It’s a strange Passover, with its very own new plague, but one tries to make the most of it.  I was pretty resourceful with the limited raw materials at my disposal.  So what if the “lamb shank” is really chicken bones–my charoset is still the best, I grew my own parsley, and I had even obtained a horseradish root before this all got going.  I made a traditional apple matzah kugel, and did not neglect the small details like radish flowers.  I managed to score fresh asparagus, and a rare commodity these days, some chicken.  My afflicted ancestors in bondage would be proud.

Last night there was an impressive supermoon, which I caught to the best of my camera’s ability.  This morning the lovely lavender bearded irises were in bloom.  Up north I used to scavenge and scrape together a bouquet for Pesach, but down here that’s one thing not in short supply this time of year.  It’s a big deal to be surrounded by natural beauty, when the rest of your world is in chaos.