Favorite Morning

As I'm sure you all know by now that my favorite food is pancakes, I thought I should preface this post by telling you that I made the most delicious pancakes EVER this morning.
Not an exaggeration, I promise you.
Spiced Whole Wheat Pancakes with Cinnamon Honey topping.
The absolute best thing about these pancakes is that they're made with whole wheat flour, honey, and applesauce instead of enriched flour, sugar and vegetable oil. So they're healthy for you. And you can stay away from the high-fructose corn syrup she-devil (Aka Mrs. Butterworth), by making use of the delicious honey topping, flavored with cinnamon and a little butter for richness. So good.
I served it with a juicy, sweet, blood orange. Heaven.

I love blood oranges. I haven't had a whole one in almost three years. The first time I ever had one was on an overnight ferry from Italy to Greece, and I fell in love. It was a great experience. I remember sitting there, chowing down on some highly unimpressive cafeteria-style ferry food, and suddenly one of my fellow tripmates caught my eye. What on earth was she eating? Bloody stomach?? It looked disgusting as it was dripping and oozing and just, well, "guts-ing" all over the place. "What IS that???" I asked incredulously, unable to keep my aghast opinion to myself. She grinnned. "It's an orange.."
I looked down at my platter where I, too, had grabbed an innocent-enough looking orange. Say what. That should be orange on the inside. It really should. Hello. Why do they call it an orange?
Tentatively, I sliced it open, and to my immediate surprise- blood red insides.
"WHOAAAAAA!" .... I had to try it.
I popped a small wedge in my mouth and it exploded into robust, sweet, overwhelming flavor. I had to try it again. And again. And again. And- oh. It's gone now. WHERE CAN I GET MORE?!

And yeah. That's pretty much how it went down. After that, I ate as many of those as I could find. Which wasn't hard to do, really. They're very popular in that part of the world, much to my immediate appreciation.

Sweet, sweet memories.

I also had coffee in my favorite mug this morning.... "All You Need is Love." And I've been listening to my favorite playlist on my iPod. It's called Skinny Love, (Named after that amazing Bon Iver song) and it has 39 of the greatest soul-searching, soft, easy, rainy day songs on it. And a few non rainy day songs. Like Firework, by Katy Perry. Which, in my opinion, is an everyday sort of song. I love it.

In conclusion, my morning has been one of absolute favorites. Which is exactly how mornings should be I think.
Now, on to more productive and livelier things!
But first:
As I believe in sharing music, I'm going to outline my Skinny Love playlist below for you, in hopes that you will try a few of the songs and enjoy them. If you don't, that's okay. I like typing lists anyways. ;)

Skinny Love.

I'll Be Your Man- Mcfly
Truador- Neil Byrne
The Hill- Marketa Irglova
Trouble- Ray Lamontagne
Jar of Hearts- Christina Perri
Whiskey in the Jar- Thin Lizzy
I Need a Woman- Mcfly
Hold You in My Arms- Ray Lamontagne
The Dutchman- Steve Goodman
Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy- Mick Mcauley and Winifred Horan
Firework-Katy Perry
The Homes of Donegal- Paul Brady
Falling Slowly- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Pencil Full of Lead- Paolo Nutini
I Would Be Sad- The Avett Brothers
Raoul And Her Ladyship- Neil Byrne
Won't Go Home Without You- Maroon 5
Incomplete and Insecure- The Avett Brothers
Shine a Light-McFly feat. Taio Cruz
To Make You Feel My Love- Mick Mcauley and Winifred Horan
Kick Drum Heart- The Avett Brothers
Sadie Jones and I- Neil Byrne
Cherish- Neil Byrne
Laundry Room- The Avett Brothers
Skinny Love- Bon Iver
Rolling in the Deep- Adele
At the Beach- The Avett Brothers
Souls Like the Wheels- The Avett Brothers (My current fav of this playlist)
For Emma- Bon Iver
Sun It Rises- Fleet Foxes
Say It To Me Now- Glen Hansard
Far Away-Ingrid Michaelson
May You Never- John Martyn
Where Do You Go To My Lovely- Peter Sarstedt
Hannah- Ray LaMontagne
All the Wild Horses- Ray LaMontagne
Light You Up- Shawn Mullins
It Means Nothing- Stereophonics
I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You- Tom Waits

My Loves,
my doves,
my eggs.
Xx