Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Sunset Picnic

The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic - blackberries
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic - queen anne's lace
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic - Santa Claus melon
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic - Santa Claus melon
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic - wildflower
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic - black-eyed susans
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic - black-eyed susans
The Flying Clubhouse: Sunset Picnic
The other day was the anniversary of our engagement. We had both forgotten about it, but we happened to have planned a nice picnic date by coincidence. We grabbed some sandwiches from a sub shop, brought along a melon, and drove up into the mountains to the Blowing Rock area to catch the sunset. The melon was a "Santa Claus" - one we had never tried before. We didn't have time to eat it on our picnic, however, because we were running late and the sun was sinking. (We ate it the next day - it was similar to honeydew).

We hurried up Flat Top Mountain at Moses Cone Memorial Park to the old firetower. Just in time we caught the sunset. Our 2.8-mile hike down was in the dark, of course, and far more spooky than I anticipated. The Cones are actually burried off of this trail in a pine grove, but that sort of thing doesn't bother me. I was afraid of rounding a corner and seeing a big black bear. Fortunatly, we only encounted small creatures - rabbits and toads. It was a beautiful evening, and the best unintintional anniversary date we ever had.

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4 comments:

  1. - abigail - July 28, 2015 at 12:29 PM

    These shots are so quiet and golden. One day i will see those mountains and those beautiful spots. How blessed you must feel to have this right outside your backdoor.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 28, 2015 at 9:48 PM

    These are lovely photos. I agree with Abigail above, you are lucky to have these so close to you, this trail seems so picture perfect!
    And I've done the same thing a few times, realized that cute dates coincide with an important date from the past.

    Peace & Love // Celestralite

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  3. KristianJuly 28, 2015 at 11:55 PM

    How lovely to remember that once you a woke on the day- or, well, whenever during the day. Like an extra injection of some positivity.

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    1. AnnaJuly 29, 2015 at 11:34 AM

      Hehe, it was a few days later my husband remembered. I'm just that oblivious! :-D It did give us the warm-fuzzies, though. :-)

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