"5 Small Things Friday" No. 24

Go back and read this post for the story behind "Five Small Things Friday".

For this week, here is my list:

1. Sight: Butterflies on our walk

2. Hearing: Butter Sizzling For Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

3. Smell: Late Spring Country Evening

4. Taste: Fish At Ryan's Steakhouse

5. Touch:

The stories behind the list:

1. Tuesday we took a family walk, using a local wildlife trail. We probably hiked for a couple of miles before we turned around to head back. We didn't want a long hike, just a way to get outdoors and get some exercise, and spend a little time together, just the four of us (Dad, Mom, Trissy, and me). None of us are in great shape though (and it was hot), so by the time we were about half-way back to the start, we were getting pretty tired.
We saw a butterfly on our way in, one of those that looks like a monarch, but isn't really. It landed on the trail in front of us, only flying away when we got real close, then it would land again, then fly a little farther. It was almost like it was accompanying us on our walk :) . Eventually it flew off. On our way back, when we were getting tired and ready to reach the end, we saw another one (or maybe the same one) that did the same thing. It was fun to imagine that it had come back to encourage and cheer us up :) .

2. Grilled cheese sandwiches are delicious. End of story. This week we made some, and when we laid the bread on the griddle, the butter on it made a wonderfully cheerful, enthusiastic, sizzling sound.

3. There were some small branches reaching out into the path on our dirt road, and I finally got tired of us having to dodge them everytime we left the house. So Tuesday I grabbed our pruning shears and walked down to the place in the road where those poky little branches were sticking out. It was evening time and the earth had that cool, woodsy, earthy smell that comes to the country on a late Spring evening.

4. Mom and Trissy and I went to the 'big' city about an hour away for something this past week, and as a treat, Mom took us to Ryan's Steakhouse for a buffet lunch. We don't eat out much at all, and it was so special! I got fried fish from the buffet as part of my meal, and it was SO good!

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