![pomegranate-seed pomegranate seed among canning jars](https://www.leoraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pomegranate-seed.jpg)
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.
![rhododendron-fall rhododenron fall leaves](https://www.leoraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/rhododendron-fall.jpg)
My original First of the Month was the rhododendron shrub – above is rhododendron leaves in late October. Below are May, April and February.
![rhododendron_11feb rhododendron february snowy](https://www.leoraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rhododendron_11feb-150x108.jpg)
For more First of the Month:
![first of the month first of the month](https://www.leoraw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/first_month-150x112.jpg)
![pomegranate](https://www.leoraw.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/pomegranate.jpg)
One traditionally eats pomegranate on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, and thus I have been working on a watercolor of a pomegranate as part of my series on the food symbols of this holiday.
The prayer that one says, the yehi ratzon, is as follows:
“she’nirbeh ze’chu’yos k’rimon”
“…that our merits increase like (the seeds of) a pomegranate.”
You can read more about the pomegranate in this Jewish Action article.
About the watercolor painting process
Enjoy the watercolor pomegranate!