Picnic in the Park

Sunday was such fun! Las Chicas (Sabrina, Tati, Cecilia, Meury) and I had a wonderful picnic, and this time I remembered the hats! The weather was sunny at times and cloudy at others. There was a constant peaceful breeze that made it very pleasant. We had crudités, dip, bread sticks, cucumber sandwiches, egg salad sandwiches, and mini brioche sandwiches. We had fresh green sweet seedless grapes, chardonnay (2 kinds), and 2 kinds of teas (winter tea mix and white tea).

We laughed so, so much. You have no idea. We read…poetry…yeah, that’s what we read. I’ll tell you right now what we didn’t read – we didn’t read any of that romantic drivel that’s so popular these days. That stuff is poison! It’s turning women’s minds into mush. No siree, we did not read any of that! No, we did not.

Spring Picnic

Today we went on a blissful spring picnic. What wonderful fun! There’s an old time charm to them. We had sandwiches, chips, brownies, grapes and mate. Good times! We all brought books and spent some time reading afterwards. I’m reading book 2 of the Outlander series, Dragonfly in Amber. It’s getting really good, but there are some bad things afoot, so I’m a bit concerned.

During our picnic we had an unexpected visitor, a Capivara. It’s an animal that is native to these parts and is protected by IBAMA and lives in the park we picnic in. There are also micos (small monkeys) and another creature that we have yet to identify.

We had some spirited and enlightened conversations where we came to the unanimous conclusion that Walt Disney should have been awarded a Nobel Prize for bringing so much joy to the world. We also concluded that bird watching is a bore. It’s like going on a stakeout without the promise of action or snacks.

The only thing I regret is not having brought my hats. I have all these beautiful picnic hats and when the time came for them to fulfill their purpose, I forgot to bring them. Damn, I guess we’ll just have to go again.