a Heidi picnic
When I was a child, one of my favorite books was Johanna Spyri’s Heidi. I loved reading about Heidi and Peter’s trips to the alpine meadow to watch over the goats. And I loved the simplicity of their dinner … milk and cheese and bread. My favorite picnic lunch is a version of theirs and I always think of it as a ‘Heidi Picnic’.
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A week ago, my husband and I took a short vacation in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. We followed the Route des Sommets, a trail of roadways through the elevations of the Quebec Appalachians …
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view along the Route des Sommets in the Eastern Townships of Quebec
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We admired the architecture of the churches – spires and rose windows …
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Catholic church in East Angus, Quebec
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and we sampled the local food, squeaky cheese curds, herbed cheese, sweet honey, crisp Lobo apples, and yeasty artisan bread … our Heidi picnic …
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our Heidi picnic in Quebec
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Copyright 2014 Jane Tims
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I know those picnics! My sister and I used to have those on a Saturday evening when we were children and our parents were entertaining. We’d be allowed to take our Heidi picnics and watch Robin Hood on black and white on our tiny TV!
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jennypellett
October 5, 2014 at 1:10 pm
Hi. Such a lovely memory! Jane
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jane tims
October 6, 2014 at 8:32 am
mmm. . your Heidi picnic looks delicious. I haven’t read Heidi in years; I need to reread it. I remember really liking it.
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Sheryl
September 24, 2014 at 12:08 am
Hi. It was always fun to read. I liked the character Clara so much I called my favorite doll after her. Jane
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jane tims
September 24, 2014 at 7:38 pm
What a lovely post! I remember reading Heidi also and who wouldn’t love a picnic.
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The Course of Our Seasons
September 22, 2014 at 10:38 am
Hi. Thanks! Jane
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jane tims
September 22, 2014 at 5:29 pm
The Eastern Townships are dear to my heart, yet I’ve never made the trip through there as you have. What a great idea. My grandfather grew up in the Eastern Townships and I grew up listening to his stories of those places. The combination of Heidi picnics and a drive through the past sounds perfect.
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Carol Steel
September 22, 2014 at 7:33 am
Hi. I was inspired to do this trip by the setting of Louise Penny’s mystery books, the ‘Three Pines’ community. Fictional, of course, but captures the characteristics of many of the towns. Jane
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jane tims
September 22, 2014 at 5:31 pm