The asparagus has arrived! The asparagus has arrived!!

(a la Steve Martin in The Jerk with the telephone directories)

They've started cutting the local asparagus this week, I have not one
but two bundles in the fridge.

Didn't eat it today as I did chile con carne over a small sprinkle of
rice, I was pretty sure I could get away with it as I've been fairly
busy.

Walked downtown and back to do the shopping (which is when I found the
asparagus), I also have some more purple sprouting, portobello and
horse mushrooms and the usual collection of peppers garlic etc. plus
some succulent local lamb cutlets. They'll go well with the asparagus.

I ran out of mealworms (no I don't eat them myself I feed them to the
blackbird who has become so tame I have to watch I don't tread on him.
He comes over when I'm in the garden, or turns up outside the window,
and makes himself look extremely anorexic while fixing me with a
desperate pleading look. When I'm not looking he is actually
disgustingly plump) so we went off to the birdfood shop.

Mother's gout has worn off again so she was up for a short walk, in
fact when she got there she ended up going for quite a long walk, I
found her a nightingale to listen to (they're quite common here and
sing during the day as well as at night, but they've only just arrived
in the country along with many other spring migrants) and we strolled
around the common in the warm sun, trying to avoid the biting wind.
Chatting to several people and their dogs, as is usual.

This evening I rather overfed us both and decided to go up the local
lane to see if the sunset was worth photographing (it wasn't) but I
had another pretty decent walk up and down the hill, saw a huge hare,
a muntjac deer and gazillions of birds and wildflowers.

My BG didn't drop nearly as low as it has done on some occasions
recently after a postprandial walk, in fact it's been in the fours all
day (70 - 90) except for a 6.1 (110) after breakfast and some fives
(around 100) from time to time.

Not low enough for remedial action but I had a square of 85% chocolate
after the walk anyway, and I just polished off an excellent avocado
(the previous one went black before it ever got ripe and the little I
ate had the consistency of vulcanised rubber, this one was just
perfect, avocados here seem to do that)

Seeds are popping up in the trays I have started in the spare bedroom
and also in the garden but most of the latter are weeds which will
need editing over the weekend. And it's finally gotten warm enough for
the compost to start digesting, which should hopefully see off the
hyperactive ants which have colonised one of the bins.

All the gardens are full of tulips and flowering cherries just now,
and the lilacs and early clematis are starting.

Can you tell my mood improves in spring?

It improved even more when I read this

http://www.dsolve.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,21/

most entertaining

Now I have some stuff to do while watching a Sally Field film.

Y'all take care now . . .