Poem for her 82

Dear Readers,


Picnics


We love picnics
I try to introduce something new to her
Often as I can
Some fruit
Some cheese
Something from my travels
She likes to surprise me with something
She's seen or knows about
She's the wine expert of the two of us
She likely smiles when she reads that line
She'd giggle and laugh and say something to me
But we love picnics
Not a lot of food all at once
Less a meal
More a sampling of things
A date with dates as it might be called
Once in a while only fruit and cheese
Or wine in small amounts with fruit
Anything really
All of them a special occasion
All of them once in a lifetime
All of them together
Picnics together the flavor of life


Happy Birthday Babe,

Charles.