Monday, May 01, 2006

The Pleasure of a Picnic












The warm weather has brought such wonders. The pleasure of a picnic. The warmth of the sun. The means to travel on bikes, skateboards and scooters. The feel of grass, sand and sunburns. The smell of sunlotion and soil. The excitement of spotting a toad in mud, a downy woodpecker, a turkey vulture eating on the side of the road, snakes in the grass. The sound of laughter, hollers from the tops of trees, counting hopscotch jumps, learning to skip. More than anything, the pure joy of enjoying these things together.

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