Easter Sunday

Gazania Flowers

Easter Sunday was sunny and warm, with a high of 75F.  As you can imagine, I was more than happy and opened the windows and the front door, too, to get that warm air in to the house!  

Once again, I sat outside, in the back yard, to say my morning prayers and enjoy the warmth (at the time, it was warmer outside than it was inside).  Afterwards, I walked around in the garden checking on the plants and admiring the flowers.  

While I was still in the garden, I had a phone call from my friend S (not to be confused with neighbor S).  Friend S is Sri Lankan and she asked me if I could give her some curry leaves from my trees since she was all out of curry leaves.  I said yes, of course.  She said she had to go to work in the afternoon (she works at a grocery store and our grocery stores are open on Easter Sunday), but, her husband and daughter will stop by in the evening, around 5:00 p.m., to pick up the curry leaves; would I be home at that time?  I said yes, that would be fine.  I went ahead and picked a bag of curry leaves for her and added a few fresh lemons, as well.  

In the afternoon, I continued to repair the quilt top and watched some videos, online.  Cooking videos, decluttering videos, a video about clothes from the "gilded age" that are part of an exhibit in a museum, etc.  

Around 5:00 p.m., friend S's daughter called to let me know that she and her father were on their way to pick up the curry leaves.  Well, guess what?  They brought me a meal!

Rice and Curries, Compliments of Friend S

Friend S is a wonderful cook and she had prepared a meal in the morning, before she went to work!  Ghee rice, chicken curry, fried and cooked eggplant "moju", cashew curry, served in a container with extra cashew curry and mango curry in baggies and homemade tri-colored marshmallows for dessert!  Everything smelled so good that I had to have a taste of everything!  The rest was put in the fridge for later in the week.

Then, I watched the evening news and knitted.

A little while later, neighbor S brought me the Easter meal she and her family had prepared:

Easter Dinner, Compliments of Neighbor S

She brought me a feast!  Rice pilaf, fried tilapia, cabbage salad, a piece of cheese filled puff pastry known as burek/borek.  In addition, there were two pieces of Armenian cheese, Armenian bread, cut up tomatoes, some greens (scallions and herbs such as parsley), an Easter egg, and for dessert, there were slices of two different cakes her daughter N had baked!  One was an olive oil cake and the other was a yogurt lemon cake.  I had some of it for my dinner and I've put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow.

I don't think I will need to cook for at least a couple of days!  Next week's meal plan will be leftovers!  LOL.

Later in the evening, I called friend R and checked on her and video chatted with my daughter.  

On Sunday, I was grateful for:
- Good friends and neighbors who bless me so much with their kindness and generosity
- An abundance of good food
- Phone calls and emails with friends and family
- A sunny and warm day (didn't need to switch on the heater at all!)
- Being able to share curry leaves and lemons from the garden

Today's joyful activity was enjoying the wonderful meals provided by my friend S and neighbor S!  

According to the weather forecast, Monday will be another warm and sunny day!  Plans for Monday include a little housework and more quilt repairs.  

What are your plans for Monday?