For those of you who follow me on Instagram (@jessfit654), you might remember seeing this picture last weekend:
That would be Scott and I — at the start of our impromptu picnic in the park on Saturday. We’re all smiles. ❤
Like I mentioned in my post on Wednesday, a lot of what ‘life’ is about are those unplanned, real, present moments. Saturday was exactly that. It was just Scott and I, a blanket and a picnic basket. As simple as that.
So I thought I’d dedicate today’s Foodie Friday post to what “our” version of a picnic looks like:
Three parts fruit — watermelon, pineapple, cherries…
Two parts LOVE…as in LOVE GROWNgranola and Scott’s favorite guilty pleasure…gummies!
And one giant helping of cuddle time…underneath a brilliant blue sky, a warm-ish breeze and lots of sun.
See? Picnics can be EASY. They don’t have to involve lots of prep work, planning and all that jazz — simple is GOOD. Simple leads to quiet moments together, lounging (and napping) in the sun, enjoying total and utter presence. I highly recommend it.
(and ps. am I the only one that could literally exist on fresh summer fruits and not much else ‘cept for wine for the duration of the summer months?? I. Am. Obsessed.)
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Aw, I love this post! Matt and I were thinking up things to do a few weekends ago and a picnic would’ve been perfect! Just beautiful!
I LOVE picnics — it’s the best way to get us both totally unplugged, totally present, totally “in” the moment.
I need to have more picnics! This looks fun and relaxing.
You definitely should, we had so much fun
i LOVE picnics!!
picnics are the best!! I hope M and I can do another one soon too. they are just blissful! and I LOVE fresh summer fruit…and cough, cough, wine, could live on both hehe 😉
Love it! I need to get a picnic in this summer before it gets too hot!
This really made me smile. Love it so much. Jason and I used to do picnics more often. We really need to do that again. So much fun, and just nice and relaxing too.
YES! Maybe this could become your mid-week “date night in” kind of thing — a midweek picnic is a fabulous way to break up the monotony of the week if you ask me. 🙂
You inspired me to have a picnic this weekend….and that watermelon made me hungry.
aww I hope it was an awesome picnic!
I practically lived on strawberries and blueberries last summer, so yes, I think I definitely COULD exist on only summer fruit for the next few months!
I’m pretty sure I could exist on nothing more than pineapple, watermelon, strawberries, blueberries and nectarines all summer!!
maybe i need to come steal some love grown from you guys. hehe, or rather, just come visit. PICNIC FUN!
I would happily share some LOVE with you — especially if we were PICNICKING TOGETHER!!
I love this….picnics are my favorite, and I always make them “fresh”. Might have to do that tomorrow….;)
I hope you had that picnic this weekend!! (ps you got stuck in spam, how sad! Just saw this today!)
pineapple on a nice day is always a great way to spend the day!
Love those relaxed days out that aren’t too planned but really do end up being the best days. I’m hoping today will be one of those days for me, off work and meeting one of the girls for lunch, then a chat with a work friend and a beach walk later on with another good friend. Just wondering if you can recommend a good cookery or healthy eating book. You and Jolene look fabulous. My eating has been a bit crappy in the past two weeks, want to get back on track.
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