Perfect Summer Picnic

Oh look ... more food! haha. Can you tell I'm on a diet? I think about food a lot when I'm trying to lose weight. My hubby and I are still on holidays this week. On Monday we got a reprieve from the extreme heat we've been having so we drove to one of our favourite outdoor places, Chippawa Creek Conservation Area. It has a lovely little lake, called Dils Lake. (Oh yes, Dillon thinks they named it after him, lol.) There are nature trails, a lakeside recreation trail and a marshland boardwalk; great spots to have a picnic, go hiking, camping, swimming, fishing or canoeing. We love it here, year-round.

We brought a picnic lunch but it was not our typical picnic fare. No hot dogs or hamburgers or potato salad, but the food we had was delicious. I made a couple of salads, bought two of kinds of hummus, some whole wheat pitas, and a roasted chicken (removed the skin), and a bunch of fruits and veggies. All the items were fresh or homemade, healthy and yummy. Even my hubby, who has never had a weight problem, thought it was the best picnic we'd ever had. Afterwards we walked around the perimeter of the lake. It's not that big. It look about 45 minutes (including the times I stopped to take pics). It's good to know that picnics don't need to be fattening to be fun.




I kept these pages really simple and didn't use any embellishments ... just a wordart and date tags that I made. (Oh, and one cherry, haha.) Background is a freebie from an old kit called 'Summer Dream' by Collab Girls. I don't think it's available any longer. It's funny, I have many hundreds of kits, but I still enjoy using freebies when I like the quality of them. I don't know what it is about this paper that I like so much ... I just do.