The Pomegranate Chronicles

For Mother’s Day Griffin and I worked on a project for my Mom that has been on my “to do” list for a long time. After seeing this awesome idea for garden markers on Wabi Sabi Mama, I knew this would be something my Mom would like. We purchased some river rocks from the local craft store and some paint markers.

I simply found the flat sides of the rocks and marked them with the herbs I knew my Mom has existing in her garden, or adds each year.

Soon there was a great collection.

One special rock was chosen by Griff. He wanted one that said “Mimi’s Garden”. He decorated this one by himself.

They were a big hit, Mimi loved them. I can’t wait to see them in my Mother’s garden this summer!

Did you do any Mother’s Day crafts, or find any inspiration? Feel free to share the links!

I picked up Griff from school last week and headed to the grocery store. After shopping, we headed back to the car. I placed down our groceries next to the car, got a chatterbox boy into his car seat and drove off. I was at the exit to the parking lot before realizing I had left the groceries on the ground in the parking spot (no wonder the person waiting for my spot chose another!) I turned the car around and picked up the groceries before they were squished by another car.

Here’s to Mother’s Day pancakes followed by sweet sticky syrupy kisses! I hope you all had a wonderful Day!

Recipe for White Whole Wheat Pancakes (We added nutmeg and used only two cups of milk).

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Happy Mother’s Day Weekending All!

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A good day at the thrift store this week:

:: A 5 cup sifter

:: A wide and flat wooden spoon

:: Some nice vintage fabric

:: A large quilting hoop

:: Total Spent: $4.25

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Griff has all these great pants. The length has been too short for a while, but the waist is still just fine. I saw this post on re-purposing boy pants from make it and love it. She always has the best stuff and I have recreated many of her projects. Although, I did not recreate pockets, I did use the idea. I took these old pants. I really liked them with all the pockets and grunge look (call me a product of the 90′s).

I really liked the hems on these pants. So I thought about this tutorial on hemming pants with the original cuff by Sew Much Ado. Why not apply this idea to shorts? So I cut the original hems off the pants.

Then cut them off around the knee where I could get a clean cut.

Then I followed the directions from Sew Much Ado. After sewing, I pulled them outside right and ironed them like crazy. Then got them on my model! Tada!

They came out great. I plan on doing this to all his winter pants now. I won’t have to purchase any summer shorts. Perfect!

Happy Sewing!

Griffin made an awesome bug catcher at school. Over Spring vacation we decided to put it to good use. We headed up to the Great Bay Discovery Center to see what we could find.

He got a little annoyed that the ants were too fast to catch. So he moved onto beetles.

He tried so hard, but had no luck catching a bug. He quickly recovered by moving onto all the other beautiful things to see. We followed the wooden path out to the water.

On the way, there were a bunch of discoveries. The path is painted with all different animal prints. Griff really surprised me with all the ones he knew.

We also enjoyed all the life that was exploding into Spring. The leaves were coming out,

and the ferns were unrolling.

We talked all about how the dead trees help the new growth in the marsh and help birds make nests.

Griff guessed squirrels on this cute little prints.

When we made it to the edge of Great Bay, we stopped for lunch. It must have been lunchtime for the cranes too, we got to enjoy them as they glided across the water in front of us. There was also a red winged black bird that was flirting with us as we munched on our sandwiches.

It’s such a beautiful spot.

After lunch we packed up and headed back to the Woodland Walk. There we came across a replica Abenaki Indian camp. The Abenaki Indians were the Native Americans in the region. Griff felt right at home, channeling our ancestors by gathering water, making a pretend fire and cooking dinner.

It’s such a beautiful spot. If you live in the area and are looking for a kid friendly discovery walk, this is the place.

As for the bug hunt, we didn’t think we caught anything. I had the bug net in my bag. Once back in the car, I had the net in the front seat. Griff noticed a beetle in the net! I must have caught one in the wind while it was on my shoulder. Sadly, it was a beautiful day and we had the windows down. It didn’t take long for the beetle to quickly find a window and fly out. Ah, oh well. We never got to use the bug catcher, but sure had a great day!

:: A quick lunch break with hubby only

:: An unexpected get-together with the neighbors

:: Sun after a week of rain

:: Three loaves of bread

:: A new fishing pole

:: Nature watching

:: So much bad food that I am craving veggies!

:: Listening to my hubby play ALL his cords on his guitar (self taught, so proud of him!)

I am joining in with Groovy Moments on this awesome Handmade Pay It Forward. How fun is this??

Here are the rules:
1. I will send a surprise gift to the first three commenters on this post. The gift will be handmade by me. It will be sent sometime in the next 365 days. It will be a surprise. We all love getting surprises in the mail, right?
2. To sign up and receive a gift, you must play along, too. Pay it Forward on your blog, by promising to make a surprise for the first three people who comment on the post.
3. You must have a blog. (That is regularly updated, as I will blog stalk you to find the right little something for you)
4. After commenting here, you must repost this or something similar to your blog in 48 hours. If not, I will choose the next person who comments…

I promise to find the perfect little handmade project for you!

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.