Déjà vu

Sorry, wet leaves again. And on a blipday too! But I reckon even skipping a day wouldn't have produced anything different. I couldn't help reflecting that if this had been a normal Easter I could have posted a photo of a spectacular religious procession through the streets of Almuñecar. It must be so hard for Spanish people to miss the biggest festival of the year. Just imagine how British people would feel if Christmas was cancelled, and magnify it. The TV is broadcasting Easter services held in empty churches.

Anyway, thank goodness for Blip when you can't leave the house and garden and it's raining. I can spend much more time on here now. So as always, thank you to everyone who still visits my journal even though it's getting a bit samey, to put it mildly. Thank you to Blip Central, and a special wave to all the blip friends I've met in real life.

Food diary: I made a big pot of vegetable curry with onions, ginger, garlic, a red pepper, an old and tough carrot, a couple of new potatoes, two squashy tomatoes, a jar of chickpeas, a can of tomatoes, and the half jar of jalfrezi paste in the fridge. At the last moment I wilted some spinach and stirred it in. It was good, served with yoghurt, chutney, and the last frozen naan. And there is plenty left to freeze. Afters: yet more tarta de aguacate. You should really only make it if you're serving at least six people because it's very rich and you can't eat much of it. We did have lunch outside, but it's been raining steadily since about 5 pm.

Spanish state TV has whipped up some lockdown entertainment in the form of The Quarantine Diaries, a weekly sitcom/soap opera. The first episode was broadcast on Tuesday evening, and we've just watched on catchup. The actors are all filming themselves in their apartments, but it's professionally put together and we enjoyed it. If they can keep thinking up new predicaments, it should be keep us amused. I don't know if you can get TVE outside Spain, but if you're learning Spanish click the link above and try it. Note: they are talking very fast, but the  vocabulary is basic and there are optional subtitles and a parallel transcript.


Rear Window, on the other hand, was a disappointment given its constant presence in lists of "best films ever". The setting and concept were great, but the main characters were so irritating: despite being adults holding down responsible jobs, they were behaving like children. And even more annoyingly, their ridiculous fantasy was vindicated: we kept expecting a twist, but the twist was that there wasn't one. Plus enough plot holes to drive a bus through.