Leaves Are Falling

My youngest loves to collect leaves. On his travels, if he sees a leaf that he likes, he will give it to me to bring home. I remember as a young girl I would put a leaf between wax paper and place it within the pages of a heavy encyclopedia. With time, the moisture would evaporate from the leaf and the leaf would become somewhat skeletal. It was really neat.

Leaves are pretty cool with their different shapes, sizes and colors. Living on the west coast, they don't really make a dramatic display of color change like they do on the east coast. But nonetheless, leaves are pretty and the falling of the leaves indicate that Fall is in full swing and that Winter will soon be here.

One day, I used my iPhone camera to to take a few pictures of some leaves that I found while on a walk.

I also had to take a pictures of a couple of flowers (even if one of them was a weed), saying, "Hey, we're not ready to hibernate yet, it's still summer time!" :)

Yah, I wish that we could go from Fall into Spring and bypass Winter altogether. Although, my kids are hoping for some snow this year (it is kinda fun making a snowman). But me, well, I wish I lived in Southern California or maybe Arizona.