Flying High, and So Glad I Have Eyes!!!

                       (Perched Oriole...A Stained Glass Suncatcher by henrystreet)
     "I'm flying a bit higher today too, little birdie!" :-) Part of the reason has to do with a sunny Treasury by catcanpaint entitled The Sun Also Rises. 

           It's her very first time ever curating a Treasury, and she chose to use my Butterfly Under a Grassy Green Flower Necklace as one of the items!

      I'm very honored...Thank you Cat! :-) ... A couple of the other items that I really liked that she picked were the Polaroid Print of TREES by bomobob...

       ...This Golden Shadow Swarovski Crystal, Bee Mine Necklace by ArtistiKat...

      ....and this Fine Art Photograph of a Black Cat by ljangphotography.

      Good job Cat!! :-)
     The other thing that has me flying a bit higher is my Country Living magazine!!

      It's all Spring-like and cheery and.....and......FULL OF FOOD!!!! ^_^ ...In case YOU are interested, there's a garden furniture give-away in there for goods worth more than $1,000 from a collection of outdoor seating and accessories for KMart. You can enter to win it at countryliving.com/win.
      There's also new finds for your home, including cabinets with a multitude of cubbies for all kinds of storage possibilities....NO! I didn't take pictures of it! LOL Why you ask?!....Because when I was looking at them, while they WERE interesting and cute, I was thinking: "Where's the food?!" ^_^
     Then I ran into this page and didn't mind the small delay getting to my beloved food recipes!

       Bumps.......bumpy glass......bumpy glass with pretty colors!!! ^_^ You can see why I got slowed down, right?!...{A page full of Fashionable Revival bags made out of recycled fabrics, and the regular article on "What Is It? What Is It Worth?", tried to deter me too....but I wasn't having it!!! LOL}
       I just kept turning page after beautiful page. Passing flowers, antiques, pet advice,....{which is only a novelty to me anyway, seeing as I don't own a pet! LOL}...the real estate sampler, and an article, full of gorgeous pictures, about 'the carefully cultivated home'. (You should see those photos in the actual magazine anyway! Not my recycled photographs of it...You know how my photography is!! I can really butcher up a manicured cultivated home layout!! LOL)
      But FOOD?!...That's another story!! And finally....I got to it!! Roasted sweet potatoes with sugar, allspice, and fennel seeds...

     ...simple biscuits...{frankly, I didn't need a recipe to know how to make biscuits. I've been making homemade buttermilk biscuits since I was tall enough to see over the kitchen table!....But they're still good to look at!! LOL}

     ...steamed asparagus, topped with tangerines...

     ...Eggplant Lasagne, with roasted peppers, marinara sauce, and three types of cheese!...

      ...Ummmm....I haven't had eggplant in a while!

     ....French Lentil Salad, with carrots, garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, and the zest of a lemon...

     ...and of course, dessert! Shortcake, with juicy strawberries and airy whipped cream!!

      Yum, yum, and YUM!!! Makes you glad you have eyes, doesn't it?! ^_^ Are you hungry yet?!....I am! And I haven't eaten! So, guess where I'm headed?! ^_^ ... After I leave you a poem of course!

Eyes

We take our eyes for granted
until some 'boo boo' mars our view.
Then we find ourselves short-sighted
with less things that we can do.

The thought of losing sight,
and seeing life just like before,
is scary, and can shake our confidence
right to the core.

To make our eyes feel better
we would do most anything.
Some eye salve or a hot pack,
even ointments that will sting.

To, every day, appreciate
the eyes that help us see
(and keeping those sharp objects
out of their proximity),

That's what we should be doing,
give those 'Peepers' some respect!
Especially since they get it
when we're sticking out our neck.