An evening picnic in the garden

This summer has been so hectic. Evening classes and different schedules have made it hard to sit down to dinner together most nights. Tonight Earl and I pulled the table over by the garden. He grilled sliced pork tenderloin and eggplant brushed with garlic, rosemary olive oil, and sprinkled with salt and pepper, while I sliced some bread and made fresh green beans. A big pitcher of iced tea and some candle light and we were set.  What a pleasure to relax in the cool of the garden among the flowers and vegetables and have time for quiet converstion and a good meal!

My zinnias have been particularly spectacular this year and the phlox perfume the entire yard.  We were serenaded by a little chickadee as we ate.  Late evening picnics in the garden, I highly recommend them:>)