Pomegranate Seed and Rhododendron Leaves
I took a piece of pomegranate and put it amongst my canning jars (and there’s a water bottle in the back). So it looks like a pomegranate seed among glass. I have a lot of canning jars because I’ve been pickling and more recently I sprouted some lentils.
My original First of the Month was the rhododendron shrub – above is rhododendron leaves in late October. Below are May, April and February.
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Carver says
I love rhododendrons. The seeds look great against the shimmering water bottle. Very creative shot.
Laura says
Very cool looking shot of the seed mixed with the glass. But what are you going to do with the sprouted lentils? Almost exactly a year ago, Julie told me she took a class about sprouting grains and making sprouted bread from it (the teacher herself uses salt from the Dead Sea and olive oil, mixed with the ground sprouted grains). If you decide to try that, let me know!
Leora says
We ate them. They taste good in salad.
I've thought about making sprouted grain bread, but it's a fair amount of work. Not really motivated to do it.
Laura says
Oh, you eat them plain . . . Interesting. I don't see a post about making sprouts on your site. Maybe you could post about making sprouts? This sounds like a fairly easy and healthy thing to make. And I totally see you point about sprouted bread . . .
Leora says
OK, the next time I make the sprouted lentils I will take photos for a post. Thanks for the nudge.
faye says
Love pomegranates in all forms of paintings--watercolor, oils, pencil--both the whole fruit and broken open so you can see the seeds as in your photo. Very artistic! I love your beauty in ordinary things approach to this meme.
Leora says
If you like pomegranate in watercolor, here's my watercolor of a pomegranate: http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/09/watercolor-pomegranate/
Ilana-Davita says
The first shot i every artistic. I wonder whether we would have recognized the different elements featured in the photo if you had not told us.
Leora says
Hm, good idea in retrospect, I could have played - can you guess?
Michelle says
I remember canning with my 1st Mother-in-law.. She used to do grape jelly because she and her husband grew concord grapes.. also pickles and other vegetables that she grew.. I never did it on my own though...Michelle
Leora says
I don't know much value in canning other than saving the food. Fermenting and sprouting, however, are immensely health enhancing.
Michelle says
I saw someone talking on the news about sprouts and how he would never eat them unless he grew them himself...all these foods I love and they are all involved in or have been involved in some contamination...so you are on to a good thing...
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