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Blossom TrailLast month we went on our Second Annual Blossom Trail picnic. Yes - our second. This has become one of our social events we have with each other.

You ask...what is the Blossom Trail? Here, out in our countryside, we have orchards of fruit trees. For the Winter months, they are dormant...limbs reaching out in the fog waiting for Springtime...and when Springtime comes...beauty abounds. The trees bud out with pink and white blossoms making way for peaches, apricots, plums, apples and many more varieties.

A couple of years ago, we decided to make a picnic lunch and light out on the Blossom Trail. We ended up at a park by a river in a small town on the outskirts of the City. I know I mentioned 'picnic' but I must tell you...we are not ordinary ladies and we most certainly don't have ordinary picnics! My friends and I have unique culinary specialties and we put them to the test. No PBJ or ham and cheese sandwiches for us...

This year we had delicious pinwheel sandwiches, a fabulous green salad with everything imaginable in it ...a couple of my friends brought home-canned peaches, apricots, pickles and okra.

We were celebrating one of our ladies' birthdays...and we had a delicious chocolate cake. Oh, and by the way...the birthday girl must wear a 'tiara'...we want her to know she is 'special'...

Our picnic table was complete with fresh flowers, candles and checked tablecloth...all welcoming in Spring and enjoying a very special 'Friendship' that we have developed over the years. This is what NFLL has become to me and my friends.