Spring!
It is on its way, I’m sure; my crocus are up and in bloom. Not much else is blooming yet altho the daffodils are bright and colorful. I bought a bunch for some group or other and they sure do brighten/lighten up the living room. It’s raining sporadically – maybe a sprinkle would be a better description.
One of my favorite TV shows is Top Chef (Bravo channel on Wednesday and reshown other days). This is season four starting. Well anyhow, I got the cookbook of the first three seasons and it is a delight. A panel of chefs, most of whom I’m never heard of, invite some 16 or so chef-wannabes to wherever they are holding the thing, once it was San Francisco, season four is in Chicago. They are given all kinds of challenges; one was to cook for a block party BUT they had to get their groceries from the homes on the block. At the end of these challenges, someone has to go home (Please pack your knives and go – which to me sounds rather peremptory, couldn’t it have been worded somewhat nicer? Please pack your knives by itself is sufficient, I would think. Things do get rather sticky on occasion but it’s still a good show.
Well, it’s better than soap operas at least. (I used to be a soap fan but my Navy husband got transferred from Tenn to CA and by the time we got there and settled and I got back to my soap again, I discovered that in three weeks I hadn’t missed a thing. That was the end of my soap watching.)
Anyhow, now I’m going to go rea