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Acer, Autumn, autumn leaves, Cercis canadensis, Forest pansy, in a vase on Monday, japanese maple, RHS Harlow Carr
This Monday I wanted to share something a little different with you and Cathy. Our host Cathy asks us to bring something in from the garden to enjoy close up. I am taking this a bit further in that I have collected pretty things and then flattened them in a heavy book.
These were collected on a walk around RHS Harlow Carr plus three of my favourite leaves from my Forest Pansy.
No chance of putting them in a vase but I hope you will agree they are pretty enough to warrant including them here.
I hope you have a good week wherever you are and thanks for reading. D.
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They make a wonderful – and colorful – collection!
Thanks Kris . I chose the pretty ones I guess
I like this so much! The leaves show so much personality. I have a leaf collection my daughter created for a school project years ago. The leaves have held up well.
Kids stuff, I know but I do love to see their different colours and shapes
No, I didn’t mean kid’s stuff at all, but when my daughter was working on her leaf collection, my boss brought in his leaf scrapbook school project he’d saved for decades. Learning trees by their leave shapes and colors is profound and the impact lasts a lifetime.
I seem to remember, now you mention about your boss, that as a Guide we learnt about identifying different trees through the leaf shape. We had to collect leaves and nuts or catkins to help identify them. I had completely forgotten about this. ( it was rather a long time ago). Trees and how they mark the seasons are a constant joy.
Sandra of Wild Daffodil introduced me to the term ‘flat lay’, and book-flattened leaves form a great example, emphasising the veins and overall texture of the leaves as well as their colour. So effective! I like the spiky acer in particular. Thanks for branching out today, Dorris 😊
Branching out…. very good Cathy. Sandra does some lovely original crafts. Flat lay indeed
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This is lovely, Dorris! It reminds me of when I was little, my sister and I would collect leaves and press them in sheets of waxed paper to hang in the window. I did it when my kids were young, but haven’t in years. Too late for this year, but maybe next?
Thanks Eliza, very much like a kids project but as you say they are so lovely , why not. I like the idea of them hanging in a window moving in the breeze. Next year!
I like it – pressed leaves?? now you need to frame them.
Thanks. Not sure I will keep them. Perhaps I will make some thank you cards. A friend did this recently and they looked rather nice
Now that I am getting here late, leaves are starting to fall here too. They really are too pretty to ignore, even if some of us get tired of raking.
Raking is hard graft if doing it all day. Raking leaves is finished here for this year