The other day Mike dropped me off near a trail which is close by a Stater Brothers up here in the mountains - He shopped while I walked) As i was walking I noticed a lot of these type of leaves had dropped on the ground - they seemed to be the only ones changing in color except for the dogwoods. I started picking them up as I walked along - good exercise - as I would bend down and pick a few that I liked along the way. I had two handfuls by the time I knew I needed to head back to the beginning of the trail.
Since last fall I've wanted to try and make something with the leaves I collect. So, this is my first attempt. I had something else planned for them but couldn't pull it off so I just did a design. I glued them on a stryofoam board and then after that took a black pen to outline and then put lacquer on them. I actually really enjoyed doing this. I think I'll be make some more patterns as I find some of my favorite leaves during the fall (like aspen). I have no idea what kind of tree these leaves fell from.
The other day I was looking up a definition of a word and from there had found a site that teaches Japanese. I found out today that Aki is the Japanese term for fall or autumn.
How are you all doing - I've been busy with decluttering but also with working on sorting through some of my dad's art work and poetry to add to his autobiography he wrote. It's taking quite a bit of time to organize all his papers and then I had ordered a 3 hole punch which just came today from Amazon so now I can enter more pages into the ringed binder.
The air feels clearer at least where I am . The fires are still burning (Not close to me) and I so hope they get them out soon. One of the fires in Oak Glen was started from a Gender Reveal party (an explosive device like a fire work that when lit gives out either blue or pink smoke) which began the huge El Dorado Fire.
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