The Beth Lists
  • Homepage
  • Little Bear's Adventures
  • Diverse Dining List
  • 90 Notable Nights
  • Happy List
  • Quilt Adventure Blog
  • Not So Happy List
  • The Texas Twenty List
  • Mom's Picnic List
  • 18+ Dance Adventures
  • 55 Strangers
  • The Barbie Bucket List
  • 60 Celebrations
  • 57 Celebrations of the Fifties!

Mom's Picnic List

#65 Wagon Wheel Picnic

4/27/2014

0 Comments

 
West Texas Roadside Stop

​
Don and I have passed (and wondered about) this roadside picnic spot a few times in past years.  We made sure to plan a lunch stop here on the first day of our 4-week  TX to CA road trip.
Picture

The parking lot was surprisingly crowded for a Monday in April, but not one of the 6 tables was taken.  We were mighty pleased to enjoy our ham sandwiches sitting on these sturdy and oh, so wide benches as we watched the dog walkers and stretching truckers nearby!
0 Comments

#64 - Grandpa's Chicken Picnic

4/19/2014

0 Comments

 

​Springfield, MO in Early Sixities

​
I have many memories of Grandma and Grandpa Meyer's backyard.  Most of the memories are summertime memories, when our family would travel from Iowa or Florida to see grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins...all relatives who got to feast on Grandpa's special barbecue chicken more than once or twice a year! ​
Picture

In the photo you can see the smoke and I can almost smell the tangy barbecue chicken.  I can almost hear the sizzling as Grandpa slathered on his special buttery sauce seasoned with pepper and Worcestershire.  There was always a fresh fruit salad on the side and plenty of Grandpa's homemade bread for dipping.  The fact that we kids were stopping from our play (And we cousins played hard, even in dresses) to observe Grandpa at work, says a lot!
0 Comments

#63 - Retro Picnic

4/14/2014

0 Comments

 

Celebrating my 57th and the Year 1957!

​
We had the most fabulous weather for my birthday weekend, so we had to do a picnic. Since I was celebrating my BYB (birth year birthday) I wanted to pay tribute to my birth year with a fifties style celebration! ​
Picture

Heidi gave me a new retro basket (front) We used my old coolers that came from my husbands family. Scott and Chali played Frisbee with me (from the fifties) Heidi brought hula hoops.  Don made chicken salad for the feast. And we enjoyed a little fifties music as well.  Perfect picnic!!
0 Comments

 #62 Camp Picnic in Florida

4/10/2014

0 Comments

 

With the Wonderful Beard Family at Ochlockonee River

​
I am on the left, with my mouth wide open... squealing over some kind of birthday treats that the Beard Family surprised me with on our camping trip.  ​
Picture

I have such wonderful memories of Jenny (beside me) and her sisters Janet and Joni and their welcoming and patient parents, Mr. and Mrs. B!   I remember so many happy and giddy times with my second family!
0 Comments

#61 - Mom & Sister in Sugar Land, TX

4/6/2014

0 Comments

 

​Picnic with Mom

​It's exactly one month until Mother's Day.  I've already met my goal of sharing about 60 picnics to honor my Picnic-Loving-Mom!
Picture




But here is yet another photo of Mom picnicking.  It must be 2010. My sister Jennifer was on one of her many visits to help out with Mom after she moved to Texas with Alzheimer's.  I loved those visits when Jenni and I would spend a week doing all Mom's favorite things.  We squeezed in a lot of favorites just at the picnic table. We brought books and word games and favorite foods like egg salad sandwiches. We even got Mom on a swing for a bit.  This photo makes me miss Mom...and my sister.
​

0 Comments

#60 - Breakfast in Big Bend

4/5/2014

0 Comments

 

Sleepy Breakfast
​
​
I look sleepy, because it was early when Don and I stopped for a breakfast of granola bars, yogurt and coffee. It may not have been the yummiest picnic feast, but the view was hard to beat. ​
Picture

We didn't stop for too long, because we were on our way to the Bouquillas Crossing, which opened just a year ago in Big Bend.  We sat at our table wondering what kind of adventures we would have when we crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico.  Would we ride burros?  Would we eat enchiladas? Would we find it easy to speak with the folks in the village? It was a picnic with lots of anticipation!
0 Comments
    Mom's Picnic      List
    In honor of my mother on the first Mother's Day since she has passed, I dedicate a new list... Mom's Picnic List!

    Mom loved picnics and she raised her kids to appreciate the simple pleasures of food, family and friends in the great out of doors. 


    My Plan

    I will spend a year reflecting on as many past picnics as I can remember.  But, I'll also
    appreciate the here and now by creating new picnic  experiences. My goal is to share at least 60 picnic memories, since that's how many years Mom was a mom!

    Let the picnics begin!

    Archives

    August 2022
    July 2022
    March 2022
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    September 2020
    April 2020
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013

    Categories

    All
    11 Teepee Picnic
    12 Lighthouse Picnic
    #13 Suwannee River
    14 Scrabble & Apple Cobbler
    15 Riverside In Colorado
    16 Miller Theatre
    17 Ca Beach Picnic
    18 Sugar Land Mom Day
    19 Tallahassee
    1 Quarry
    20 Sicilian Ruins
    21 Museum Picnic
    22 Ann Arbo
    23 Labor Day At Lake
    25 Little Picnickers
    26 Sunrise In Galveston
    27 Smoky Mntn. Quilt Picnic
    28 Picnic With Gators
    2 Under The Willow
    30 Autum Picnic With Mom
    31 May Day Forest Park
    34 Lake Tahoe
    35 Beach Picnic
    36 4-Generation Picnic
    37 Bridge Picnic
    38 Bluebonnet Picnic
    39 South America
    3 Roadside Laughing
    40 Doggy Picnic
    41 Salt Flats
    42 Gravel Bar
    43 Oklahoma Circus Adventure
    45 New Year's Day Picnic
    46 Hunter Park
    47 Lobster Picnic
    48 Picnic On Jetty
    49 Springtime Tulsa
    4 Mississippi River
    50 Enchanted Rock
    51 Tretolite Co Picnic
    52 Animal Picnic
    53 Cherokee Nation Picnic
    54 Pony Picnic
    55 Michigan Park
    56 Backyard Picnic
    58 Pastie Picnic
    58 Zoo Picnic
    59 Book Club
    5 Before My Time
    60 Big Bend Park
    61 Mom & Sister
    62 Camp Picnic
    63 Retro Picnic
    64 Grandpa's Chicken
    66 CA Cliff Picnic
    67 Cast Party Picnic
    68 Special Mosaic Table
    6 Near The Waterfalls
    70 Lawn Above The Beach
    71 Tree Picnic
    72 Caboose Picnic
    73 Teepee Motel Picnic
    74 Utica Square Tulsa
    75 Iguana Invasion
    7 Forgotten Picnic
    8 Log Table In Colorado
    9 3 Generation Mom Day

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Homepage
  • Little Bear's Adventures
  • Diverse Dining List
  • 90 Notable Nights
  • Happy List
  • Quilt Adventure Blog
  • Not So Happy List
  • The Texas Twenty List
  • Mom's Picnic List
  • 18+ Dance Adventures
  • 55 Strangers
  • The Barbie Bucket List
  • 60 Celebrations
  • 57 Celebrations of the Fifties!