Love Circle

When my sister came to visit earlier this summer, we packed up a picnic dinner one evening and headed up to Love Circle Park. 

As much as we loved gazing at the skyline, nothing beats a pink and orange Nashville sunset behind the Smokey Mountains.

flower crowns for the flower children

I can't think of a better way to leave the day behind than to kick off your shoes, lay in the grass, listen to the crickets, and watch the sun inch its way down. 

We walked back to the car with the lightning bugs buzzing all around us and grass sticking to our legs--just as it should be. Even though fall is my favorite, I'll be sad to see these perfect summer nights go.

Picnics

I'm a big fan of picnics--I think all food tastes more delicious when you can have it outside, with the sun warming your shoulders and a breeze tickling your hair. I think I've made picnic-ing a kind of hobby by this point. Case in point:

{pizza picnics in Athens}

{breakfast picnics in Nashville}

{picnics in Zurich}

{punting boat picnics in Oxford England. Shared with the geese, of course.}

{seeking out the perfect spot in Dublin}

{view from my picnic spot in Dover, England--can you see France across the Channel?}

{mid-hike scenic picnic in the middle of nowhere Cotswolds, England}

{picnic in Versailles, affectionately named Jam Fest 2010. I still crack up at the fact that we smuggled an entire baguette and jar of jam into Versailles. Oh and Kinder chocolates. We got those in there too.}

Clearly, I enjoy my food in rustic settings--Thats why StyleSights recent history of picnics post made me smile.

I love finding those connecting threads with the past. I do realize that these are just photos of people eating outdoors, but knowing that picnics were enjoyed even back in the 1900s makes the fact that I still enjoy them today that much sweeter, you know?

{this is my kind of party. especially when pants like those are involved.}

I adore this photo. Its everything I love about summer in one frame.

all photos from http://blog.stylesight.com/vintage/picnic-time