Leela's Garden & Kitchen

We have been enjoying our warm weather lots. Sushma and I have been spending hours and hours outside. I even am doing a lot of my exercises outside, and I love being able to look at my garden. Doing some weeding on the porch Doing my exercises is more fun with a view! We are still getting lots of daffodils. And, our pink cherry blossom tree has fully bloomed already! So happy to see our cherry blossoms blooming! In full bloom We are starting to get all of our seedlings going. Our water spinach is looking great! We also sprouted and planted some garlic, which is growing so fast. Next, we are going to plant some green onions that my friend, Judy, brought over.   Sprouting garlic cloves Our garlic is growing so fast All our baby plants getting some sunlight Green onion that's going to be planted next! Today we got a surprise, special delivery of eggs from Lavina, Shilpa's friend in Pontotoc, MS. We love how they are all different colors, and we are so excited to make some omelets

We had a snow day today! The last time we got snow was 2014, which was a disaster. Suresh got stuck at work overnight! This time, we all stayed home, and we enjoyed together. Even Sushma and her husband, Sal, stayed with us! It was pretty cold, but we still went outside for a little bit. Beautiful icicles on the gazebo! I really enjoyed knocking the icicles down! Sushma made me some ice antlers! But, they were too cold to keep for long. Some big ones from the gazebo roof! We also did some cooking today - we made dal curry with some greens from the backyard. And, we baked pecan bars , which turned out good. Cooking with snow in the background Our dahl curry Vegan pecan bars! I hope everyone stays safe and warm!

We have been enjoying the great weather the last few days. Sushma and I relaxed on the deck in the afternoons, where she practiced reading Telugu. The weather is so nice, some of the flowers think it is already Spring! But, it is going to freeze this weekend, so we brought in a lot of the daffodil buds.  Sometimes it's funny when Sushma struggles to read Telugu. All our daffodil buds! So excited for them to bloom. Our Chinese Fringe Flower tree is also blooming and is very beautiful. I bought it a long time ago at Lowe's on sale.  Chinese Fringe Flower Chinese Fringe Flower tree This week we also made a trip to get some free donuts from Heavenly Donut Company! Sushma had a coupon for a half dozen donuts - it was so hard to decide which ones to get. I love donuts, and I love them even more when they are free! I used to be scared to eat things like donuts, but now I realize life is short so I should enjoy. So happy about donuts!