What a wonderful-looking salad, I bet it even tastes better than it looks. There isn't an item in this salad that I don't like. I can eat half of a jar of green olives at a sitting, just starting to acquire a taste for black olives.
Our market carries asparagus all the time, @farm-mom adds them to many dishes and we eat them at least once every few weeks. It seems like a waste cutting off a good portion of the woody ends, but if you don't they are no fun eating and can ruin a dish.
Salt potatoes, love them. When we buy them a bag of salt is included right in the bag with the potatoes. Left-over ones make great homefries.

It's funny you mention your flag, every time I make syrup I think of Canada's flag. James Paxton, a former pitcher for the Yankees is from Canada and his nickname is The Big Maple.
Thank you for the mention, greatly appreciated.

Cook on my friend!