A Place of Pure Enchantment Gleams...

A photo colour-feast on today's post because

Today is a rather colorless day in southern Ontario,

one of those days when the sky and landscape are monochromatic...

Morning...

Afternoon...

So here's a little reminder at the almost halfway point of January

(and didn't we just get here in a blink?!!)

of what is waiting beyond a few more month-blinks!

A place where zephyrs tug and tease

Tendrils from buds and smiles from lips

And garden-rooms as winter slips

Into a vault of memories

A place of pure enchantment gleams

Beyond landscapes tucked beneath snows

Where winter’s boisterous brood bestows

A frosty air to balmy dreams

A place where apple blossoms blush

And fragrant lilac plumes unfold

And earth is drenched in heaven’s gold

And lively with spring’s planting rush

And heaven is a pasture, blue

Dotted with clouds, like flocks of sheep

And earth’s green pastures run knee-deep

With nature’s verdant, freshest hue

A green-gold-blue-blush-purple mirth

Emerges to grace every home

Rather than earth-sky monochrome

Of snow-laden heavens and earth

Where brooks like shiny sashes swirl

Through wood nooks, meadowlands, and sing

A rippling canticle of spring

As winter’s loosened grip unfurls

A place where zephyrs tug and tease

Tendrils from buds and smiles from lips

And garden-rooms as winter slips

Into a vault of memories

Janet Martin

I get a little colour-hungry this time of year

so to satisfy my craving I read 'colorful' 

books like those that travel through places like Italy...

This travel inspired last night's supper!

Below, dried oregano, fresh-chopped garlic salt and pepper and bread crumbs.

Rub between hands till thoroughly mixed and sprinkle on olive-oil spritzed tomatoes.

Bake at 350 till bubbly.

Both the dish above and below can be topped with 

fresh grated black pepper and parmesan before serving. 

Want extra-yummy extra topping? 

Fresh-made bacon bits!