My Giants and my Self Esteem Booster

These are my floral giants.
January was a cold dark foggy month for us
redeemed of course by the cheerfulness and warmth
of Namrita 's visit.
Our garden was not doing well at all.
Now that the sun is shining brightly
our roses have perked up.

These are the largest ones.
Huge aren 't they?

Last night we has a spell of rain

and I ran out to pluck these from the soggy flower bed

in my rubber slippers

before the rain wash them off.

My family has been growing roses since the past 40 years.

Its a family hobby and tradition.

We lived in various bungalows before we built our house

but we always had a rose garden.

We even had a little rooftop garden in

the flat we lived In.

Now comes the self esteem part.

I tried making meatball curry (koftas)

before and failed miserably

as my meatballs disintegrated in the hot curry sauce or rasa.

I could make the Italian style meatballs easily.

But last Sunday with

instructions from Sonia I was able to make these.

She is an expert.

I was putting in too much of

chana ( black gram ) powder in the mince meat

and therefore my meatballs would fall apart.

This time I reduced the amount

so they held together.

So this really boosted my self esteem'

When Namrita was here I set off to make

her my famous kadhi, (chickpea dumplings

in a yellow yogurt sauce)

I usually manage to make it quite well and praised myself

to high heavens before my sister.

The result was worse a disaster than

the sinking of the Titanic.

Instead of putting besan or chickpea flour

into the batter I dumped in self raising flour

or maida. And I kept stirring and simmering

it for over an hour wondering why

I was not getting the right consistency

and smell.

It was too late before I realized my mistake.

Namrita tried to salvage the mess, but couldn 't.

So we had a good laugh and

disposed off the inedible goop.

Lesson:

Pride goes before a fall

and

Whatsoever a man sows shall he reap.

So the success of the kofta curry

was a life lesson for me.

Put in the right life ingredients

and the right amount too

and you will get a pleasing result.

The same principle works for the roses too.

One has to be very careful with the fertilizers

and watering.

Good advice from the Book of Proverbs

in the Bible.

"Watch your heart with all diligence.

For from it flow the springs of life"

Prov. 4;23