Monday Musings About Lack Of Rain, Lentils And Life.

A storm is brewing...

On top of everything else we seem to have a spot of drought. The groundwater, which normally nobody really talks about, has been in the news lately due to its Houdini like quality. The soils are dry and the lawns are turning khaki. One forgets that water is more precious than anything and that we imagine that we'll always have enough. Hopefully today the gray and vicious looking clouds will deliver a batch of rain. Here's hoping.

Monday, yet again. April almost finished and as it appears so will the lock-down be. Driving into the village today brought this into focus. People were meandering about sans masks and standing awfully close to friends where hitherto they had kept their distance. The virus is still here and waiting to live longer through us.

Some husbands who have found themselves home bound for the last six weeks have taken to redoing yards, gardens and polishing their cars. A bit of wedded distancing? Hardly anyone has had the opportunity to spend so much quality time with their other half. There is a reason most wedding vows include the portent sentence of;

...for better or for worse / in good times as in bad...

Today is shaping up to one of those days were my mind goes blank in regards to what to cook tonight. Grandiose ideas were yesterday, boring everyday staple are today. Something with my personal favourite superfood....lentils and maybe not in a curried form. Do you also get stuck in a cooking rut? It isn't as though I don't have oodles of time to plan a meal. Still an hour or so to go for me to get cracking on a new culinary creation, as I do like to surprise Bob with interesting suppers.

But, I mustn't forget the most important bit...we are all healthy and have enough to eat and a roof over our heads. Life, precious and worth all the current corona measures.

Biggi