I would like to take a minute to wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year.
If you should chance upon a pomegranate throw it down on the ground. If it smashes it means the household will have prosperity and fertility, as much as the seeds that come tumbling out of the fruit. We greeks love our traditions!
As the years go by we need to think about our Health above all else! I know that I have found my health with this blog. It may not be a health blog but I have found my creative outlet here which gives me a healthy frame of mind.
And so my wish for all of you this year is to pursue what you love and to have health and happiness for the New Year.
May we all have a blessed 2017!
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Happy New Year my friend!
Is it too late for me to smash a pomegranate?
Lisa, it is never too late for that. You are the sweetest persona and you should have good luck all year long.
Happy New Year, Mary. 🙂
Thank you so much Stacey. I wish you a Happy New Year and anything that you wish for this coming year.
Happy New Year to you, Mary!
Beautiful! I love your sweet bird and dried poms hanging ~ you see beauty in the little things. Lovely… <3
Enjoy your day,
Barb 🙂
Thank you Barbara. Wishing you a very happy New Year and looking forward to lots of fun projects for the year.
Happy New Year to you and your family to Mary. Yes, so far, 2017 is of to an ok start. I am happy that I follow you, because I know that you will continue putting a smile on our faces, after viewing your fabulous posts. Looking forward to follow you this 2017 year.
Ivory that is such a sweet thing to say! You have just made my day! That is why I am making a huge effort to answer all of your comments because all this feedback means so much to me. Thank you so much for your continued support and I wish you a fantastic 2017!
Happy New Year..love the story of the pomegranates New Year tradition…learned another one!
Shirley this country is full of traditions and special ways of doing everything. I think I’d need to write a book to tell them all.
Happy New Year!
Happy 2017 to you and yours! Looking forward to following you in 2017 to.
Thank you so much Ivory. I wish you and yours a wonderful year filled with everything you desire!
Happy New Year Mary! I wish you health and happiness and of course tons of inspiration for 2017!
Thank you so much Katerina. Just give me some paint and the inspiration will come. Happy New Year to you too and continued success in whatever you wish.
Happy New Year, Mary!! I am glad to hear that you are visiting your boys in NY! I hope you enjoy the snow!! 😉
Thank you Kim. You know already this is a great year for me. Now that I’m in NY I’m having a great time with the boys.
Happy New Year Mary! May this one make your dreams come true!
Thank you dear Maya! May you also have a fantastic year ahead full of inspiring creations.
A very happy, Healthy and Prosperous New year to you and your family, Mary!
Thank you Pat. I hope you had a wonderful beginning in your gorgeous part of the country!
Happy New Year! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Happy New Year Marci to you and your family.
Wishing you and your family all the best for 2017 too, Mary.
I had never heard of that tradition with the pomegranate before. This afternoon I was up at my parents house with my camera hoping to get a nice shot of some pomegranate on there tree, but I am a tad too late as there tree is empty…. Next year we will have to give the tradition a go.
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Debbie it is really prevalent. The fruits usually start to grow around October and by December they are these gorgeous red colors. Wishing you the happiest of New Years.
I have truly enjoyed getting to know you this year! you are a wonderful lady!
I love all your unique projects!
Maria
Maria I feel the same way. I am so grateful for our special group and for the blogging community that has given us so much. Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year to you too! I love pomegranates too, in fact my lentil and pomegranate salad is my signature dish.
Claire that is such an interesting combination. I cannot imagine the two together. I’ll have to give it a try. Happy New Year!!
Mary, wishing you a Happy and Blessed New Year friend!!! What a fantastic way to start the new year too! 😉
It is a great start to the new year and it is just continuing.
That’s an interesting tradition about the pomegranate, which I love to eat by the way.
A very happy new year to you too, Mary!!
Florence you should visit me in Greece sometime. I have more pomegranates than I know what to do with.
Happy New Year to you too, dear Mary!
May 2017 be full of happiness, sunshine, health and joy!
Marjan
Thank you so much Marjan! It will be a great year full of adventures and fun!
Have a Happy New Year, and I am looking forward to seeing all your gorgeous ideas in 2017
Thank you Ivory, I wish all the best for you this new year!
I completely agree. Thats why I’m making my health and fitness a priority for 2017! Happy new year 🙂
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Wishing you a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, Creative 2017! As for throwing a pomegranate onto the ground, at the price they sell them here I’d be licking those seeds off the concrete. lol
Marie, Happy New Year! We have pomegranate trees at the farm so I take them for granted. Haha. I don’t even eat them I just use them for decoration.
My dear Mary I wish you all the best for you and your family for New Year!!!
Thank you so much Christina/ I too wish you a wonderful year and the welcome of your grand-baby!
Happy New Year Mary! I hope you and your family have a healthy and prosperous new year. Here in Texas I grew up believing that eating blackeyed peas on New Years day will make our year a prosperous one. The only time of the year I eat them because I don’t care for them. LOL
Linda I love black eyed peas. And I eat them all year long. Now isn’t that funny because I don’t care for pomegranates. I only use them for decor. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year, Mary to you and yours! All the very best for 2017! Hope that pomegranate smashed into a million pieces! In our Vasilopita this year, I was lucky enough to have found the hidden coin!
Poppy
Congratulations Poppy on finding the coin. It is such a fun tradition we always get worked up over it. This year it was the Panagia’s turn to get the coin. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to you too Mary. ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος
Michelle thank you so much for that sweet greeting. I honestly would not know in what language to reply for you. You told me they speak 12 languages in your area.
Happy New Year to us all my dear fiend!
I’ve not heard that tradition before. I’ll have to ask my husband about it. Happy New Year. #MySundayPhoto
It is quite common Fiona. Let’s see what he says about it. Happy New Year!
Happy 2017 Dear Mary!! I wish you all the same and a wonderful year ahead filled with everything you dream of and of course health above all!!
Thank you dear friend. It is going to be a fantastic year full of adventures!
I wish you and yours a Happy New Year, Mary!
great tradition…
Uwe
Thank you so much Uwe. I too wish you and yours a Happy and Healthy New Year, so we can do lots of projects.