If life is full of "Highs" it soon becomes the norm and no longer a "High" so the "Lows" are an important feature of anyone's life. The more extreme the "Highs" and "Lows" then the more interesting the life. That all sounds very reasonable but if you happen to be living on the extremes then it might get a bit exhausting.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tagine-dishmar16.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-4273" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tagine-dishmar16-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>During the week I received a recipe book on Tagine cooking (<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4205" target="_blank">inspired by this post</a>) from a secret "admirer" and having trawled all the usual suspects I eventually discovered it was from my brother (not an admirer but a life long friend) - what a lovely gesture. My brother is a man of extremes so he didn't stop at the recipe book and a few days later an enormous box arrived containing a Tagine Dish. I didn't know such a thing existed - who would have thought?

The next few sentences are going to seem ungracious however this Dish is too big to go in my kitchen cupboards and I will probably only use it infrequently during the next 20 years (assuming I live that long). So what can I say? I thanked him of course but did give some feedback on his misplaced generosity - brothers can do that...

And so to the garden. I'm in awe of the spring flowers most of which Jane planted with such enthusiasm and I remember her actually doing it by torch light because she wanted to finish the huge bag of daffodil bulbs she'd purchased - what a woman.

I've been moving the self sown foxgloves into areas where they will have a greater impact and the vegetable plot is almost ready for planting once the weather decides it is frost free. In the meantime I've got seed potatoes chitting and I've started some seeds in trays in the utility room. I'll move them into the potting shed at the end of the month. Blimey much more of this garden planning and I might become a gardener.

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