Another new series to watch on Britbox

 Sunny? Yes, cold-- slight frost again last night (reminder that it's still early spring, eh?)-- 

And it's Friday. And payday. 

Last night, I watched the first few episodes of The Other Bennet Sister on Britbox. It's quite good. I highly recommend it-- it connects with the things we all know from Pride and Prejudice, but the focus is on Mary, the sister no one ever seems to remember. The mother is vain and sometimes cruel, the younger sisters are still brainless, Lizzie is hardly even involved, nor is Jane... but they are there, and they are as we have come to expect them. Mr. Collins is as odious and cringey as usual, too. But Mary gets to speak! She has hopes and dreams, and a terrible sense of unworthiness rooted in her mother's suffocating behavior. Mary is becoming more independent, though, so this newfound courage and sense of self is refreshing-- even as it is thwarted, time and again, by social rules and her domineering mother. 

And I'm only in a few episodes! I love it. 

That all said, it's time to get on with the day. I hope yours is delightful. Hug your favorites! And please keep good thoughts that the cold last night didn't damage the pear blossoms-- sigh....

C