Lash Envy

Have you ever had anyone ask you what is your best feature...facial feature that is?  When I single out each individual feature on my face there isn't a solitary one that I can rave about.  My mouth has no lip line due to a huge outbreak of fever blisters when I was a kid (covered my whole top lip, hundreds...well maybe not hundreds, but there were plenty of those little blisters) leaving their ugly scars which wrecked the lip line.  My nose is too long (in my opinion), my forehead is well, just ugly.  I always have it covered up with hair, resulting in bangs my whole life.  And finally there are the eyes.  Not a bad color, kinda goes between blue and greenish, but sorely lacking in eyelashes.  Rather deep set and as I age the top lid sort of hangs over making me look squinty-eyed in pictures so I always have to remember to open wide, but then that causes more lines to appear on the forehead.  Individually they suck, as a whole I get by.

If someone then asks me what feature would you like to improve on, no hesitation, hands-down, my eyelashes, or absence thereof.  I envy, no I am downright jealous of those that have beautiful long thick lashes.  I know the Bible tells us not to covet thy neighbor's wife, but believe me, if she has long eyelashes I have just broken one of the 10 commandments.  In one of the blogs that I enjoy reading, the author convinced herself that she needed to get false lashes put on for her trip to Hawaii so she would not have to worry about runny mascara etc etc.  She posted a pic of herself with the lashes and yes, they looked great, but in reading the post they are just like nails, to continue to have the long lash look and looking good you need to visit your lash salon about every 2 to 3 weeks for replacements.  I was still considering the investment until I read that "they" highly recommend sleeping on your back, not on your side because in doing so you smush the lashes and they don't last as long....what??  You know my sleeping is iffy anyway, not sleeping on my side would definitely do me in.  So no falsies for me.  But I have invested $22 in a new mascara that I read on someone else's blog (I think it might have been The Pioneer Woman, gotta trust her) that she found a really, really great mascara that really, really did make her lashes look longer and thicker.  I bought it today at Ulta called "They're Real" by Benefit.  So I expect the next time I go out, someone is bound to stop me and tell me what gorgeous eyelashes I have....after all I spent $22.

Yesterday while at B&N for our weekly gab gathering...I boldly asked a young lady (a brand new, very enthusiastic teacher) and two other ladies with their small children if I could take their pictures.  They were so surprised by my request, so before they could even think about saying no, I was snapping away. Was surprised that it was a mother and daughter, thought originally that they were sisters....but anyway..the daughter had the most gorgeous long eyelashes which in-turn inspired this post.

Daughter....

Mother....

Isn't she a beauty...

On my way home I stopped at my favorite garden center to pick up just a few fill-ins, and ofcourse I had my camera, so snap away I did at all the lovelies.

Linking up with Deb Duty for This and That Thursdays....

"Girls with fake hair, fake nails, fake eyelashes and fake purses wonder why they can't find a real man."  ~  Unknown

Until next time.....

Friday Foto Fun - The Tall Ships Edition

Our original plan was to go to the zoo today, but when we both read that The Tall Ships were in Chicago for the weekend and the weather continued to be exclamation-point exceptional, Catherine and I set our sails for Navy Pier.  Well, not exactly sails, but you know what I mean. 

Look at that view as we entered Navy Pier, now you can understand why Chicago is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the US. 

You can't help but notice this brand spankin' new building, The Trump Tower, you know that guy, Donald with all the money and the strange hair-do.  By attaching that spire to the top has now made this building one of the tallest in Chicago.  You know "the Donald" always bigger, better, brighter.

Sorry, can't remember the name of this building, just another example of the wall-to-wall awesome buildings in downtown Chicago.  OK, enough of the buildings, lets get to the Tall Ships and Navy Pier.

Look at all the flags proclaiming it is Navy Pier....did they think we didn't know where we were??

Just imagine Errol Flynn swinging from the ropes with sword in hand....but most of you probably don't even know who Errol Flynn was but he was one of the movies' original swashbucklers....OK think of Johnny Depp as Captain Sparrow, I guess that is the today's swashbuckler.  But it is hard to compare Captain Sparrow with Errol Flynn's portrayal of Don Juan.

Ole Glory flying high.....

This image reminds me of an oxymoron,  'A figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.... 2 different worlds, the old framed by the new. 

 

Some of the ships would take paying customers for a sail out to sea. 

There were several means of transportation besides walking....

The little one has the best view...

 Always a skater or two....

There were so many people walking along the pier I would have found it difficult to ride a bike thru the crowd without hitting someone and knocking them down, or losing my balance and knocking myself down....

And these 2 little sweet peas were helmet-ready for their transportation...

And ofcourse the rides....

When you are up at the tippy top of the ferris wheel, the views of the city are eye-poppin', steeped in steel, glass & stone gorgeous.... Have shared this image with.....

It appears as tho a few of the riders lost their shoes along the way....

My stomach is now in my head....

There were many, many, many places to eat....from hot dogs to a fine meal.  Once upon a time, many years ago, I dined at Riva's, one of the fine dining places on Navy Pier, and in walked Pierce Brosnan....it took every ounce of resistance, not to approach him to ask for an autograph.  He was with his rather new wife (I think they were married) and new little baby out for a nice lunch.  He is really tear-one's-heart-out gorgeous.  My dining partner's jaw never left the table for the rest of the afternoon.

We saw many stylin' hats as we traveled from beginning to end....

Sweet little babies.....



Pirates that had obviously sailed in with the "Tall Ships"......

A trip to Navy Pier would not be complete without a shot of the many seagulls that make this area their home...

Today was like a voyage to paradise, filled with fun, food, fashion, and most of all joy!!

"Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour."  -  Stephen B. Leacooke

Until next time.......