n seafood n cauliflower and …. everything that's naughty or bad for me :)

[Patricia Wedel]

yes, I cheat a little, but very little, because the strong medicine prescribed to treat painful gout once you cannot walk.... can cause Kidney failure. My husband Roger takes dialysis three days a week for three years now. He is doing OK, There is a young woman taking dialysis that has Kidney failure from the strong Meds to receive the Pain. I am not referring to Allopurinol once a day to prevent gout. That would be ok. But the Meds to make the Pain disappear has terrible side effects-- mainly Kidney failure for which there is no cure. You can get a Kidney transplant if you find a Donor and/or qualify for Age (and other ailments you may have. So be careful and be safe, as they say these days. Yes, we do love birds. A lot of Cardinals depend on us for food and bring their young ones to enjoy the smaller seeds. The adults prefer the oiled sunflower seeds.
Wishing you the best of weather. Keep Cool. gently, Pat

[Neville]

Dont we all …. Thanks for filling in the gaps Pat :) x

[Patricia Wedel]

A Picnic by your Garden on a Summer Day...
when the Sun and Rain celebrate the taste of
fruits and vegetables for your pleasure, the Author Pat