Tuesday, November 5, 2013

One Leaf at a Time



"Nature will bear the closest inspection.
She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf,
and take an insect view of its plain."
Henry David Thoreau


For me, this season is all about the leaves. 

I enjoy watching them change
one at a time
until
they light an entire tree on fire.

I enjoy watching the breeze carry them
one at a time
through the crisp air
until
they're woven into a ground smothering magic carpet.

I even enjoy watching them dry up
one at a time
their edges crisp and curled
until 
they give us a crunch-crunch-crunch under our feet.

Each veined, carefully crafted beauty 
holds on
rustles
catches the light
glistens...
a dot in the impressionist painting that is autumn
until
one at a time
they let go.

This fall, for me, has been more about 
the leaf
than 
the leaves.
Oh, I do love the leaves and their collective tableau.
But this year the lens has drawn me near to
each
leaf...
helped me to inspect closely
to rediscover the miracle that is 
autumn
one leaf at a time.



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13 comments:

  1. Stunning. I've really enjoyed riding along with your journey through fall--it's been spectacular!

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  2. Lovely words and photo. Yes, it is so amazing to see the individual parts that make the whole--the leaf that makes the fall.
    Big Family Small Farm

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  3. Such a beautiful words and photo, a lovely tribute to nature, autumn and uniqueness

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  4. Hello Adrienne, thank you so much for the comment you left me, I too have the gift of tears! I'm so glad I called by your lovely blog this morning, you have some beautiful pictures, particularly your leafy puppy set!

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  5. Gorgeous light on this leaf! I love this shot!!

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  6. I especially love when there are drops on the leaves, backlit from behind where you can see the veins of the leaves. So much magic goes on in there! Beautiful

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  7. I love how even in Black and White, the true beauty of Autumn hasnt been lost :)

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  8. for me, it's the leaves, the temperatures and the amazing sunsets we have been seeing!!

    a beautiful entry!!

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  9. A wonderful tribute to autumn, beautifully expressed and photographed! So glad I was able to connect with you via P-H connection!

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  10. Very poetic! I love the autumn colors and I'm sad to see the season ending.

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  11. Oh yes, the leaf. Such a beautiful thing - on or off the tree! You captured the essence of fall so wonderfully in your words. Thank you for joining in the Photo-Heart Connection! Especially love the leaves...

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  12. Absolutely breath-taking! Thank you for sharing. -- Michele at Sweet Leaf Notebook

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