Our autumn leaves put on a wonderful show every year, but this year my enjoyment was greatly enhanced by friend Brit and grandson David. Brit displayed her finds on the kitchen counter for us to enjoy, a handful at a time. David joined in, adding his favorites. One set grew for a couple of days, and I took a photo of the collage. We enjoyed it for a while before one of us erased the show and started another.
Two weeks later I stopped to pet CAT on my morning walk, and I saw lots of big leaves in her yard. I picked up one to take home. Its size was impressive compared to the earlier ones. All the leaves wanted to be chosen, but only four made the cut. I don’t have an artistic eye like Brit or attention to detail like David, but I was going to show off my fallen giants quietly on the counter. I figured they’d walk by and notice the new display, even if they didn’t comment on it. That’s when the camera took over. She said, “It has to be impressive, and it has to be recorded.”
I’m sure it was Cam’s idea to make a sign for the display, and she put the words in my head. The Post-it note says:
I won the SIZE contest.
Mehrling Muse 
Loving these leaves!
(Especially since I’m less than 2 degrees north of the equator and enduring 90°F & high humidity weather, surrounded by palm trees 😆 right now)
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There will be brown leaves when you get here
We are going to have breakfast on the porch at nearly noon. I removed the pond pump this morning and drained the garden hose. Cold weather is coming .
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When taking a picture because of size try to put down a common coin for comparison. Everybody has a coin and knows how big they are.
I use a Loonie myself. (CDN sizing)
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Good advice. I was in a hurry to get it set up before they woke up. That isn’t an excuse. I would not have thought of a coin on my own.
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Beautiful! We had a nice autumn in the east, but you seem to have a lot more vibrancy than we had this year.
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Not necessarily. They were picky.
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What a great idea!
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Ya’ll seem to make the most mundane things fun! Right now, my front lawn is covered in red and gold leaves, now thoroughly wet from the rain this morning!
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Now wet leaves might be a different story entirely.
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Nature makes the best art! I love your display!!
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Thank you. We had fun with it.
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Two of my grands were here a couple of days and we did the leaf hunt. Then I let them make a mess and paint them to print on paper. 4yr and 2 yr. can make even a mess fun.
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That sounds marvelous.
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So many colors!
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What a variety and those were huge leaves! When you were in school as a kid, did your teacher make you collect leaves, press them between two sheets of wax paper and paste them on paper to learn about leaves?
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I don’t remember any leaf activity in school. You must have done that, and it would have been a great way to learn about trees.
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Many moons ago – probably 60 years ago in Canada … 60 years, not a typo.
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Wonderful collection leaves golden & white. Nature is best art. I like &love your display. Thanks!
God blessing!
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Our leaves were colorful this year. Half the trees are bare now.
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Very good it is so beautiful leaves. I like
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The leaves turned late this year where we are. But we’re finally getting color.
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Our leaves are almost all on the ground. The old oak tree is bare.
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